Y2K has nothing on 2020! Therefore, please enjoy my FREE Halloween Cheer printable gift tags to help combat this batty year. The punny Halloween gift tags are perfect for attaching to a bottle of wine for adults or favor bags for kids. Plus, since Halloween will for sure look different this year, perhaps drop the gifts off with your friends and family on Halloween. It could be a fun and safe social-distancing Halloween activity.
Materials
- Free Halloween Cheer Gift Tags PDF file
- Free Halloween Cheer Bats Cricut Design Space Project or Free Bat Templates PDF
- 9” piece of black paper rope (twine)
- 7” piece of black 22 gauge wire
- Mod Podge or white glue
- Tape
- Spray adhesive
- 8.5” x 11” white card stock and printer
- Black glitter paper (or black card stock you glitter yourself)
Instructions
For the Tag…
Download the FREE Halloween Cheer Gift Tags printable. Print at home or take the PDF file to a place like FedEx Office or Staples. Print the file on white card stock. The printable will print 2 finished tags per 8.5” x 11” paper. Once printed, cut tags.
For the Bats…
You’ll need four 3″ paper bats per tag. Cricut users can cut bats using my Free Halloween Bats Cricut Design Space Project. Everyone else can use the Free PDF template (use the 3″ bat). Cut bats out of black glitter card stock.
Note: I didn’t have glitter paper so I first cut the bats from black card stock and glittered the bats using spray adhesive and black glitter. I then “set” the glitter by spraying the bats with a clear coat of glossy paint. This helps the glitter from coming off.
Wine Tag Assembly
Layer a small tag on top of a large tag and punch a hole at the top. Insert your piece of wire into the hole, fold the wire in half, and twist in place. Make sure to separate the wire ends before the next step. It will now look like you have two wires.
Next, using the paper rope/twine you’ll create a “Cow Hitch Knot.” To tie the knot, fold your twine in half and insert the loop from the front to the back of your tag so the loose ends hang from the front. Then insert the loose ends into the loop and gently pull tight. The wires will stick out of either side of the finished knot.
Now create the wine bottle loop that goes around the neck of the wine bottle. Use a wine bottle to help create the right size loop. Tie a knot. Cut the tails of your knot a little over 1/2” long. Remove from the bottle. To hide the tails of your knot, put Mod Podge/glue on the tails and twist each tail around the loop you created. When done it should look like a solid loop. Let dry.
Once dry, it’s ready for the bats. Place the tag back on the wine bottle to help determine the placement of your bats on the wire. Cut wires to the appropriate height and tape a bat to each wire. Remove tag from the bottle and lay face down on the table. Using spray adhesive, make the bats “double-sided” by attaching a second bat to each bat, making sure to “sandwich” the wire between the two bats.
You’re done! Attach your finished gift tag to your favorite bottle of wine or favorite bottle of spirits and give it to a friend in need of some Halloween cheer—which is everyone!
For Use On Other Gifts
Follow the instructions above but skip making the loop that goes on a wine bottle. Instead, use a ribbon and tie a bow to your gift.
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