Reusable Nightmare Before Christmas Gift Tags

These reusable Nightmare Before Christmas gift tags are the perfect way to always have gift tags on hand and help the environment at the same time.

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Believe it or not, I’m one of those people that still saves wrapping paper. I think it drives some people crazy but what’s the point of wasting that beautiful wrapping?

In addition to saving money, it is also a little way to do my part to help the environment.

This year I’m taking it a step further with these reusable Christmas gift tags. No one ever keeps the tags on their gifts anyway and we use so many for the kiddos at Christmas.

Now we know we’ll always have plenty and we can use them year after year.

Festive Christmas Season Blog Hop

Welcome back to year 6 of our Festive Christmas Event where we team up with a bunch of talented blogging friends to bring you a plethora of creative ways to celebrate your holiday season.

We will be baking some cookie recipes for you, sharing some party games, making some handmade gifts like this Snow Globe Shadow Box, doing some ornament crafting, and sharing our Christmas movies family fun. There will be breakfast recipes and, as always, our decorated Christmas Trees which is always a fun tour of homes.

New this year are Gift Guides

We are right there with you shopping from home due to Covid-19 and we understand how hard that can be. That is why we have been busy little Elves doing tons of research to create fabulous Gift Guides to help you with your holiday shopping.

Check out 50+ Best Gifts for Crafters and 100+ DIY Christmas Gifts for Everyone on Your List!

Find new ideas every Monday and Wednesday between Oct. 19th through Nov. 18th. Scroll all the way down to the end of the post to find all the ideas linked at the end.

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One of Our Family’s Favorite Christmas Movies

Today we’re sharing our awesome Christmas Movie ideas for the blog hop. My family loves the Nightmare Before Christmas. Actually, I should clarify that pretty much everyone except me loves it.

I also don’t know that I count it as a Christmas movie (I know that’s a hot-button opinion). However, I’m obsessed with my family and love an excuse to get crafty so these gift tags are the perfect project.

Note:

If you don’t own the ornament design I used in this tutorial, you can get it with Cricut Access.

Step 1

First, choose the specific papers from the Nightmare Before Christmas paper set that you want to use. I chose the Zero pattern, the Jack Skellington pattern, and the Boogie’s Boys pattern.

Zero Patterned Paper Loaded into Cricut - Craft Rocker

Step 2

Next put one sheet of paper on your light grip mat and go over it with a brayer or your Cricut scraper tool to make sure it is firmly adhered. Then load it into your cutting machine.

Step 3

After your mat is loaded, pull up Cricut Design Space and click on “New Project” in the top right hand corner of the screen.

Pink Arrow Pointing to Orange Ornament File on Search Page - Craft Rocker

Step 4

Then click on images and type “ornament” into the search bar. Scroll down until you find the orange ornament cut file pictured above.

Orange Ornament File on Design Space Canvas - Craft Rocker

Step 5

Click on the ornament and hit the “insert images” button. Once your ornament is on your canvas, resize it so that it is 2.791” x 3.25”.

8 Orange Ornaments on Cutting Mat Mockup - Craft Rocker

Step 6

After your ornament is the correct size, click the “Make It” button. On the next screen, type 8 in the project copies box and hit “Apply”. Then continue to the cut screen and cut your design.

Zero Patterned Ornaments on Blue Cutting Mat - Craft Rocker

Step 7

Next, remove your cutting mat from your machine and remove the excess paper from the mat.

Zero Patterned Ornaments on Wood Background - Craft Rocker

Step 8

Then pull your ornaments off of the mat and set them to the side.

Step 9

Repeat steps 2 though 8 for your remaining sheets of paper.

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Step 10

After all of your tags are cut, warm up your laminator and place 6 ornaments into one of your lamination sheets. Make sure that you leave space to cut around the ornaments when arranging them in the sheet.

Laminated Sheet of Ornaments - Craft Rocker

Step 11

Next, run your lamination sheet through your laminator and set it aside to cool.

Step 12

Continue laminating your tags until all of them are finished.

Laminated Ornaments next to Pink Scissors - Craft Rocker

Step 13

After all of your tags are laminated, cut them out of the sheets with your scissors. Be sure to leave a laminate edge around them.

Hole Punched Laminated Ornaments next to Crop-A-Dile - Craft Rocker

Step 14

Then punch out the hole in the tags. I used the small hole punch on my Crop-a-dile.

Step 15

Next cut a small piece of cord and thread it through the hole of a tag. Then knot the loose ends together and trim the excess. Continue until all of your tags have cords on them.

Ornament Tag next to Wet Erase Marker - Craft Rocker

Ornament Tags next to Chalk Marker - Craft Rocker

How to Use Your Reusable Nightmare Before Christmas Gift Tags

When you’re ready to use your tags, use a wet erase marker or liquid chalk marker to write the to and the from labels.

Warning: the liquid chalk can rub off more easily than the wet erase marker. I wouldn’t use that on the tags that you are traveling with.

When you’re done with the tags, use a damp cloth to wipe off the writing. Allow them to dry and then toss them in your wrapping paper organizer for next year.

Names on Nightmare Before Christmas Gift Tags - Craft Rocker

Close Up of Assorted Christmas Gift Tags on Wood Background with text overlay - Nightmare Before Christmas Gift Tags - Craft Rocker

These Nightmare Before Christmas gift tags are the perfect reusable option for Jack Skellington fans like my family. No more last minute runs to the store for those little stickers that get immediately thrown away after opening.

Now it’s time to see what awesome Christmas Movie fun my friends have in store for you. Check out all of the posts below for tons of fun inspiration!

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Comments

Marie-Interior Frugalista says

11/04/2020 at 10:35

I am so with you on saving the wrapping paper. It must be a Marie thing. LOL Great idea for recycling it and I love that they are made with a Cricut Maker (I’m always looking for new project ideas).

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  11/04/2020 at 13:10
  
  Yes! That must be it! Maries are crafty, frugal nuts. Lol!
  
Tania says

11/04/2020 at 21:47

How cool that these are reusable!!

- [email protected] says
  
  11/11/2020 at 15:59
  
  My husband was super excited about that when he saw them. Lol!