I mentioned that Magic cards are really a type of art card, often featuring pretty pictures and lovely swirls of colour. You’ll want to get back to your games and Twitter before reading the entire book, though, which means you’ll need a good bookmark.ġ) Punch a hole in the top middle of the card.Ģ) Fold your ribbon or embroidery floss in half and knot the lose ends together.ģ) Poke the folded end of the ribbon through the hole in the card.Ĥ) Put the knotted end of the ribbon through the looped end and pull it tight.ĥ) Keep the ribbon ends from fraying by dotting them with clear nail polish. On those rare occasions when one is not playing Magic or video games or Tweeting, it’s sometimes nice to curl up with a good book. Here are seven craftsy uses for your Magic cards. These cards are great for crafting, as they’re sturdy and durable (a friend recently left one out in the rain overnight and other than some slight warping it was undamaged), and they’re basically art cards, so they provide a great deal of colour and aesthetic to work with.

I’ve been looking for ways to put some of our Magic cards to other uses, and so far I’ve come up with seven different crafts to use up extra Magic cards and tokens. You regular readers know by now that overabundant materials in our apartment are first in line for crafting fodder. We had to empty one of our dresser drawers in order to store them all, and the collection keeps growing. And playing a lot of Magic means having a lot of Magic cards around the house.

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