It's gift-giving season again! Ready to make some pretty watercolor gift tags? If you have some left-over watercolor paper scraps, this is the perfect use for them!
Here's what you need:
watercolor paper
watercolor paints
paint brush
water
scissors
hole punch
string
Step 1: Paint!
Paint small watercolor trees, Christmas wreaths, poinsettia flowers, ornaments, or flower garlands on your watercolor paper scraps.
Have fun and play with your color palette. I didn't paint any pink Christmas trees, but I think that would be an awesome idea! Also, don't worry about making these paintings look realistic. The quicker and more fluid, the better.
Let dry.
Step 2: Cut
Cut your paintings out of the paper to make small tags. For the wreaths, I cut around the edges of the painting. For the trees, I used my paper cutter and made rectangular tags.
Step 3: Punch
Use a small hole punch to punch out a hole in the top of each of your tags.
Step 4: Tie
Cut small lengths of string. I used baker's twine purchased from the dollar store. Tie a string through the hole at the top of each tag.
When your tags are all done, use a pen to write your "to's" and "from's" on your tags. Use the loose ends of the strings to tie your beautiful watercolor gift tags to your gifts.
Happy gift giving!
Great idea, I use acrylics but the idea works for that too. I should make some up for a fun day of painting.
ReplyDeleteYes, you should be able to do this with acrylics too. good idea!
DeleteOh this is such a perfect idea 😍 I am definitely going to give this a try
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I hope you do!
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