A generous soul gave me a box of flashcards. There are about 200 of them. They are ivory card stock, about 8.5 inches long and 3.5 inches wide. Sturdy with rounded corners. Each one has a word on one side, and a small number in the upper left-hand corner.
Sample flash card
The other side is blank.
What do I do with them?
I’m looking for creative, interesting ideas–not ones that anyone might think of–bookmarks, journal covers, journal pages.
If you give a suggestion, please make sure you include some sort of directions, so I can understand what the idea is.
And if I find an idea and love it, I’ll share some with you–let’s say a dozen.
Leave your suggestions in the comments box.
Attach a dozen with a jump ring and make a book of one-word journal prompts: the word on each page is the prompt/center of a mind map. Hand-write thoughts & doodles, adding color if you wish. Sounds fun!
You know, Tammy, these could even be used by Moms and kids–not only as a reading tool, but as a drawing tool, too. Thanks!
You can tell where my head is, but I cannot help but think they would make great props for photographs. But you’d need to add an element to make it more challenging. I wonder how many of the words have more than one meaning, and if so, how could you combine them. So a page (think Medieval) would be reading from a page of a book. Or a rock (diamond) propped on a rock (granite). OK you get the picture! An idea only a photographer would love…
This is a fabulous idea. Even though I’m not a photographer, I love it as a word person. Great idea!
Hi – the one thing I immediately thought of is to punch holes near all four corners, with a method for establishing the holes all line up carefully. Then get the small s hooks and create a large word poem mural, one that can be changeable from time to time, with the seasons, or celebrations using s string of words appropriate to the time. A simple metal drapery rod attached near the ceiling will accommodate changing the mural. If you wish to make it more permanent, get the cards laminated before hole punching. You can collage and draw on the word cards to your hearts desire before laminating, or leave plain. What you will end up is a modular word collage set, similar to the magnetized poetry sets available so many places, but large and more imposing in an austere room. G
This is a fabulous idea! I have an unused window that would be the perfect home for this!
Hmm, I am thinking of a folding screen. The words on the outside and some color for the inside.