My club is a bit small and young for the community service projects we’ve done in years past. But everyone is able to do something to make the world a brighter place. In December, we made Christmas cards for home-bound church members. In January, we made cards for a local non-profit who likes to include cards in the bags of groceries they deliver. (You’ll find Christmas and Winter cards here.)
In February and March, we are looking towards Spring and Easter. It’s time for new card packs and new stickers! Obviously, I want to share them with you, just in case you want to create some smiles in your community.
Who Do I Give The Cards To?
- Church members – check with your church secretary. They likely have ideas of people who would enjoy the encouragement. And if they don’t, they probably know who to send you to.
- Military – Do you/your Adventurer staff know anyone serving? Years ago, I had multiple friends in the military. We would send an envelope packed with cards and they would share them with their unit.
- Meals-on-Wheels – Check their website to find your local contact. They use cards and placemats.
- Local Non-Profits – I found a local group through Volunteer Match. Find and contact them before you start making cards. The group we are working with has fairly specific rules – no holidays, nothing religious, loves food-related cards. Their rules are easy to follow, but I’m so glad I knew about the holiday rule before I had 20 christmas cards for them!
Spring & Easter Cards
The Spring and Easter pdf printable file includes three pages of card fronts and four pages of inserts. They can be easily cut with a paper trimmer – just cut off the color border. In case you dislike the border to show you cut lines, you’ll also find a borderless version of each page. I have one page of religious Easter fronts and two spring fronts. You’ll also find two pages of religious Easter inserts and two pages spring inserts.
My adventurers love sticker packs! And my Little Lambs are prolific cards makers when the stickers come out. For those of you with a cutting machine, I have silhouette cut files below. One page (of four designs) for Easter and one page for spring.
Cut Files
I usually cut out the card parts while I’m sitting in meetings (hello, church board meeting!). I didn’t think they were a good candidate for using a cutting machine – after all they are easy cutting on a paper trimmer. And “they probably won’t fit within the large margins required for print-and-cut designs,” I thought. I was wrong. They fit perfectly in the cut space. And my silhouette is faster than me. I have included cut files for the coloring cards just in case you are tired of your paper trimmer too! Note: Although they fit fine on my Silhouette, I’m not sure they will work on a Cricut – I think Cricut margins are larger?
Do your adventurers love being crafty? What is your club’s favorite community service activity. Please tell us in the comments!
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