Free Download: Custom Children’s Gift Tags
21 Apr
I know I am not alone when I get a birthday invitation for a kids party that is less than a week away and go into cranky mode. It throws a big wrench into my carefully planned schedule. This is why I have a gift closet stocked with items I find on sale. Now I get to show off how great I am at wrapping presents! I take a bag, insert gift, throw in some recycled tissue paper from Victoria’s secret for girls or Anthropologie for boys. I know this is really a disappointment from someone who is supposed to be creative, but it has become a family joke.
Since Addy and I have been hitting the party circuit so much I have have a sad Martha moment about my crappy gift wrapping. Sad Martha moments are when my love of Martha Stuart collieds with my need to have a perfect mommy moment. Such moments are usually prompted by birthdays and holiday and end in a meltdown. My solution was to make these gift tags and tie them, along with a piece of candy, to the handle of the lackluster Dollar Store gift bags.
Each tag is 2 x 4 inches and printed on thick white paper with a hand drawn name and tree base in black ink. I added color to the name with watered down acrylic paint and the tree top is Addy’s thumb print with un diluted acrylic paint. She loved making these trees so it made for a fun and easy project. When they were dry I added the hole punch(I used a small sized punch) and hemp string. Now we can just grab and go! You can download a template here of the tag with crop marks and the tree. Have a Martha moment!
