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Friday, December 8, 2023

Make a Christmas Card Window to Hang

        Young children can either hang this holiday card window on a Christmas tree or in their room or as a decoration anywhere in their home to remember their loved ones. 

A charming and traditional way to recycle past memories and Christmas cards. The greeting card,
Christmas window craft has been around for 100 years!

       The supplies you will need for this craft include: recycled cardboard, Christmas greeting cards depicting outdoor scenes, glitter, white school glue, cotton balls, a craft knife or scissors, wire for hanging and acrylic paint for the window panes.

Step-by-Step Instructions:
  1. Collect and save old Christmas cards that illustrated charming scenes of outdoor views, people sledding, ice skating, or of a tiny neighborhood, like the example shown above. 
  2. Measure your Christmas card so that you can make a window pane the same size.
  3. Cut the window pane from scrap cardboard leaving square or diamond cut panes intact.
  4. Cut a shallow set of side pieces approximately 1/2" wide to glue around the exterior of the window pane before attaching the card if you are looking at an outdoor scene with snow. In this shallow space will create a shallow space you may wish to glue cotton batting 'snow' and glitter to make the winter view more convincing.
  5. Paint the window pane. Let dry.
  6. Glue the recycled Christmas view to the backside of the window pane.
  7. Shape wire and attach at the back or top of your window so that it may be hung.
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