Enjoying your Christmas... packaging??

Did you end up with a lot of this  just recently? (Nope, it's not invisible, just clear plastic.) You know the kind, right? You probably had to wrestle more than one holiday gift out of something like it.

Now what do you do with it? Do you look for a recycling symbol? Awesome! Only some of these have one, tho', and it usually turns out to be some type that most recycling centers won't accept. So what are some ways you might reuse the stuff?

Take another look -- here's a whole variety of examples:

Well, aside from that potential Tic-Tac-Toe board in the middle -- you could even color in the lines and make your own fun playing pieces -- hmm... What about making use of it as protective material? Here's one such case:

These junk mail snippets are now encased behind the plastic and the whole "sandwich" is framed so that it's all one piece. Now it's less likely to rip or be damaged if it gets a little wet. (BTW, those blue circles were die-cut from laundry bottle plastic in our workshop with Susi D. of Artsy Fartsy Jewelry! Having other beads and jewelry findings around helps when inspiration strikes. :^)

Other thoughts:

- use concave shapes as a palette for mixing paint colors

- use flat pieces to make "windows" within cards or scrapbook layouts

- back convex shapes with something to close them off and you have a container you can fill -- a compartment for your scrapbook design, maybe, or what about a mini snowglobe?

If you have other ideas for using this stuff, please post and share them with us!