Gifts From The Kitchen Guide: Tags, Labels, Tips & Ideas

You’ll find plenty of freebies and tips on this page for giving gifts of baking and food (along with other handmade goodies): Free tags & labels to print (many suitable for year round occasions, others are specific to Christmas), tips for packaging baked goods along with a Gift-Worthy Recipes & Mixes section (for both food and spa/beauty gifts). Much of the information below was published previously on Tipnut and moved here to a single page for better organization. I’ll be adding more to this page over time, have fun!

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Kitchen Stickers: You’ll find 5 different designs in this collection labeled as “Made with love by” and “From the kitchen of”. Free pdf download.

Assorted Holiday Labels: Lots of goodies in this bunch, includes: “handmade with love”, “from the kitchen of” and assorted blank labels (both rectangular and circles). Each design offers an autofill template (pdf).

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Cookie Dough Wrap: Not a printable but a great packaging idea, print recipe instructions on paper or vellum then wrap around a frozen log of dough.

Cookie Exchange Freebies: You’ll find an editable cookie recipe card, assorted blank labels and fun tags such as “mucho thanks for your delicious cookies” and “yum! this cookie gets my vote”. Free pdf downloads.

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Sweets to the Sweet Tags: Tiny cupcake tags to print on cardstock, punch a hole at the top and hang with colorful strands of yarn or baker’s twine.

Gingerbread Labels: Fun & festive gingerbread on two different designs, one reads “baked with lots of love just for you” and the other “home baked with love for the holidays”.

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Baking Tags: Four different blue-bordered tags that read “Baked By”, “From The Kitchen Of”, “To: and From:”, and “for you!”. Prints 8 per sheet (pdf).

Baking Gift Tags: Editable tags, four different designs labeled as “Mixing it up with”, “From the kitchen of” and “Baked with Love from”.

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Meal Care-Package Labels: Attach these to food gifts you bring to new parents, three cards to choose from (single pdf download).

Cookie Box Template: Made to fit 4 standard sized sandwich cookies, two versions available: one says “Sweet Treats”, the other is blank so you can personalize as you like.

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Cookie Exchange Freebies: Fun set in blue and white, pack includes recipe cards, logos and labels.

Made With Love Topper: Labels for the tops of canning lids that read “Made With Love” around the circle, prints assorted colors per sheet.

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Dessert Tags: Six different designs in the set, most are Christmas theme but there are a couple that are suitable for year-round gift-giving too.

Apron Holder: If you’re including recipe cards with your food gift, tuck it into one of these charming aprons.

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Baked Pretty For You: Two cute little chefs are featured on these labels, prints 6 per page (pdf download).

Chef’s Hat with Holly: A simple design that is suitable for all kinds of food gifts, features a chef’s hat with a sprig of holly and reads “From the kitchen of”.

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Pretty Kitchen Tags: Two different sets available (scroll to bottom of page), the first design features a handful of kitchen gadgets and the other is a retro design with apron, oven mitt and chef’s hat.

Farm Fresh: Ideal for giving gifts of preserves and fresh produce.

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Mini Muffins Box: Cover an empty box (from foil, parchment paper or saran wrap) with wrapping paper and string to hold a batch of mini-muffins.

Bread Loaf Wraps: Use the downloadable template to make your own with heavy weight patterned paper, tie with twine or ribbon.

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For Mason Jars: Here’s an assortment of labels for jar lids (a dozen/page).

You’ll also find some nice freebies on these pages, many will work well for gift-giving: Canning Jar Labels and Recipe Cards.

Creative Container & Filler Ideas

*First published December 11, 2008 and moved here for better organization

Baking Gifts Can Be Made Nice & Festive With A Few Simple Materials

Container Ideas

Decorative Holiday Cookie Jar
Baskets: Wicker, Wire or Plastic
Biscuit Tins
Cannisters: Glass or Tin
Wide Mouth Jars
Small Bucket
Decorative Holiday Plate or Platter
Decorative Holiday Bowl: Ceramic, Glass or Plastic
Large Mug or Tea Cup
Styrofoam Trays
Chip Tubes (like Pringles–good for cookies)
Milk Carton: Wash clean and cover with wrapping paper
Repurposed Boxes (chocolates, tea, crackers, etc.): Wrap boxes in holiday paper
Cellophane Bags

DIY Gift Boxes

You’ll find lots of DIY gift box ideas listed on Tipnut’s Crafty Christmas and DIY Wrap Up: 101 Gift Tags, Toppers & Wraps.

Liners & Wraps

Cellophane
Wax Paper
Paper or Fabric Napkins (Holiday Themed)
Paper Cupcake Holders
Paper Doilies
Tissue Paper

Gift Box Fillers

A container brimming with homemade baking is usually more than enough, but if you want to tuck in a few more goodies, here are a few ideas that will compliment baked goods: