make your own gift tags

Don't buy gift tags. Save last years Christmas cards that people send. Cut out the pictures from the front of the card and the inside greetings.


You can cut the cards into interesting shapes or cut around the figures on the cards.


Foam board or foam cutouts are really cheap after Christmas and you can decorate them as much or as little as you want.

Use a simple paper hole punch to make holes in card cut outs and foam. Thread ribbon through the holes and tie around the top of the gift bags or use on your traditional wrap. Pick up a few sharppie markers to write on the card tags or foam. They work great on the shiny card stock. It makes the gift wrap so much fun and the big tag is so much nicer than those little stick on things. Make it personal for yourself.