Playing cards art projects

Do you have a few playing cards missing from the deck, or is it just time to get rid of them? Don't throw them away! Here are 10 ways you can reuse cards.

Hand painted playing cards :)

Make this Queen of Hearts Art for Valentine's, Alice in Wonderland, or Queen of Hearts Bridal Shower or Bachelorette Party. It's so easy and fun!

Most of us have a deck of cards around the house. Very often they’re sitting idle in the back of the “whatever” drawer of odds and ends. Instead of letting those 52 pieces of paper remain idle, you can refashion them into craft projects. Flowers, necklaces and even sculptures can be conjured out of that unused deck. Some of these projects are interesting enough that you may want dig past all of those paperclips and rubber bands in your “whatever” drawer to excavate your new fave deck of…

Small Canvases to add to cards, use as tags or bookmarks or trade.

Mrs Moen on Instagram: "Draw/Paint 1 just (barely) finished their colorful playing cards before winter break. 🩵 We used our design thinking skills and started by drawing the basic shapes of animals in our sketchbook. I also invited students to invent their own creature if they wanted! We used what we had on hand to add color and pattern, but I am hoping to teach watercolor techniques before this next time so they might have more choice of media. Overall, LOVED seeing my students get…

All of these prints are textured versions of the traditional playing cards. What would otherwise simply be a solid color has been given detail characteristic of the Medieval Ages. Within each card are also graphic elements that make it appear 3-Dimensional, as though the head for example is physically on top of the checkered background. This adds a level of depth to an otherwise very familiar image. When someone looks at these for the first time, they are instinctively drawn by the…