How to make printable Christmas gift tags with clipart

Homemade gift tags take about twenty minutes and a printer. Because transparent PNG clipart has no background, you can drop it on any color or pattern and it looks like it was drawn there.

What you need

• •Your PNG clipart, unzipped
• •Canva (free), Microsoft Word or Google Docs
• •White cardstock — 65 to 110 lb is sturdy enough to hang from a gift
• •Scissors or a paper trimmer, a hole punch, and ribbon or twine

In Canva

1. 1Create a design at US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in).
2. 2Draw a rectangle 2 × 3.5 in — the size of a business card, and a classic gift tag. Copy it until you have two columns of five: ten tags on a sheet.
3. 3Upload your PNGs (Uploads, then Upload files) and drag one onto each tag. Keep the art at least ¼ in from the edges so trimming doesn't clip it.
4. 4Add text like “To:” and “From:”, or the person's name. A round, friendly font suits cute clipart.
5. 5Download as PDF Print, so the clipart stays sharp.

In Word or Google Docs

1. 1Insert a table with 2 columns and 5 rows, and set each cell to 2 in tall and 3.5 in wide.
2. 2Click into a cell and insert a PNG (Insert, then Picture or Image).
3. 3In Word, set the picture's wrap to In Front of Text so you can move it freely and type beside it.
4. 4Add your text, then give the table thin, light gray borders as cutting guides.

Printing

• •Print at Actual size (100%), not Fit to page, so the tags come out exactly 2 × 3.5 in.
• •In the printer settings, choose a cardstock or heavy paper type and the best quality setting.
• •Print one test sheet on plain paper first to check the layout before using cardstock.
• •Matte cardstock is easier to write on with a pen than glossy.

More ideas with the same clipart

• •Folded cards: fold a letter sheet in half for a 5.5 × 8.5 in card, or into quarters for a 4.25 × 5.5 in card that fits an A2 envelope.
• •Treat bag toppers: fold a 4 × 6 in strip over the top of a cellophane bag and staple it shut.
• •Teacher and classmate gifts: make a sheet with each child's name on a tag.

Selling tags you make

With our commercial-use clipart you can sell printed tags and cards. You can't sell the design as a digital download or editable template, since that hands buyers the files themselves.