Halloween Change of Address Cards

Moving is a hassle.  Moving is a chore.  Moving makes you clean.  So far, I’m not seeing the bright spot.

And then I had the idea for these change-of-address cards… this is my bright spot!  I think they’re cute and hope you don’t have to move, but if you do…

For this project, I used orange vellum, bronze card stock, big googly eyes, a paper cutter, glue and gauze.  The picture features a craft knife because I thought I was going to use it, but ended up relying more on my scissors (which are not pictured).  Also, the vellum is really cool and I thought it gave a great look to the project because of its slight translucent nature, but it did buckle a little more with the glue and I went lighter on the glue (which I usually need to do, anyway).

I started by creating my text in a desktop design program, but you could use Word or any other word processing software program you have.  I already had orange envelopes, so I made the card dimensions to fit those (4 in X 5 in) and four cards fit per page.  If you use a different set of dimensions, you may get more or fewer on a page.  I then printed the cards and cut them out.

I then cut bronze strips in rectangles to fit the space on the card.  I cut them short on the sides on purpose, so that when I wrapped the gauze it wouldn’t stick over the edges of the card.  To the bronze stock, I glued two googly eyes.

I then cut the gauze I had purchased into thin strips (you want them thin because this is a small project) and began wrapping them around the bronze stock and over the eyes.  The gauze was really easy to work with because it stuck to itself and would hold in place while I secured it with little drops of glue.  To cut costs, you can certainly use white crepe paper and it will look just as good.

After the glue has set, you can glue the bronze paper creation to your card with text.

Hope you have a fun time creating something this season!