How to Make a Wedding Gift Card Holder
The wedding card holder described in this article is quick and easy to make. It is also easy to transport because the pieces aren't permanently attached. It involves using a hat box as the base and a child's lace umbrella as the top of the "wishing well." Although the steps suggest painting everything white and decorating with ribbon and silk flowers, you can really personalize it any way that you see fit. After the wedding, the hat box can be reused to store wedding memories. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Large round hat box Child's lace parasol Two 1/4-inch doll rods Silk flowers and ribbon in the wedding colors Hot glue gun Scissors White paint paint brush
Instructions
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Cut each doll rod in half and paint it white. Hot glue the end of one piece of ribbon to the end of the doll rod. Wrap the ribbon down the whole length of the doll rod and then hot glue the other end to hold the ribbon in place. Repeat this process with each of the four doll rods.
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Use the X-acto knife to cut four holes in the corners of the hat box lid just large enough for the doll rods to fit through. Then cut a a slot opening in the center of the lid large enough to slide a card through.
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Paint the hat box white and then decorate the hat box using lace and silk flowers. You can glue the lace flat around the sides of the hat box, and then glue the silk flowers in a row around the sides of the hat box lid.
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Remove the handle from the parasol by cutting it off so all you have is the canopy part.
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Glue the silk flowers around the edge of the lace parasol. In the corners where the parasol will sit on the doll rods, glue ribbon streamers under the silk flowers so that it hangs down.
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Insert the doll rods into the four holes you cut into the lid of the hat box. Place the parasol on top of the doll rods.
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Tips & Warnings
If the doll rods aren't sturdy enough to hold the parasol on straight, you can use small pieces of modeling clay to stick the bottom of the doll rod to the inside bottom of the hat box.
Throughout the reception, have someone check the card holder to make sure that the cards are still going in fine. If you receive a large number of cards, they may not fall in all the way and get stuck.
