Tags for New Year's gifts: original ideas and tips for making

New Year brings with it joy and fun. Everyone wants to share a festive mood with loved ones, surprise them with nice gifts. Gift wrapping is a special mystery, because it is very interesting to unfold a beautiful wrapper in anticipation of a surprise.

In large families, by tradition, gifts are folded under the tree. So that everyone can find their own surprise in the abundance of bright boxes, all presents can be supplemented with cards with names. Tags for New Year's gifts will be discussed in the article.

Beautiful wrapping paper and colorful ribbons help create the holiday mood. The finishing touch is the personalized New Year's tags. The tradition of decorating gifts with labels with signatures came to us from Europe recently, but Russians immediately fell in love with them.

Christmas labels do more than just complement the gift wrapping design. They make the present individual and allow you to please a person with warm words and wishes. So, the person being gifted, even before opening the box, already receives a particle of attention and tenderness.

Gift tags can be:

• plain and simple (in the form of rectangles, circles);
• curly (perforated, in the form of Christmas trees, snowflakes, cones, birds, fairy houses, and so on);
• with drawing;
• voluminous (with additional elements - bows, decorative buttons, all kinds of applications).

Most of the options assume there is free space to sign the name of the recipient of the gift. Selected models include a ready-made nameplate that can be filled with warm words. On some labels, you can write a whole congratulation, compliment or sincere wish for the next year.

Tags can be:

• buy in specialized stores;
• download from the Internet in the form of templates and print on cardboard or thick paper (some templates allow you to add your words in a graphics editor, others already contain ready-made text);
• do it yourself.

Shop items are usually already filled with New Year's wishes. Their choice is not very large. On specialized sites, you can find a fairly wide range of templates of all kinds of shapes, colors and styles. This allows you to create a very beautiful decor.

When choosing gift labels, it is important to consider the overall stylistic idea. The tag should harmoniously complement the packaging design. It could be romantic retro style with angels and other relevant images. Dusty tones, the effect of aged paper are appropriate here.

Also modern minimalistic style. In some design options, even black and white labels will look impressive.

Choosing a name card, you should pay attention to its fastening. The element can be fixed with a tape or a string threaded through a special hole. And also the tag can have an adhesive backing. The choice of fastening method depends on personal taste and the general idea of ​​decorating the gifts.

Self-made decor will not only be individual, it will be able to convey all your love and tenderness that you put into the creation of this masterpiece. People close to you will be delighted to see with what responsibility you prepared for the holiday, thinking about them.

To create the tags, you will need regular stationery and a couple of decorative pieces (optional):

• cardboard (you can also use thick white or colored paper);
• scissors;
• watercolor paints and a brush,
• the gel pen;
• decor elements (buttons, sequins, lace and so on).

The process of making a New Year's accessory is quite simple.

1. First of all, you need to draw on the cardboard the contours of the future element. It can be a circle, polygon, herringbone or something else (it all depends on your idea).
2. If the tag will be attached with tape, a small round hole should be made towards the edge.
3. The next step is decorating. You can paint the element with paints, draw some patterns, decorate it with sparkles, applique. If you are proficient in scrapbooking techniques, you can use various elements and effects. Don't forget to leave space for the name of the recipient of the gift.
4. Sign the labels. You can just write in the name, or you can compose a whole congratulation.

The shape of the tag can also be related to who it is for. Christmas balls, bells and snowflakes are versatile options. Children's labels can be made in the form of snowmen, bunnies, mittens. A humorous addition for a man's gift is a funny mustache.

Many have New Year's cards from previous years.They can be an excellent material for making exclusive gift cards. Images of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, magic animals in a snowy forest, joyful children with gifts are especially well suited. You just need to carefully cut the drawing. On the other side, you can write a congratulation.

Methods for attaching a tag to a gift box may vary. The most popular method is using ribbon, decorative twine, or a strip of lace fabric.

In this case, the tape is cut into equal parts. Then it is threaded into the hole of the label and attached to the gift with a beautiful bow. The twine is tied, creating a semblance of a thin spider web. This is usually how gifts are decorated in retro style.

Finally, you can use double-sided tape to secure the item to the package (if the part is made with your own hands or purchased, but does not have a special hole).

As you can understand from the above, there are a great many variations of gift decoration. You can use ideas from the Internet or come up with something of your own. In any case, your gifts will be unique and memorable, because your loved ones will undoubtedly appreciate that you have invested your soul not only in the purchase of the present itself, but also in its design.

You will find a step-by-step guide on how to make tags for New Year's gifts in the following video.