DIY Recipe Card Holder Hostess Gift

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With lots of parties and gatherings to attend over the holidays coming up with ideas for hostess gifts can be challenging. Sure, you could buy a bottle of wine or some specialty chocolates, but creating a gift is a wonderful personal touch. This DIY Recipe Card Holder makes a great gift for you to take along to those parties.

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On the first Day Of Christmas, we shared Christmas Wreaths.
I created a DIY Horse Head Wreath.

It’s Day 2 and we are sharing DIY Gift Ideas!

I’ve had this small cutting board that I purchased at the Dollar Tree for a couple of years. It’s been in a craft bin waiting for me to use it. I had all of the supplies that I used for this project on hand. I was pleased to find a way to use them for a hostess gift idea.

Supplies Used for DIY Recipe Card Holder:

Plastic Cutting Board
Assorted Card Stock
Christmas Card
Magnets
Hole Punch
Spray Adhesive
Scissors
Paper Cutter
Ribbon
Mini Pine Cones
Hot Glue
Mini Snowflake Clip

I used spray adhesive to attach the card stock to make sure there were no bumps or ridges that you can get when using hot glue.

Cut a piece of decorative card stock to fit inside the rims of the dollar store cutting board.
Add spray adhesive to the board and carefully place the card stock onto it.
Smooth and press down for a minute or so

Embellishing the cutting board to make it festive is the fun part of the project.

Glue ribbon around the out rim of the cutting board.
Tie four small ribbon bows and attach with glue to each corner.
Choose a Christmas card that has a message on the back of the front of the card or write your own message.
Attach the card to the card stock using spray adhesive.
Cut a piece of card stock large enough to cover the inside of the Christmas card.
Use spray adhesive to attach the card stock onto the Christmas card.

To attach a favorite recipe, I used small magnets. I printed my recipe for Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate.

Glue one magnet to the card stock.
Use a circle punch to cut a disc from the decorative card stock.
Glue the circle to a small round magnet.
Print a favorite holiday recipe on a small piece of card stock.
Place the recipe between the magnets.

I’m finding several uses for Dollar Tree snow flake mini clip garland. I cut it apart and I’m using it for several projects. For this, I used one of the mini clips on the back of the cutting board to hold recipe cards. You can download my recipe card here. Set your printer for 4×6 and use blank note cards to print.

Use a mini clip to hold blank recipes cards that the recipient of your gift can use.

The card I chose has a message that reads, ” The joy of Christmas is in Remembering.” What a nice sentiment! Remembering Christmas celebrations from days gone by, especially those when my children were filled with the wonder of Santa, is always a treasure.

Giving handmade gifts for hostess gifts is a great way to say thanks for the party to your hostess.

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