“Gift Tags and Ornaments,” Friend, Dec. 2004, 42
Gift Tags and Ornaments
To make Christmas gift tags and/or ornaments, you will need: scissors, heavy paper, ruler, old Christmas cards or wrapping paper with pictures you can easily cut out, glue, marking pens or crayons, a hole punch, and yarn or string.
Gift Tags
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Cut the heavy paper into rectangles about 2″ x 3″ (5 x 7.5 cm).
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For each tag, cut out a figure or scene from the old Christmas cards or wrapping paper, small enough to fit on one side of the rectangle, and glue it on (see illustration).
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Ask an older person to print To: and From: next to the picture, then punch a hole near the left edge of the tag at the corner or middle (see illustration).
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Thread a short piece of yarn or string through the hole and knot the ends.
Ornaments
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Cut out small figures or scenes from the old Christmas cards or wrapping paper.
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Glue as many as will fit on pieces of heavy paper, then cut each one out.
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With an older person’s help, punch a hole at the top of each ornament where it will hang the best (see illustration).
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Thread a short piece of yarn or string through the hole in each ornament and knot the ends.
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Hang the ornaments on your own tree or give them as gifts.