If you can, put some scratch paper in it with a pen and keep it in your purse.

Kids love this stuff!

Donate them to a thrift store, I know I my holder gets worn out pretty quickly.

If they don’t have a bank name on them, you can always take them to your bank for them to hand out again.

Use them to hold your drivers license, CC, etc for when you want to go out without a purse.

Coupon organizer.

You might try donating them to local shelters. Domestic Violence shelters work to help get women checking accounts, and they might be useful.

I had this issue recently. My bank wouldnt take it back neither would the charity store so I just slit it open and recycled the card and sadly threw away the plastic

Being a crafty sort, I would recover them with matching fabrics. Make a set for my self and some to giveaway. I use one of the card ones in my bag for all the store loyalty cards I have as it gets confusing having them all in my purse.
Janette

Excellent, Excellent Blog! A lot of fun and very useful to read! Thank you for the information! I am always looking for ways to recycle and reuse rather than toss!

Sorry, I didn’t see the “make suggestion” until I pressed the button!

I would use the little one for my own business cards and/or pictures (small ones of course) and toss in handbag and go. And for the larger (checkbook) one, I would use that to store receipts until I got home to unload it and put back in purse for the next round! I don’t balance my checkbook til I get home, so I do keep my receipts all in ONE place in my handbag until I balance the checkbook!

How about scrapbooking brag books? You can embellish them and then slip in photo’s they may not be acid free for archival purposes. The kids would enjoy decorating these up with pics of there friends or recent holidays to stick in their lunch bag to show the kids.

If the vinyl or plastic part of the cover is sturdy enough, you can cut it up and use it for craft supplies. If it’s medium weight, it can be cut and decoupaged or hot-glued (I made some flower brooches for a niece from my old cheque covers). If it’s heavy weight vinyl, it can often be appliqued as an accent on a handbag, or sewn together to make a larger clutch style purse.

As I have gone electronic with debit cards and electronic calendars, I have a batch of these holders in both clear plastic and colored vinyl. I would love to have a little instructions on your projects. thank you for sharing.

If the original packaging is mailed to you, there isn’t much you can do. But if you collect your card/chequebook at the bank, I would decline the item from the start. Just say, ‘I don’t need this. Please pass it along to another client who does.’ People are surprised to hear I don’t want something free. It seems the bank can pass it along as new for the next client if the packaging of the item is not too sealed up.

Keep memory chips in them.

Use as purse organizer.