Christmas Cards Using Recycled Materials

Creating Christmas cards doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. It is possible to make cards in a simple and ecological way!
And here are some Christmas cards made from construction paper, paint, newspaper, an old Christmas card, a cardboard box, raffia, and a button:
We are going to make Christmas cards recycling and reusing materials that we can find around the house. During next week, take a box and throw in anything that can be useful: paper scraps, fabric scraps, food packaging, envelopes, calendars, old Christmas cards, advertisement leaflets, magazines, newspapers and so on. Be creative!

What to use for the card part of the card:

  • Paper supermarket bags
  • Used file folders
  • Thin boxes (such as cereal boxes, some mailing boxes, thick envelopes)
  • Construction paper

What to use to decorate the card:

Look around your house and you will find some useful materials hiding in there!
  • Scrap paper
  • Scrap fabric
  • Old clothing that can be cut up
  • Wool
  • Buttons (we all have a collection of them somewhere!)
  • Magazines and newspapers – cut shapes from colourful pages. Cut strips and glue onto card or cardboard for background.
Information adapted from: http://www.keeperofthehome.org/2010/11/holiday-card-making-with-kids-using-recycled-and-re-purposed-materials.html
Here is a video with more ideas. Be creative!!!

 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
You have to create a Christmas card to send to a classmate. You must include:
  1. The card decorated using recycled materials.
  2. A Christmas message
  3. Write the sender and receiver’s address on an envelope in Spanish. Put an envelope and send it to your classmate.


WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS
Creating and sending card with a Christmas wish is the ideal way to share your feelings and happiness with a classmate. Here are some beautiful wishes you can use for your card.
  1. May this time bring a lot of joy and happiness in your life!
  2. You are special, you are unique; may your Christmas be also as special and unique as you are! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
  3. Here’s wishing you all the joys of the season. Wish you and your family a Merry Christmas!
  4. May joy and happiness snow on you, may the bells jingle for you and may Santa be extra good to you! Merry Christmas!
  5. Love, Peace and Joy came down on earth on Christmas day to make you happy. May Christmas spread happiness in your lives!
  6. May all your days be merry and bright and may your Christmas be white!
  7. May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer this Holy season, and throughout the year! Wish your Christmas be filled with peace and love.
  8. May the peace and joy of Christmas live in your heart all year long.
  9. May the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow. Wishing you lots of love, joy and happiness. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
  10. Happiness– May your life be filled with joy and happiness and may each new day bring you moments to cherish.
  11. Love– On this joyous day, and throughout the new year, may your life be filled with an abundance of love.
  12. Fulfillment–Merry Christmas and may you live a long and happy life filled with goodwill and friendship.
  13. Peace– May this new year bring you peace and tranquility, and as you walk your path may it bring you contentment.
  14. Prosperity–On this joyous day, and throughout the coming year, may your life be filled with good luck and prosperity.
  15. Friendship–On this holiday, I hope you know how much I value your friendship and how much it has added to my life. I wish you a very merry Christmas and may we enjoy many more years together as friends.
  16. Joy of Giving– May your heart be filled with the joy of giving, as it is the expression of the love in your heart and the kindness in your soul.Blessings–May the light of love shine upon you, and may your life be filled with blessings in this Christmas season.
  17. Kindness–On this most blessed day, I wish you love for all your kindness, and I hope the new year will bring you many days of happiness.
  18. Merry Christmas, and may this new year bring you joy and laughter. To be happy is the greatest wish in life.
  19. A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no noise at all, But softly gives itself away; While quite unselfish, it grows small.
  20. A little smile, A word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year, These make a Merry Christmas!
  21. A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
  22. A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love.A blessed Christmas to you!
  23. A star has come to earth! Spread the Christmas love and cheer! Merry Christmas!
  24. Bells ring and we sing. May you get all the happiness that Christmas brings! Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
  25. Don’t measure the height of your Christmas tree. Measure the abundance of the love present in your heart!
  26. Each moment in a day has its own value. Morning brings Hope, Afternoon brings Faith. Evening brings Love, Night brings Rest. Hope you will all of them every day. Happy Christmas and New Year! Faith makes all things possible, Hope makes all things work, Love makes all things beautiful, May you have all the three for this Christmas.
  27. For a fresh and bright New Year. Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
  28. Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s Christmas time! May love, success, luck and friendship come knocking at your door throughout this Christmas season. Have a wonderful Christmas.
  29. I am dreaming of white Christmas, with every Christmas card I write, May your days be Merry and bright, and May all your Christmases be white. Merry Christmas.
  30. We hope life treats you kind, and we hope you have all you ever dream of, we wish you joy, happiness, peace and prosperity but above all this we wish you love this Christmas.
  31. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, May you be blessed this Christmas with peace and love all day! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
  32. Wouldn’t life be worth the living; Wouldn’t dreams be coming true; If we kept the Christmas spirit; All the whole year through?
  33. May love be in your life. May hope be in your heart. May peace be in our world.
  34. May peace, love and prosperity follow you always.
  35. May Santa Claus grant you all that you wish for this Christmas. Here’s wishing you and all your loved ones a very Happy and Joyous Christmas.
  36. May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace. The gladness of Christmas give you hope. And The warmth of Christmas grant you love. Happy Christmas.
  37. May this Christmas bring your way plenty of reasons to smile. May this Christmas burn away all your sadness and bury the tears so that your life is perpetually filled with happiness and joy.
  38. May this Christmas turn out to be better that you ever expected. Merry Christmas to you. Go out and spread the joy!
  39. May this year be more promising than the year before! Spread the happiness all around you! It’s Christmas! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!
  40. May you and your family cherish the wonderful memories, of love, care and hope. May you live life in joy and peace. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
  41. May you find more smiles on your face this Christmas than ever before! Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Make it grand!
  42. May your Christmas sparkle with moments of love, laughter and goodwill. And may the year ahead be full of contentment and joy. Have a Merry Christmas.
  43. May your hearts be filled with peace and faith in God. May your days of doubt be replaced with days of hope and cheer. May you and your family get nurtured with lots of love! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and to your loved ones!
  44. My special wishes to you and to all those to are close to you. May you have a Christmas that is more special than it has ever been.
  45. Peace on earth will come to stay. When we live Christmas every day.
  46. Spread the warmth of the Christmas season to all those around you and make this world a beautiful place to live in.
  47. The best gifts in life will never be found under a Christmas tree, those gifts are friends, family, children and the one you love.
  48. This Christmas may all that you ever dreamt of, turn into reality. Merry Christmas to you my dear and followed by a Happy New Year.
  49. This Christmas may Santa Claus get you lots and lots of gifts. May all those gifts be just want you always wanted.
  50. May all your wishes, dreams and desires come true this Christmas.