4 Ways to Recycle Business Cards

Creative Ideas on How to Make Use of your2. Cork board: With just a small purchase of
Collection of Outdated Business CardsStyrofoam, you can have you own homemade
Through time, you will notice that you have acorkboard. Just align the cards altogether and fill
growing stack of print business cards lying aroundup the whole board up to the edges. This is what
the house; and usually, most of these cards arewill make the Styrofoam material sturdier; you
either obsolete calling cards from past colleaguescan use this for one-day affairs like planning out
or business acquaintances. Instead of throwinghiking or fishing trips.
your accumulated print business cards, collecting3. Gift Wrapper: If you want to go artsy with
and rebuilding these prints can be beneficial foryour presents, try cutting out the calling cards
you and others.into different shapes: cars, rattles, hearts, or
Business card printing stock materials are piecesumbrellas; paint or glitter up these shapes and
that do not easily get ripped or broken. That issimply stick them on a plain sheet of paper you
why reusing these items for different purposesused for wrapping. This can look great for gifts
can stretch your money and time for differentfor little girls and boys.
needs.4. Puzzles: Drawing parts of a design at the back
1. Rip them and paint them: Shredding them intopart of the business card can be parts of a
pieces can be a great way to keep your kidspuzzle.
busy? Teach them how to be resourceful and letPrints that seem to be useless to you already
them use these old business cards as covers forjust like business cards; can actually still come in
their old notebooks or even turn them intohandy.
designs on corkboards and picture frame borders.Finding ways to make use of old items and
After gluing them, painting these business cardstransforming them into new, unique, and useful
can be more fun to paint on because they can gothings will actually be appreciated more by the
with different colors, piece by piece.receiver; and, along the way, you can have fun.