Make holiday presents stand out by adorning them with homemade gift tags created from clip art, recycled materials, craft punches, and photos.

The littlest mittens can be customized with thin ribbon strips attached with craft glue. You can also give your recipients two hands (one with "to," the other with "from") and a pair of mittens adorned with glued-on buttons. Then, sock it to 'em with a cute addition to a stocking: a glued-on snowflake made of yarn.

Print the Mitten and Stocking Tags

Personalize gifts with a grand monogram made by printing our 26-letter clip art onto card stock.

Print the Monogram Gift Tag Clip Art

Print our cheerful message clip art on adhesive paper or card stock (use a 1/8-inch hole punch to hang a tag), and cut out with a 2-inch round punch.

Print our pretty holly clip art onto adhesive paper; trim, and stick.

Ready to spread the spirit? Buy your favorite wine by the case, print these custom wine labels, and bestow friends with some liquid cheer. Just pick your label below, print on adhesive-backed paper, cut, and stick them to the bottles (they peel off easily).

Print the Making Spirits Bright Wine Labels

Print the Drink and Be Merry! Wine Labels

Print the Cheers to the New Year! Wine Labels

Print our Christmas tree clip-art labels onto precut adhesive paper, peel, and stick on your gift.

Top a present with, or stash chocolate gelt in, a double-duty dreidel using this template. Cut felt pieces for pocket. Snip upper edge of top piece with pinking shears. Hand- or machine-sew pieces together. Write letter with craft glue, then lay a piece of yarn on top.

These jolly snowmen are perfect for decorating kids' presents. Print our snowman clip-art holiday tags onto adhesive paper or card stock.

Need tags in merry multiples? Print our red speech bubble clip-art labels onto adhesive paper or card stock.

To make these cheerful tags, start with a tag template, then make a simple snowman with white-dot stickers. Draw on his carrot nose and coal buttons.

Trace our tag template onto leftover paper for scrap-tastic tags.

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Scandinavian holiday paper pad and Winter Wonderland holiday paper pad, by Martha Stewart Crafts

Get groovy with these red and green "Happy Holidays" clip-art tags. Write to-from details on the back, punch a hole, and hang.

Print these cheery clip-art strips, then check off the fun to-from boxes as you apply to each gift.

Cut a ball ornament shape from felt using our template, then cut out recipient's initial and attach with hot-glue gun.

To make these drop-shaped ornament tag toppers, trace our template onto felt, cut out, and glue on rickrack.

Give gifts a little ornamentation with this tag clip art.

Add stripes of many colors to your gifts with this clip art printed on adhesive paper.

Trim a tree tag using our clip-art template. Then use a hot-glue gun to add rickrack garland along the dotted lines.

Once the gift has been revealed, these handmade trinkets can serve as ornaments or holiday decorations for seasons to come.

To make the tree, start with our template, then use a hot-glue gun to attach a glittery pipe cleaner.

For the poinsettia, cut 2 bump-chenille stems in half, and twist together at the center.

You can also make a star with our template, then glue on twinkling pipe cleaners.

Print the Pipe-Cleaner Toppers Templates

For a warm gift, fill a mug with cocoa mix, then print a "Warm Wishes for the Season" sticker on adhesive paper.

To make this charming wreath tag, paint our template with craft glue, then dust on green glitter. When dry, glue on tiny red pom-poms for berries.

This charming sprig of holly can be created using our holly-leaf template. Cut out the template, then use red brads to attach to paper trimmed with scallop scissors.

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Brads, 5 mm, joann.com

Top gifts with pretty red poinsettias made from shopkeeper's tags. Fold six tags in half. Cut a point at bottom of tag, then unfold. Secure all six tags by inserting a white brad through the existing holes. If you want leaves, cut them from artist's paper folded in half; adhere with glue dots.

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Brads, 5mm, joann.com

Dress up a package of homemade treats with our "Sweet Tidings" clip-art packaging labels.

