Technology moves fast, and the cassette tapes of your youth may be tucked away in a box gathering dust. If you’re not using them, first you should try to reuse them. Drop them off at a local charitable resale shop, or maybe you have a friend who still has tape deck in their car and would love your retro music.
You could also reuse cassettes in a crafty way. I found some great projects that will turn your unwanted cassette tapes into some lovely gifts.
This craft can be as simple or complex as you’d like to make it. If you want a simple business card holder, take your empty cassette tape case, open it at far as it goes, place it on your desk and insert your business cards. If you want to get a little more creative, use your imagination and dress it up.
Supplies:
Photos
Empty cassette case
Glue stick
Card stock
Scissors
Low-temp glue gun (I used double-sided tape because I wanted to be able to change the pictures depending upon the season)
Instructions:
Open up the empty cassette case and fold top all the way back. Business cards will fit in the pocket created by the open top.
Mount photos on cardstock and cut them out in interesting ways. Hot glue (or tape) the photo to the lid flap. Then hot glue (or tape) another photo or stickers/trinkets to the front. Make sure the back of your business card holder is attractive as well. You could glue on seashells or sand with a beach photo, glittery snowflakes with a winter scene and so on. This is an awesome gift for your kids to make for grandparents, aunts and uncles.
Desktop business card holder
