Credit Card Fun!

Any old lampshade can be revitalized by decorating it with strips of credit cards.

You’ll need:

old lampshade
sharp scissors
hot glue gun and glue
however many credit cards you have

If you don’t have an old lampshade, go to a garage sale to find one. Remember that you can bargain (or even beg) at garage sales to […]

Credit cards can be used as novelty butter knives.

You will need:

X-Acto knife, with a sharp blade
bread
butter

Sharpen the bottom edge of the credit card by scraping it repeatedly with an X-Acto knife. Do this privately, so that you do not appear to be strange. When the credit card is sharp enough, it […]

This pretty mobile is made up of fluttering credit card butterflies!

You’ll need:

1 credit card per butterfly
1 springy spring per butterfly (find them in clicker-style ballpoint pens)
string
twigs
hot glue gun and glue

Cut each credit card in half. With a strong pair of scissors, cut each credit card half into a butterfly wing. That […]