Christmas Gift Tags

INSIDE : Learn how to make Chalkboard Christmas Gift Tags to include on all your holiday presents and gift wrapping! Add miniature tree clothespins and you are set for the perfect Christmas present.

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This post has been updated since it’s original December 2013 publish date.

My family has a long history of silly Christmas Gift Tags. And when I say silly, I mean sometimes the gift tag is read aloud and no one has a clue who the gift is for. We spend hours thinking up inside jokes and code names for each other. I thought this year in addition to all the fun names, the gift tags and embellishments should be exciting, too!

You might be interested in my Christmas Gift Wrapping Party, too.

This year, I’ve decided to use more neutral gift wrapping paper and I love that these four papers are simple, but very graphic in nature.

newspaper
black and brown polka dots
brown and white polka dots
black and brown moroccan print

I really wanted the gift tags to stay simple and the embellishments and tags to pop.

How to make Chalkboard Christmas Gift Tags

Using chalkboard paint to add a little interest to your gift tags is both fun and easy to do! I love using Folkart chalkboard paint, but any chalkboard paint will do.

Start by cutting your paper into fun gift tag shapes. I cut out two different shapes from newspaper.

Next, paint an area large enough to write your gift names. Allow to dry and do another coat if not an even coat of paint.

You can use chalk, chalk markers or even a white colored pencil (which I love because it doesn’t wipe away) to then write out the gift recipient’s name.

I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself as I wrote out the gift tags. This year’s batch will be epic.

Adding embellishments to your gift tags

For the embellishments, I pulled out all types of goodies.

I used gold paperclips and hot glued fun shapded red buttons to the tops.

I also added spray painted miniature evergreen trees and clothes pins in green, yellow and blue to my presents.

Then using colorful ribbons and scrapbook paper also came into play for fun additions.

After wrapping each gift and then making all the tags, I decided on which ribbons and embellishments to use. This is where it really started to get fun.