Printable recipe cards 3x5 with dividers, labels and conversion cards
A pretty, organized 3x5 recipe box where every family favorite is easy to find.
Overview
These printable recipe cards come in the timeless 3x5 inch size, with six designs, coordinating backs, ten tabbed dividers, labels for your box, index cards and kitchen conversion cards. Each sheet holds three cards with dashed lines for cutting, and the whole set runs to 17 pages in US Letter and A4, as a PDF you can download immediately.
Turn scattered notes and screenshots into a recipe box you will treasure and hand down.
How these printable recipe cards organize your recipe box
Choose the design that fits each dish. There is a classic layout listing servings, prep, cooking time and oven heat, a baker's version with pan size and baking time, a speedy weeknight design and a family card with space to tell where the recipe came from. When a recipe runs long, it carries on over the back, and the notes back keeps swaps, pairings and a dated rating every time you cook it.
Ten staggered tab dividers, labels for the box and index cards keep everything in order, while the conversion cards put cups, grams and oven temperatures right at your fingertips.
Who will love these 3x5 cards
- Anyone filling a 3x5 recipe tin or box at home
- Families collecting handwritten recipes passed down by parents and grandparents
- Bridal shower and recipe swap hosts who want a matching card for each guest
- Bakers who like oven heat, pan size and conversions on the card itself
- Anyone adding a handwritten recipe to a homemade gift
Card sizes and design
- Gentle blush pink accents on clean white pages, light on ink
- Wide margins, so a home printer will not cut anything off
- Cards are exactly 3x5 inches (7.6 by 12.7 cm), three on each sheet, identical in size whether you print on US Letter or A4 paper
- Dividers are also 3x5 with a tab rising above the cards, placed in five positions so you can see all ten
- Box labels measure 3 by 1.5 inches, to stick on the lid or front
- Undated and reusable forever: print as many cards as you like
What's inside (17)
Inside the 3x5 recipe card set: 17 pages
- 1Cover page with contents
- 2Four setup steps (print, cut, back, file), which size you use, the paper and tools needed, the sections of your box, which design suits which dish and the recipes you plan to write first
- 3Classic cards with fields for the title, servings, prep and cook time and oven heat, plus ingredients and directions
- 4Lined cards with servings, total time, source and lines for writing
- 5From the kitchen of cards with title, servings, ingredients needed, method and a made with love line
- 6Baking cards showing oven heat, pan, bake time, yield, ingredients, method, done when and how long it keeps
- 7Weeknight dinner cards with speedy tags (20 min, 30 min, one pan, sheet pan, slow cooker), a grab these list, steps and a line for make ahead or swap
- 8Family recipe cards noting who passed it down, since when, the recipe itself and the story behind it
- 9Continued card backs for recipes that need more room
- 10Notes and tweaks backs for hints, swaps and memories, a log of when you made it with five rating circles, pairs well with and next time
- 11Dividers and labels for breakfast and mains
- 12Dividers and labels for soups & stews and sides & salads
- 13Dividers and labels for baking & desserts
- 14Dividers and labels for drinks and holiday
- 15Dividers and labels for family favorites, plus one blank divider
- 16Index cards to record the recipes filed in each section
- 17Conversion cards: spoon, cup and milliliter measures, oven heat in °F, °C and gas mark, ounces to grams, and useful baking swaps
Files & printing
What you download
- Recipe Cards 3x5 in US Letter, a 17 page PDF
- Recipe Cards 3x5 in A4, a 17 page PDF
- Read Me First, a quick printing guide (PDF)
How to download and print
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- We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
- Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
- Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.
Good to know
- This is a PDF designed to be printed, cut out and filled in by hand.
- You receive a digital download only. Nothing is shipped.
- Colors can look a little different on paper than on screen.
- For use in your own home only. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.
- Digital items are non-returnable. If a file refuses to open or prints oddly, email us and we will fix it fast.
- These are 3x5 cut-out cards. Conversion values are rounded to suit everyday cooking at home.
How this was made
Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.
Questions
Questions about the printable recipe cards
Will the cards fit a standard 3x5 recipe box?
Yes. Printed at 100%, the cards are exactly 3 x 5 inches on both US Letter and A4 sheets, and the dividers stand above them with a tab.
What paper should I print on?
Card stock of 200 to 300 gsm makes sturdy cards. Cut along the dashed lines after printing.
How do I print the card backs?
Put a back page on the reverse side of a card page and flip along the long edge when printing double sided.
Which recipe box sections are included?
Dividers cover breakfast, mains, soups and stews, sides and salads, baking and desserts, drinks, holiday and family favorites, plus a blank one.
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