DIY Wrap Up: Tags, Toppers & Wraps {Freebies}

Everything you need for wrapping and presenting gifts with a little homemade flair is on this list. Enjoy!

Gift Tag Printables

1. Adorable Penguin Gift Tags: Seriously.Cute.Printables!
2. Mitten Gift Tags and Background: The scatter of mittens was designed to be a pattern on the reverse of the gift tags, you can use it however you wish. For the tag, after you cut them out, use a hole punch so you can tie the tags to gifts. For an extra cute touch, add those paper circles you use, oh dear I forget what they are called, but you put them on pages where you punch a hole to make it stronger.
3. Penguin Notes: Use as gift labels or tags, whatever you like.
4. Mitten Ornaments or Gift Tags: With the help of a hole punch and some ribbon, these cute mittens can be transformed into ornaments or git tags!
5. Santa Approved Snowman Gift Tag: Full sheet of a cute snowman.
6. Elf Tags: If you have a thing for Christmas elves, these are for you!
7. Free Printable Gift Tags: Free country primitive printable hang tags for products, gifts, scrapbooking or crafts. Add your own text for a customized tag!
8. Gift Tag For The Kids To Write On: As a general rule gift tags are small. Sometimes really tiny. This makes it difficult for children, like ours, who are in their first years of writing to write on tags themselves. I made these holiday tags so that the kids can address the gifts to their teachers and friends this year. They are fairly large (1/4 of a letter size sheet of paper) so that they can fit in everything comfortably.
9. Blank Printable Simple Stripes Gift Tag Template: These classic printable tags feature a striped effect and are a great way to embellish any present, gift-wrapped or not. This gift tag template showcases a selection of 6 different printable tags (in 6 different colors). The tags are blank, so you can add a message fit for whatever the occasion.
10. Free Printable Doily Napkin Bands & More: With the dinner table in mind I fashioned these simple little Printable Napkin Bands as well as some little doily inspired extras that can be printed and then hung like a mobile, strung in a row to create a garland, or even used as gift tags.
11. Holiday Gift Tags (pdf): Patterns and artwork to create your own Holiday gift tags from Amy Butler.
12. Printable Holiday Tags (pdf): Four different designs: Snowman, Christmas Stocking, Christmas Ornament, Gingerbread Man.
13. Gift Tag Download: Four tags per page, print out on cardstock of your choice, punch a hole in the little flower center at the top of the tag and insert your string.
14. Make Gift Tags With Fabric Scraps: Cut a small piece of fabric with pinking shears. Hand sew fabric onto tag. Write or stamp a message inside. Done.
15. Whisker Graphics Gift Tag Download: Ten different designs to make gift tags or cards.
16. Seussville Gift Tags: If you’d like to have some fun, Just print these tags, cut out each one, Color them and add some string. For Christmas gifts, they’re just the thing!
17. Assorted Gift Tags (pdf): New designs for 2008 from Sew Mama Sew.
18. Assorted Gift Tags (pdf): Free printables for handmade gifts.
19. Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags: To use these gift tags, print them out with your home or office printer, cut them out and (optionally) punch holes to add string or ribbon to tie these festive labels onto your Christmas gifts. Instant and easy, and there’s 10 tags per page!
20. Gift Tags For Homemade Gifts: Several designs to choose from.
21. Gift Tag & Topper: When going to a party or holiday event haven’t you ever had a beautiful bow/decoration that just gets crushed under the weight of another gift that someone stacks on top? Argh! This idea is a solution to that and it’s super easy to make.
22. Freebies! Set of 4 Gift Tags: Pretty and decorative: Monsieur, Mademoiselle and Bebe.
23. Merry Christmas Cards: Six pretty gift tag designs (round).
24. Four Seasons Gift Tag Template: A free downloadable gift tag template for you to print, trim, and dress up your parcels.
25. Free Holiday Gift Tags: Six different designs in two different colors. Simple yet lovely!
26. Angel Christmas Gift Tag: A template with 5 Christmas gift tags (12 x 7 cm) for you to print.
27. Holiday Gift Tags Download (pdf): Lovely circular tags with simple mistletoe design.
28. Papercrave Gift Tags (pdf): Several different designs to choose from, very nice!
29. Free Holiday Gift Tags: Adorable gift tags “embroidery” style–very sweet, available via pdf download.
30. Humorous Gift Tags (pdf): Several different designs with humorous notes.
31. Marth Stewart’s Clip Art Tags (pdf): 18 different designs on this sheet of colorful (and fun) gift tags.
32. Fabric Stash Gift Labels: This How-To is an easy, no-sew project. Utilizing your stash fabrics; some scraps of ribbon, cording, or other loop-making material; some Wonder-Under; and your imagination, we’ll make beautiful, custom gift tags which your gift recipients will ooh and ahh over for years.
33. Sparkling Gift Tags: These sparkling gift tags, with a front flap for holding gift-certificate cards, are as functional as they are pretty. Tie them to presents, or hang them on the tree.
34. Embossed Gift Tags & Cards: These beautifully embossed cards require equipment you may not have lying around the house, such as a heat tool, embossing powder, and a glycerin stamp pad.

