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Recycled Gift Card Puff Pillow Tutorial

More than a few gifts this year to friends and family were gift cards and although they possessed monetary value, I felt the enjoyment of receiving a wrapped gift box was somehow lost. So after purchasing several two dollar gift boxes just to put gift cards in I came up with a packaging idea that would cost next to nothing. Supplies: Recycled file folder or other cover weight paper from the recycle bin* X-acto™ Knife or Scissors White Glue 2 or 3 binder clips Ruler Printer Pencil Bone folder or butter knife * I used a recycled folder in this tutorial, however any cover weight paper will work. Some suggestions are: light weight cardboard from boxes and packaging magazine covers old paper back book covers Download puffpillowtemplate.jpg and print it out full size (a scale has been placed on each jpg to help with printing at the correct proportions). Cut out the template for A. Puff Pillow Body and B. End Fold Template. Using template A, trace the outside of the puff pillow on the file f