Gift Tag Template: Print Gift Tags at Home

A gift tag is the small card that carries a name and a few words on a present. It can be typed and printed with the gift tag template, or printed blank and written by hand, and printable gift tags turn a wrapped box into something that looks ready to give. The tag also keeps the card out of the wrapping paper, so the words stay readable.

The page starts from a finished looking tag rather than a blank square: To and From, a hole for the ribbon, and a design for the occasion. Replace the words, pick another size or design, and print a sheet. The gift tag template stays free, with no signup and no watermark.

The same tag works for many occasions. Holiday is a deep green tag with Merry Christmas in a script, for Christmas and winter gifts. Birthday puts Happy Birthday on a bright band, for a box of cupcakes or a child’s present. Thank you and plain cover weddings, showers, dinner parties and favors, where a simple name and a ribbon are enough.

Print gift tags printable for one event or several at once: the design menu switches the whole tag, and List mode puts a different name on each tag of a sheet. A batch of printable gift tags for a party favor table takes one print run, one cut and a bowl of ribbon.

A handwritten name adds a personal touch, and the plain gift tag template is made for it: the ruled lines sit wide enough for a pen and stay clear of the hole. Print a sheet of plain tags and keep it with the wrapping paper, then write a name when the present is wrapped.

For a stack of presents or a firm’s client gifts, type the names in the label maker. The text is editable like any label, so a name can be set in a script, in capitals or in the same font on every tag, and To and From can become a short line such as “With love” or a wedding date. Add a text box on the To line and set it to List, and each tag on the sheet takes the next name.

Card stock of about 250 to 350 gsm (roughly 90 to 130 lb cover) holds its shape on a ribbon and still cuts with scissors. A matte stock takes pen and printer ink well; a coated stock prints a deeper color. Print the gift tag template on the same stock as the card for a matched set. A full sheet of the holiday design, as in the picture, is six 2 x 3.5 in tags on one Letter sheet of card stock.

String, baker’s twine, satin ribbon or a thin cord all pass through the 1/8 in hole. Heavier ribbon needs a larger hole: the 2.5 x 4 in tag has a 3/16 in one, and any size is one field in the tag panel. A tag tied to a bag handle or a jar neck needs a longer loop than a flat box, so cut the string after the tag is in place.

Print the gift tag template at 100% or Actual size, never Fit to page, or the tag comes out small and the hole moves on the sheet. A test print on plain paper shows the layout before the card stock goes in. The sheet PDF carries every tag on Letter or A4, with the outlines and holes drawn.

Let the ink dry before cutting, especially on coated stock. The 2 x 3.5 in tag prints 6 on Letter and 9 on A4; the 2 x 2 in tag prints 15 on either page, and the 2.5 x 4 in tag prints 6. A full sheet is the quickest way to keep a drawer of tags ready for the next present.

Scissors follow the printed outline and are all a few tags need. A craft knife and a steel rule give a straighter edge on a stack, and a punch the size of the hole (1/8 in, or 3/16 in on the 2.5 x 4 in tag) makes it clean. Round corners use the 1/8 in radius in the cut line; clipped corners use the 45 degree cut at the top.

A Cricut cuts the same outline from the Cricut PNG, hole included, so a batch for a party comes out identical. Cut a test tag first and check the hole and the size against the gift, then cut the rest of the sheet.

The label maker has a Design with AI button, and the gift tag template uses it like any other label: describe the look, pick one to four results, and the AI works in two ways, keeping your layout and restyling it or painting the background art alone. With background art alone, a soft color field, a paper texture or a small illustration works well behind To and From: the words stay on top and stay editable.

AI artwork uses 10 credits an image, and the button shows the total before the run starts. The rest of the page is free: every design, size, sheet, PDF, SVG and PNG. Start from the gift tag template, place the names, then let the AI make the art behind them.