Add extra charm to your Christmas packaging with a little help from the great outdoors. Simply attach tiny pinecones -- pristine or spruced up with metallic floral spray -- to store-bought tags and cards using glue.

Those mauves you mulled over for the dining room look pretty on paper (if not on your walls). So consider turning leftover paint chips into colorful gift tags. Use a circle cutter or a tag craft punch to create the desired shapes. If you're penning notes on dark swatches, use a white gel pen for contrast.

Glue designs snipped from last year's greeting cards to store-bought or handmade gift tags and add charm to every package. Or cut the cards themselves into tags and punch a hole for ribbon (press on a sticker first to reinforce the hole).

Use pearl-finished paper and snowflake craft punches to create snowflakes big and small. Glue punched flurries to tags, thread with a large-eyed needle onto mohair yarn, and wrap around package.

These glittery gift tags, with a front flap for holding gift-certificate cards, are as functional as they are pretty. Tie them to presents for an elegant touch.

A cherished picture can do more than decorate the mantel. Turn memorable photos of family, friends, or even landscapes into gift labels.

Embellish presents with something tasteful. To make these sweet gift tags, cut gingerbread dough into shapes or letters, punch with a small hole for threading with cord, and bake.

Giving an amaryllis or paperwhite bulb to family or friends this Christmas? Include care instructions on a festive gift card, and slip behind ribbon.

Print the Plant-Care Clip Art

These mittens won't warm chilled hands, but they will generate good cheer when clipped to gift tags.

Potatoes can be used for much more than side dishes. Carve a design into one and use it to decorate a blank gift card. Punch a small hole in the corner of the card, and thread a piece of string or ribbon through.

In all the hubbub of a party, gift tags can easily become separated from their corresponding presents. Prevent this by wrapping both of them in an opaque layer of glassine.

Giving fresh pasta to family or friends this year? Print and attach one of these clip-art gift tags with decorative ribbon for an extra-special touch to your homemade holiday gift.

Print Fresh Pasta Gift Tags
Print Round Red Gift Tags
Print Bolognese Recipe Gift Tags

Instead of writing new tags every year, keep a file of names on your computer and create customized tags using our template.

Attaching these holiday tags is a cinch -- they're designed with slits that fit around ribbon. And the handles slip right over the tops of plain bags, turning them into cute parcels you can carry.

Print the Clip-Art Gift Adornments

These beautifully embossed gift tags add extra sparkle to any gift.

Recycle holiday cards as monogram labels for presents.

Give your holiday presents a one-of-a-kind presentation with these simple-to-make gift tags.

Use our gift-bearing bear or generous pooch clip-art gift tags to add Christmas cheer to kids' presents.

Print the Animal Clip Art

These printable gift tag designs are ideal for wrapping up homemade bread pudding.

Print the Bread Pudding Clip Art

There's no question whom a gift is for when you put the recipient's photo front and center. Print the picture on adhesive paper, or adhere with double-sided tape. For an older recipient, consider choosing a shot from childhood, prom, or a wedding.

Made from stationery-store supplies, ribbon pieces, and a hole punch, these gift tags are inexpensive and fun to create.

Need a last-minute gift tag? Print out our snowflake clip art onto self-adhesive paper and cut out. Affix to presents for a festive touch.

This charming, polka-dot gift tag looks just like wrapping paper. Have kids print on self-adhesive paper, cut out, and apply to gifts.

Add a wintry scene to Christmas gifts. Print and cut our snowy gift tag onto adhesive-backed paper (available at office-supply stores). Cut along dotted lines, and stick on presents.

For a more personal gift tag, print this blank face design onto adhesive-backed paper, cut along dotted lines, and add features to the faces.

Remind everyone on your list what to do with an "Open Me" gift tag. Just print, cut out, and affix on Christmas gifts.

Add a needlepoint clip-art tag to give presents a crafty touch.