Gift Bags, Wraps & Boxes

1. How To Make Decorative Boxes With Take Out Containers: A quick video from DIY Maven with a nifty idea for making pretty, decorative boxes out of take-out containers.
2. How to Make Organza Envelopes: You don’t need much fabric for these wrappings, so buy the best: silk organza (polyester doesn’t press out as well.) From there, the envelope can be cut, sewn, and embellished in less than an hour.
3. Gift Bags Made From Envelopes: Print a design on the envelope and then with a few snips of the scissors, some clever folding and pretty ribbon added for handles, voila! nice gift bag.
4. Quick & Easy Origami Gift Box Tutorial: It’s a very easy origami lidded gift box which you and/or the kids can whip up in less than 10 minutes. This box would be perfect for packaging smaller Christmas presents like jewelery, or you can use these boxes as dividers within a larger box (which is great for keeping our crafting supplies under control).
5. Teeny-Tiny Gift Boxes: Pop some chocolates in these gorgeous little purses as a sweet thankyou, a table place marker at a special event or just a thoughtful gift for a friend, family member or work colleague. A simple tag completes the package – and it can be made in under half an hour!
6. Itty Bitty Sweet Boxes: Pop some chocolates or party favours in these gorgeous little cone-shaped boxes – they make cute table place markers or hang them over the back of each guest’s chair!
7. Magic Boxes: With some fancy folding, a bit of cutting and some dabs of glue, these little boxes turn into something quite impressive. Embellish the finished box with some fancy ribbons or bows and use for gift giving or to hold little keepsakes.
8. Paper Flower CD Case: How To: Creative way to decoratively wrap CD gifts.
9. How To Make A Gift Box From A Cereal Box: Using just scissors, hot glue and an old cereal box, you can whip up a most-excellent gift box.
10. Tutorial: Handmade Gift Pouch: Use some colored meshy tulle fabric with an interesting texture (plus it’s see-though so you can actually see what’s inside) but you could use just about any kind of fabric as long as it doesn’t fray, like felt for instance!
11. Drawstring Gift Bag Tutorial: A simple drawstring bag to use for gift giving instead of wrapping paper. Intended to be reused again and again and again.
12. Tutorial: Origami Box: Video tute.
13. Christmas Origami Box: A traditional origami box with a new take for Christmas.
14. Christmas Gift Bag: Need a quick little Christmas gift bag? Check out this cute crocheted gift bag made from recycled plastic grocery bags.
15. Holiday Gift Bags: These holiday gift bags add a personal touch to every present.
16. Velvet Gelt Bag: Gift bags of dreidels and chocolate gelt, or coins, are even more of a treat when made from velvet embossed with symbols of Hanukkah. Can use any holiday design you like.
17. Free Small Lace Pastel Boxes: Results are best when printed on card stock.
18. Christmas Wreath Box: Template and instructions, pdf download available.
19. Make an origami gift box: This origami gift box makes perfect reusable packaging for small gifts – and looks smashing under the tree.
20. Free Printables: Over 35 Packaging Templates: You’ll find printable templates for lots of things.
21. Furoshiki How To: These traditional Japanese square cloths are getting a lot of attention lately, as a “green” alternative to wrapping paper and plastic shopping bags.

Gift Card & Money Wraps

1. Gift Card Box Pattern: Add a personal touch to your gift-card presents by making the box yourself. It doesn’t take much to make this darling little box come to life — wrap with a simple ribbon or decorate with an assortment of your favorite paper-craft supplies.
2. Money Bags: Use them to stuff a stocking or to horde your rainy day change collection.
3. Reindeer Gift Pouch: Here’s a pattern with instructions for the hand-stitched version.
4. Pretty Purse Gift Card Holder: Fun and fast, this cute crochet purse is a terrific way to add a special touch when wrapping small gifts or gift cards this holiday season! Makes a great accent to larger wrapped packages as well!
5. Jacob’s Ladder Christmas Card & Gift Card Holder: When it is opened like a book, the gift card is on one side, and when it is opened from the back cover, the gift card magically appears on the opposite side.
6. Gift Card Holders: Two ideas work for gift cards, tickets, cash, and more. Grace oversize gift tags with ribbon pockets or turn wide ribbons into pouches. Either can be attached to a package or presented on its own.
7. Mini Shopping Bags: Fancy little totes filled with small presents — gift cards, cash, jewelry, and other trinkets — might make Scrooge himself smile. Wrap the gift in tissue paper before tucking it inside, and don’t forget to add a tiny tag.
8. Money Bags: Fancy little totes filled with cash will bring a big smile to any child.
9. Fabric Card Holder Tutorial: Adjust dimensions to fit the gift cards.
10. Rhinestone-Studded Gift Card Holder: This ribbon-wrapped rhinestone-studded holder is pretty as a package. It’s also multifunctioning: Use it to announce the menu of a holiday dinner or to hold a party favor.
11. Gift Card Holder: Flatten a toilet paper roll, cover it with decorative paper to make this decorative gift pouch.
12. Rickrack Hanging Gift Card Holder: Rickrack transforms this festive red-and-white card holder into a pocketbook-like tree ornament. Hang it on a bough so it — and its contents — will stay clear of the floor-level frenzy on Christmas Eve.
13. Gift Wallet: Fresh bills stay crisp in these wallets that double as gift box and card. Use medium card stock for the billfold and wrapping paper for the pockets.
14. Paper Stockings: Handmade paper stockings are a departure from the envelopes often used for money and gift cards.
15. Gift Card Holder: Here’s a gift card holder that you can hang on your tree! It’s an under 5 minute project, super easy and gives the recipient a little something to unwrap.
16. Gift Card Bag Tutorial: Very nice, geared more for scrapbooking tools.
17. Box Card: Is it a card or is it a box? Well it’s both…..This card looks like a regular card until you open it and then ‘surprise’ there’s a little box attached. You can use them for gift card holders or sending flat type embellishments to fellow carders as a little surprise.
18. Book of Money: Bibliophiles will love spending these pages on a book of their own choosing, the pages are money.

