I am not the best gift wrapper on this planet. Why? Because I lack patience and honestly, don’t enjoy it very much. But, I am a clever person and I know my super power: Whenever I get to DIY something, my creative juices will start to flow and passion will take over. This way I can trick myself into doing things I don’t enjoy. Simply add a crafty project into the mix and I am all game. So, making these darling Upcycled DIY Gift Tags In Red & Green totally did the trick for this years Christmas gift wrapping you guys. Can you relate?
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Supplies to DIY Gift Tags for Christmas
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- Clothespins
- Faux box leaf wire garland
- Little red Christmas balls
- Artist pen
- Pliers
- Hot glue
How To Make Personalised Traditional Red & Green Gift Tags
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- Christmas Trees from Recycled Gift Wrap Paper
- Upcycled Book Pages Christmas Tree
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- Mixed-Media Christmas Trees made from trash 😉
How To Store Your Upcycled Clothespins Gift Tags Until Christmas
Now that you’ve made the number of gift tags you’ll need for Christmas, what to do with them, right? I don’t know about you, but in the last couple of weeks before Christmas, my Craft Room is a total and complete mess. I guess it will be time for another Craft-Room Clean-Up Challenge in January.
But for now, I try to do my best simply not to drown in the results of my creativity by applying simple methods, such as this:
I grabbed a big piece of cardboard I saved from an old calendar.
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I simply pinned the gift tags to it and placed it in that corner of my Craft Room where I store cardboard and all my photo backdrops – DIYs and store-bought. Now they are ready to go when it’s time to wrap all those pretty presents.
Traditional Brown Paper Gift-Wrapping Idea for Christmas
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Do you know what I hope for? That the recipients of my DIY gift tags will keep them. That’s right! And re-use them to tag notes to their Memo Boards like this one I made from bent wire.
What would you be writing on your gift tags? The name, a cute message, or both?
Love,
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I’m in love with this simple, elegant, whimsical gift wrapping idea! (And also with that miniature garland. I want some! )
I am using this garland a lot. Go get some to play around with it in your crafts. It’s so worth it. Thank you for taking the time to comment, Nikki.
What a fun idea! This is so creative and they gift tags look great.
Thank you, Beverly. They were also super fun and fast to make.
Oh my goodness, your gift tags are ADORABLE!!!!!
I’m super glad you like them, Marie ???
Such a cute idea! I love out of the ordinary ways to dress up gifts, this is perfect!
Thank you, Kimberly. We share the love for this.
These are so cute!!
Tania
Thank you friend.
These are super cute and you could use them for all sorts of other things. Like the top of a shower curtain. Love it.
I thought so, too. Many ways to put them to use.
These are the cutest gift tags Habiba!! I love these so much, what a fun idea!
Thank you, Katrin. I had a vague idea in mind and loved how they turned out, too.
Those clothes pin gift tags just so pretty, Habiba! And I love the package wrapped in brown paper and tied with the red and white twine. All of them together make a very pretty gift.
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I try to keep gift wrapping simple but I wanted to have a little embellishments. Hence the gift tags.
So very sweet. I love the idea of using clothespins because they are so unique and reusable.
Hi Dru, I love crafting with them for the same reasons you mentioned. Thanks for your note.
I’m not a big fan of wrapping either. This is simple and so pretty!
Ahhh, a kindred spirit. Bless you, Rachel for your nice comment.
These are adorable! What a great and simple idea. Pinned.
Thank you ? I appreciate your support.