Recycling Gift Cards

I have kept most of the used gift cards I've been given.  They're so colorful, and I thought  there must be some way to use them in a craft project.  In my mind, I was imagining heating them until pliable and then fashioning maybe beads or some other type of jewelry pieces.

I never did find the right project, but as the new school year started and I needed to replace my tired looking bathroom, library and office passes, I thought of my gift cards.

I used my exacto knife to make a hole through which I could attach the lanyards.  I wrote which type of pass it was and my name on the back with a permanent marker.  I then covered the writing with a piece of clear mailing tape to protect it.

If you have a good craft project using gift cards, please share!