Momma Scout is all about recycling…so here’s an idea to recycle holiday cards. Ask friends and family to donate leftover or last year’s cards to your troop. Most businesses receive cards from their vendors, partners etc. and many of those businesses have newsletters, so place a brief article asking for card donations for your troop. You’ll receive plenty. Have Scouts cut pictures, words etc. from the cards, arrange them on contact paper, then place another piece of contact paper over the top...instant holiday placemat.

One of my troops also made slipper candy holders from cards. We cut the cards into two pieces, one for the bottom of the slipper and the top to bubble up for the top part of the slipper. We used a hole punch and yarn to hold the two pieces together.

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