Gift Toppers & Embellishments

1. D.I.Y. Eco-Happy Pom Pom Gift Topper: A cool twist on the standard pom pom … plastic grocery bag pom pom gift toppers!
2. Gift Box Sashes (pdf): Tutorial download from Amy Butler.
3. Reusable Gift Wrap Tutorial: A super simple tutorial that shows step by step what to do. If you can sew in a fairly straight line and use pinking shears than you can make this!
4. Paper Bow Tutorial: The perfect Bow to create in minutes to co-ordinate with Wrapping or Gift Bags, you will never want to buy another Bow once you have tried these.
5. Gift-Topper Berries: Decorate holiday packages with these red-and-green berry clusters, left. Attach them with waxed twine, and then tie gift tags to the stems.
6. Package Toppers: These creative package toppers will add a quick finishing touch to your holiday gifts.
7. Make Your Own Buttons and Bows Gift Wrap: Dress a plain white box in perfect party attire by gluing on playful red buttons and topping it off with holiday striped ribbons and a lime-green pinstripe bow.
8. Gift Wrap Idea – Woodsy How To: There’s no escaping this year’s woodland trend, with oak leaves, acorns, squirrels, deer, tree stumps and of course good old faux bois (fake wood grain) popping up all over the place. You may even be buying some Christmas gifts with a forest-y feel to them, so why not extend this trend to your parcel wrapping?
9. Gift Wrap Idea – Personalized How To: The idea behind this look is really simple – though it takes a little time to put into practice – and will make your parcels really stand out! This is an ideal way of decorating gifts for men and boys.
10. Snowflake Gift Topper: Let a simple snowflake crochet pattern dress up your gifts this holiday season.
11. Chintz Traditional Boxes: Snippets of ribbon and chintz transform boxes into the sweetest containers for your treasures.
12. Martha’s Favorite Bow: Once you master this classic bow, try some creative variations on your gifts. Tie your ribbon over a wider, contrasting band of ribbon or paper, run parallel ribbons side by side, or make a simple double knot and snip notches into the tails.
13. Gift Adornments: These smartly wrapped packages have retro charm. Attaching the holiday tags is a cinch — they’re designed with slits that fit around ribbon. And the handles slip right over the tops of plain bags, turning them into cute parcels you can carry.
14. How To Wrap – Beautiful Bow Instructions: Seven pages of instructions including color illustrations detailing how to tie gift bows.
15. Ribbon Reinvented: Curling Ribbons: These trimmings are same ol’, same ol’ in the world of gift wrap, but a few twists can turn them into something new. Concentric loops, held together with a staple, impart a modern look. Long teardrop shapes are unabashedly pretty. Accordion folds make a flower or a lone sunburst rendered in ribbon. As for loose spirals, there’s only one rule: The more, the merrier.
16. Recycle Magazines Into Gift Bows: Tutorial from the Craftster forum.
17. Jingle Bells: Re-create the sound of Santa’s sleigh with a small bell attached to Christmas parcels.
18. Woven Ribbon Wrap: Think outside the box: interweave ribbons to dress up a gift.

Food & Beverage Gift Packaging

1. Wine Wrap and Tags: Tutorial from Better Homes & Gardens.
2. Holiday Cookie Mailing Tubes: Just the right shape for mailing (or hand-delivering) cookies, bright-colored cardboard tubes look even more festive when outfitted in red and white to mimic the season’s best candy canes.
3. Swirled Organza Bottle Bag: Dazzling package wraps double the fun of this host-and-hostess gift.
4. Wine Bottle Gift Bag Tutorial: Sewing tute, bag has a tied closure at top.
5. Bottle Wraps: While a bottle of wine is an easy gift to give, it’s often troublesome to wrap. The three ideas here begin with soft, flexible materials that conform to a bottle’s contour.
6. Holiday Hang Tag Tutorial: If you plan to gift a bottle of anything this holiday season, skip the store-bought wine bag and whip up these handmade hang tags. They’re so easy with the stencil provided.

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