Non-Food
Recipes
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Gift Tags
& Stickers
(from 'Creative Gift Wrap' A
collection of ideas from Real Food for Real People)
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It can be fun to design your own stickers
and gift tags. You can begin by saving glossy mail order catalogs and newspaper
inserts, gift bags with cute pictures on the front, magazine pages with pictures of dolls,
flowers, comic characters, etc.. Other good sources are used greeting cards or
Christmas cards, and even crafting or rubber stamping catalogs.
By using the recipe below, any scrap of
paper can be turned into a 'lick & stick' sticker! You can also design your own
stickers and tags, run photo copies of them, and color them yourself. This is a very
popular idea with children.
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Homemade Gum Stickers
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1 part White Vinegar
1 part White School Glue
Mix together in small bowl. Using a
sponge brush, paint first coat onto back of paper. Let this dry and paint on second
coat. Let this dry at least a couple of hours or overnight. Now you are ready
to cut out your stickers. You may add Peppermint extract or any other flavor you
like to glue mixture to make licking more pleasant.
HINT: When coloring your own
stickers, apply glue mixture before coloring with markers, crayons, etc., to prevent
possible damage from the moisture in the glue. Now, lick & stick!
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Ideas for these stickers can come from
magazines, advertisements, coloring books, 'cut and copy' books, rubber stamps, etc..
If you are planning on using ideas from several sources, you may want to make a
master copy and then make photo copies so your only copy won't be ruined if you make any
mistakes while coloring.
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Stickers and tags can be colored with water
based markers, crayons, colored pencils, chalks, or hand painted. When you have
finished coloring your stickers, carefully cut them out and then use right away, or save
for future use. This can be a great activity to do as a family.
Happy licking & sticker-ing!
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Tags
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You can make tags for your own gifts from
most any paper you like. A scrap of the wrap you used for your gift which is cut
into a 2 x 4 inch rectangle, folded in half, and a hole punched into the upper corner next
to the fold, is always a nice finishing touch for a gift.
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One of my favorite papers to use for these
kind of tags is wall paper. Wall paper is usually nice and heavy, so that the tag
stands up nicely. Save small scraps for tags when wrapping gifts or decorating your
house, pick up sample pieces which are free at wall paper displays in stores, or cut them
from discontinued wall paper sample books which can be purchased at a small fee from wall
paper stores when the new books come out. The only thing you have to watch out for
when using wall paper for tags, is DO NOT use a marker to write your message inside!
The paste coating will gum up your marker. Any ball point pen or pencil will work
fine for this purpose.
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Curling ribbon, narrow craft ribbon, or
colored crochet thread all work great for a tie on your tags. To attach your tie,
cut a 6 - 8 inch length of ribbon/thread, fold it in half and insert it into the hole from
the front of the tag. Next, bring your 'tails' both through the loop which the
ribbon/thread forms behind the tag, and pull through until it is snug. Now you are
ready to tie your tag onto your gift.
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