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November 24, 2014 by Bre

Easy DIY Holiday Card Holder

Happy Thanksgiving week!  I hope you have a great celebration planned!  My in-laws are flying in from South Carolina, so I will be busy cleaning and cooking much of the week.  And of course I will be out shopping on Friday – one of my favorite days of the year!  (Yes, I am one of those people.)

I will also be eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first Christmas cards of the year!  They always begin rolling in right after Thanksgiving, and this year I’m prepared with a cute way to display them!  (They usually go into a basket where I can’t really see all of them.)  Easy DIY Holiday Card Holder

I mean really, how festive is this wreath card holder?

Supplies

  • 18″ chipboard wreath form
  • Clothespins (I used 25)
  • Wired ribbon
  • Wood glue
  • Hot glue (and glue gun)
  • Gold glitter paint
  • Green acrylic paint
  • Felt (I used two shades of green and 1 red)

Instructions

First I painted my chipboard wreath form and clothespins green using regular acrylic paint.  card - paint form and clips
Once the paint dried, I tied a ribbon into a loop at the top of the wreath so that I could hang my card holder. I then made a bow out of the same ribbon and hot glued that to the front of the loop. Then I started gluing my clothespins around the wreath form with wood glue, alternating the opening ends on the inside and outside of the wreath form.  card - glue clothespins
Once all of the clothespins were secured, I cut some holly leaves and berries out of felt and glued those to some of the clothespins with hot glue. I added a little gold glitter paint to some of them for some sparkle.  Card - left side

Then my card holder wreath was finished!  Card - wreath horizontal
I’m super impressed that I was able to find some random Christmas cards in my basement to stick on there for these photos. Sometimes being a pack rat pays off.  card - vertical
Now that I’ve got a way to display the cards other people send me, I should probably figure out what I’m going to do about my own Christmas cards.  But that can wait until Thanksgiving’s over!

How do you usually display your Christmas cards?

– Bre
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Comments

  1. Kristi says

    November 24, 2014 at 9:20 am

    SUCH a cute project! I’m always looking for ways to display our cards!!!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      November 24, 2014 at 2:06 pm

      Thanks, Kristi! I’m glad you like it!

  2. Breanna says

    November 25, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    Such a great way to put those cards to use and display them!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      November 28, 2014 at 2:32 pm

      Thanks girl!

  3. Amy | Canary Street Crafts says

    November 25, 2014 at 7:21 pm

    So cute!! I always end up taping our cards to the back of the door because I don’t have any way to display them (lame, I know!). I need to make one of these!!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      November 28, 2014 at 2:33 pm

      Thanks, Amy! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

  4. Amanda @ Dwelling in Happiness says

    November 26, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    Love this, Bre! A super cute way to display Christmas cards. I usually resort to just putting them on the fridge, but this is WAY cuter! 🙂

    Reply
    • Bre says

      November 28, 2014 at 2:33 pm

      Thank you, friend!! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

  5. Danielle says

    December 1, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing it at last week’s Motivational Monday party! Hope you’ll join us again this week…

    Danielle
    SewMuchCrafting.com

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 1, 2014 at 8:37 pm

      Hi, Danielle – thank you!! Yes, I already linked up this week and love your party! Have a great week!

  6. Chelsea - Mommie and Wee says

    December 5, 2014 at 8:43 pm

    How clever! I was thinking of doing something similar with a garland, but this is so much cuter! Thanks so much for sharing we me and my Pin Worthy Wednesday co-hosts! I’ve pinned this!

    xo Chels
    Mommie and Wee

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 6, 2014 at 6:31 am

      Thank you so much for pinning it! I really appreciate it!! 🙂

  7. Crystelle says

    December 6, 2014 at 11:47 am

    Wow! That chipboard wreath form really makes it an easy project!! Wishing you a merry Christmas 🙂
    xox, Crystelle
    CrystelleBoutique

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 7, 2014 at 7:53 pm

      Hello, Crystelle! Yes – this project is SO easy! Ridiculously easy! I’m so glad I have some Christmas cards floating in now to fill it up, too! Thanks for stopping by today! 🙂

  8. Lindsay Eidahl says

    December 8, 2014 at 2:35 pm

    Cute! This would be a great craft to do with the kids too! Thanks for sharing on Show Me Saturday!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 9, 2014 at 7:47 pm

      Hi, Lindsay! Thank you! Yes, definitely a great craft to have the kids involved in! Have a great night!

  9. Michelle from Weekend Craft says

    December 10, 2014 at 6:49 am

    Super cute! Thanks so much for linking up at Creative Spark Link Party last week. Hope you link up again today! http://bit.ly/1wg0JNp

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 10, 2014 at 11:00 am

      Thank you!! I will definitely be linking up again later today. Have a wonderful day!

  10. Carolyn Pollock says

    December 7, 2017 at 9:26 am

    Where do you buy the chipboard? I’ve never seen one?

    Reply
    • Bre says

      December 7, 2017 at 4:13 pm

      Hi, Carolyn! You can get them on Amazon! Here’s an affiliate link to one: http://amzn.to/2nFR6g7. Thanks and have a great day!

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