We love creating new things out of items that would typically get thrown in the recycling bin. In this case we made some sparkly, colorful gift tags from a empty tea box.
First we cut out the sides of the box:
This tea box was a Yogi Tea that decorates the inside of their boxes with detailed patterns. (Have a plain tea box? You could always draw your own designs! Don’t have a tea box? Use a piece of cardboard or card-stock instead!)
We colored one side of the squares with watercolor pencils
Then we glued the cardboard to sparkly origami paper so that the back side would be pretty too:
After the glue dried, we cut out around the tags:
We then wrote recipient names (people from our immediate family) and placed each tag on a present under the tree:
We may end up mod podging the tags to preserve them so we can use them next year too. I love the idea of a recycled project that we will be able to reuse for years to come!
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, two beautifully illustrated books containing hours of paper-crafting entertainment. We’ve had such fun assembling toys from 
. By adding our daughter’s photo to the magnets, we’ve made a great holiday present for family. (Boy did I blow the surprise by posting this!)
