Easy Sprinkle Birthday Gift Tags

You guys, I’m already thinking about the holidays. My son and I were busy making Christmas gift tags a couple days ago. I don’t have any decorations up or gifts bought as of yet, but I’m itching to get started. I try to wait until thanksgiving before I start decorating, but with the cooler air rolling in, I’m getting antsy.

Last week, my son and I started on Christmas preparations in other ways—gift tags. While prepping our work space (the kitchen table) with stuff to make Christmas tags, my son was busy rummaging around in the pantry. An activity he loves and I don’t mind because it keeps him quiet and busy. He likes shaking the spice jars.

Do you know where I’m going with this? He got a hold the sprinkle container, but yet, I wasn’t worried, there’s no way he can get that lid unscrewed. So, I continued on with gathering Christmas supplies.

I heard him shaking away, still not phased, I checked on the napping baby and walked back in to a floor covered in sprinkles. Somehow, he managed to get the lid off and promptly emptied the bottle all over the floor. As I chased sprinkles around the kitchen floor, it got me thinking. These won’t work for baking at this point, but I bet they would make a great addition to some gift tags.

Consequently, these fun and super easy tags were born. It took us no time to make these and my son got to dump the sprinkles on, a sport he’s apparently an expert in now. He loved it. It’s a fast, easy craft that my son can participate in and doesn’t get bored doing. In this mom’s opinion, that’s a huge win.

While working on the first tag, (the one with the solid bar) my husband walked by and suggested trying birthday related images, that turned into candles, hats and a cake. Perfect timing on his part. I was thrilled with just the solid bar.

After, the birthday versions, we worked on some Christmas tags too. Needless to say, it was a fun afternoon of crafting. I hope your kids enjoy this craft as much as mine did.

Heres how you can make your own

Supplies

• cardstock
• scissors or a paper cutter
• glue
• small paintbrush
• sprinkles
• hole punch
• ribbon
• paper plate or Tupperware to catch the sprinkles
• fine tipped marker

Instructions

1. Begin by cutting your cardstock into 3” x 3” squares.
2. Once you’ve cut the squares, decide on shape or design and either paint it on freehand using the paintbrush and glue. Or you can draw it first with pencil and using the glue bottle itself trace the pattern.
3. Once the glue is on, pour on the sprinkles.
4. Now, shake off any excess sprinkles. If you have some sprinkles out of place you can just use the back end of the paintbrush to push the strays back into place.
5. Lastly, add any finishing details using the marker and finish with a hole and some ribbon.

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