How To Use Staples To Make Festive Chanukah Gift Tags

How to use staples to make festive Chanukah gift tags, napkin rings, magnets and garland elements might not have ever occurred to you, but now that it is on your radar, why not give it a try? I think anyone who sees this tiny craft will surely be delighted, and I do wonder if anyone in the world has ever thought of this (surely yes, but do they have a blog or social media to share it?) so it is a great way to introduce creativity and thinking a bit out of the box! I think I’ll glue them to some green velvet ribbon and make napkin rings as we have two shabboses to celebrate this Chanukah, and there will surely be a full table of celebrants! Ready to do it? (You could of course just use regular staples, just the colored ones add some interest……)

You’ll Need:

• colored staples, mine are purple, and a stapler

• orange pencil or marker

• white corrugated light weight cardboard, mine is from a perfume box divider

• gold paper or cardstock

• hot glue or high tack glue

How To Use Staples To Make Chanukah Menorah Gift Tags:

Use the staples to form the shape of the menorah, add the flames, cut out the square or rectangle so that the menorah sits in the center, and then using hot glue adhere to a slightly larger piece of gold paper or card stock.

Depending on the stapler you have, evenly spacing the staples is a bit of a challenge, so do expect a bunch that don’t quite measure up, and do practice a bit. One could possibly make lines with a pencil as a guide, but I’m not sure how helpful that is or whether it is worth the extra time. I just realized that if one made a stencil however, such that you staple within the cut-out spaces, that could actually be really helpful if you want to make a bunch of these.

What ever you decide, don’t worry about perfection, slightly wonky adds character! Happy Chanukah crafting!