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Inspired by the previous article, I suddenly discovered that the biggest source of Christmas gift bag ideas is handmade! Is there anything more Christmassy than decorating it yourself? In the following article, I will also bring some Christmas gift bag ideas but can be DIYed by yourself!

 

Elk Paper Bag

Super simple and super cute! All you need is: a simple light brown environmentally friendly paper bag, two googly eyes (as eyes of elk) from Everything Everywhere All at Once, a red plush ball (as nose of elk) and dark brown cardboard (As antlers of elk, optional, but more adorable if present).

The remaining work is also very simple. Use scissors to cut out the shape of two elk horns on dark brown cardboard, and then paste the elk horns, glasses and nose on the paper bag, and you are done.

This DIY transformation will not limit anything, because the image creation of the elk is very simple. If you capture these core elements, others can tell at a glance that it is a cute elk paper bag! If you can’t buy red plush balls, then red cardboard will also work. Told you, it’s not binding, everything is for fun!

Christmas elk sweet cones

This sweet cones-shaped sugar bag is also common. The basic principle is to use the color of the sugar itself and simple decoration to create the overall shape of an elk.

You could even make it alongside the elk paper bag from the front: since the materials required aren’t that different. The elk sweet cones just have an extra ribbon.

Based on the same principle, you can also make Christmas sweet cones bags with other images, such as Santa Claus, snowmen, elves, etc. The more people there are, the more fun it will be.

Generally speaking, the candy materials required for sweet cones are marshmallows and chocolate beans of various colors, because they are small or soft and difficult to shift, so they are suitable for being put together to form color blocks.

 

Little Santa Hat

What is a must-have for Halloween? Santa Claus! What is Santa Claus indispensable for? Santa hat!

The design of this little Santa hat can be decorated almost anywhere, on the mouth of a wine bottle, a lollipop, a pillar on the back of a chair, or even you can make one and wear it yourself!

The production method is also very simple, you only need to follow the following steps.

Materials Needed: Gather red and white felt or fabric, white faux fur or cotton balls, a hot glue gun, and a sewing kit if you prefer sewing.

(Although the picture I gave is not red, Santa’s hats are all red, so choose what you like)

After preparing the materials, cut the red felt fabric into a triangle, roll it directly into the shape of a hat, and then seal the edges with hot melt glue. In this way, you will gain a little hat!

Then we make the beard part: cut a triangular piece of white felt cloth as the bottom, tear off the white faux fur finely and glue it to the white felt strand by strand. This is our Santa Claus beard!

Attach the white beard to the lower edge of the felt hat, then glue the small white ball on the top and the small brown ball (you can choose your own color) for the nose.

Our simple and cute little Santa hat is finished!

 

Simple Pattern Kraft Paper Gift Packaging

Ordinary kraft paper can be very beautiful. For people who don’t like fancy packaging, this kind of packaging with both details and beauty may be more popular with them. Changing the packaging of gifts according to the preferences of different gift recipients is also one of the important gift-giving philosophies!

First of all, this very thin hemp rope can effectively help you complete various designs. It can be wrapped around branches, wound into stars, or packaged in kraft paper bags.

The combination of short branches and twine can easily create three small, delicate and cute Christmas tree images as shown in the picture. Who wouldn’t like such thoughtful and adorable packaging?

The other is this kind of mini wreaths. The combination of its own green and the red of the ribbon is a simple and elegant beauty.

The small branches can also be tied vertically and glued to the center of the package, which is really cute and beautiful when combined with paint splattered snowy pine cones.

 

Santa Paper Bag

This DIY requires neither a hot melt gun nor a needle and thread. It is almost a craft that a kindergarten child can do.

All you need is red, white, black, or gold cardboard, a square paper bag, scissors, glue or tape, a black marker, that’s all.

Look carefully at the picture. If you are making a Santa Claus pattern, all you need to cut out is the black rectangle for the belt, the gold metal buckle for the belt, the two black discs for buttons, and the white wavy rectangle for the beard.

If you want to make the pattern of the elf on the right, change the collar part to red, and make it a pointed collar commonly used in elf clothing, and then change the original button piece to red.

The reason why you need to prepare a black marker is because if you are too lazy to cut out the black part, you can just draw on it and the final effect will not be much different.

 

Sticker Christmas Tree

If you are a bookkeeper, then you must be familiar with these washi tapes.

Nowadays, there are many places selling various kinds of decorative tapes. The advantage of this kind of washi tape is that they are not as sticky as ordinary tapes. They are tapes specially used for decoration and have a certain fault tolerance: if you accidentally apply them If you misplace it, you can tear it off and start over again without leaving any residue.

This kind of tape can be torn directly by hand, and the cross section also has a hand-made rough and cute feeling. There are many places that sell Christmas-themed washi tape sets. You just need to cut out different tapes and stick them together like the picture, and you will have a cute and unique tape Christmas tree!

This time we recommend six more DIY Christmas gift bag ideas. You are also welcome to read our previous article: 6 Christmas Gift Bag Ideas in 2023.