There are so many holidays to craft for this time of year, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter to name just a few. I spotted this fun idea to use a paper shredder to make colorful Easter grass over at the blog Teach Preschool. But what I was thinking of was to use say recycled telephone book yellow pages for yellow, junk mail would be all colors and word books would have a nice vintage feel in neutral colors. This would also be a great way to make paper filling for general gift giving.
Have you read?
How to make matchbook style packaging for all sorts of tiny things
I love vintage matchbooks and their graphics, they are such a cool little bit of history. Even the concept of a matchbook is dated as there isn’t smoking in public places. So repurposing the packaging format to hold all sorts of tiny things is such a great idea. Pop on over to the blog Reading My Tea Leaves to see all sorts of things you can package in a matchbook and how to make them.
Leave a Reply