5 Ways to Repurpose Old Group Greeting Cards

It’s your birthday and your office celebrates by sending you a group greeting card from an appreciation platform like Kudoboard. It’s a great gift and you thoroughly enjoy reading each and every creative and personalized post from your co-workers. They put in some time and effort to contribute to your special day and you really appreciate it. 

Now comes the problem: what do you do with your digital group greeting card once you have read and enjoyed all of the posts? In the day of physical greeting cards, most of us had a box we could throw meaningful cards into. How do you keep online group greeting cards from getting lost or forgotten about? 

Kudoboard allows you to keep your board indefinitely so we have some suggestions for long-term uses for those amazing Kudoboards you have given and received. Here are 5 ways to make the memories last by finding good use for those old group greeting cards. 

5 Uses for Old Group Greeting Cards

1. Long-term Kudoboards

Our first suggestion has less to do with what to do with old group greeting cards, and more to do with how to use Kudoboard for long-term purposes. Why not create a Kudoboard group greeting card that will be used throughout the years for a similar purpose?

For example, you could create a “Welcome to Our Company” Kudoboard (like a welcome group card) and post a welcome message each time someone new starts at the company. You can then invite them to post what they are excited about at this new opportunity. This would be fun to have to look back over the years and see some of your more senior employee’s posts. 

Work anniversaries are another great topic for a long-term Kudoboard. Every time someone hits a work milestone, post to the Kudoboard and send it out for everyone to see. This is a great team-building experience as everyone looks to see their next post on the board. 

2. Hang Posters

Have any spare wall space in the office? What about in the break room or even the supply closet? Try printing the Kudoboards into posters and hanging them around the office for a while. You can even keep a supply of Kudoboard posters and trade them out from time to time. Give each employee a little more time in the sun by hanging their group greeting card posters around the office for everyone to enjoy. 

Kudoboard can print posters for you, or you can take them to your favorite printing place. Depending on your preference, posters can be 12″, 24″, or 48″ wide, and the height is variable depending on how much content the board contains. Posters are a cost effective way to make a big impact. 

3. Frame it For Your Desk 

Another great idea for using old group greeting cards is to print your Kudoboard out and frame it for your desk. Whether it is in your home or in the office building, this is a great way to put those older group greeting cards to work. 

You may even want to consider gifting the recipient a framed copy of their Kudoboard along with the digital copy. This will add something extra to the day you are celebrating their special occasion and do wonders to increase employee morale. 

Create an office tradition of gifting each employee a framed copy of their group greeting card. This will foster an environment of appreciation and will go a long way to helping your employees feel that they are a valued member of a team. Recognize their achievements, both personal and professional, on a regular basis and make it clear that you are appreciative of their hard work. 

4. Make a Photobook

If you are still looking for the perfect way to use your old group greeting cards, how about printing a photo book? Kudoboard makes this very easy and it can be done right on their website when the group greeting card is completed.  When printed, books can have a hardcover, a maximum length of 440 pages, and all the personalization of the posts on the board.

Making a photobook out of your group greeting card is amazing when the card is from a really large group. It will give the recipient something tangible to hold and read. It also ensuring that everyone’s post is visible and appreciated as a part of a cherished keepsake.

This is also a great opportunity to wrap something up for the big day if you want to print it for your recipient. It is especially meaningful for a farewell or work anniversary. Send your departing coworker off in style and with proper appreciation with a custom photobook made from their group greeting card.  

5. Special Files

Not ready to make a choice as to what to do with your group greeting card? This may seem like an oversimplification, but don’t sleep on the idea of creating a special file on your computer or in the cloud for the digital group greeting cards you receive throughout the years. This is the equivalent to the storage box for physical greeting cards. Give yourself space for your happy memories. This will make them easily accessible in the future if you want to try one of the printing options. Sometimes simple is better. 

Keep the Memories Safe for Years to Come

We all feel that warm and fuzzy feeling when we receive a gift on our special day. Receiving a group greeting card can be an especially positive experience as we receive personal messages from the people we spend most of our time with. 

Reading their notes is good for the soul. We are prone to looking at these group greeting cards once and then never again. Why is that? Why don’t we keep them safe to treasure for years to come?

Let’s make sentimentality cool again and make memories last by reusing old group greeting cards from Kudoboard.