Purim Tags

 Purim is coming up on Adar 14/15(coinciding with March 8th and 9th on the secular calender this year). So I thought that now would be a good time to start thinking about mishloach manot (lit. "sending of portions").

 So today I started making some colourful Purim basket tags.

You'll Need

- an assortment of colourful paper and or cardstock

- markers and pens

- stick glue, glue tape, or sticky mounting squares

- scissors or paper cutter

- any embellishments that you would like to use

Cut your paper to the desired sizes.

I made my tags one sided so when I go to use them I will punch a single hole in the corner and tie it on to the basket with ribbon.

Arrange your accenting coloured paper on your cardstock pieces until you are happy with your design and glue down.

Take a black marker and outline the edges of your tags. 

Use a ruler to make sure that the line is straight and you don't slip! 

** I used a tissue to wipe the marker off the the ruler to to make sure the ink wouldn't smudge on the tag as well.

Decorate the fronts of your tags as you wish. You could use stickers or other embellishments, a special holiday message, or simply write the words Purim!

I am planning on writing my personal message on that back of my tags so I stuck with a simple design with "Purim" written on the front in a nice font.

If you have kids, get them involved! You could even delegate this special task to younger children that aren't able to help with the baking and let them do it while you bake. If they can't use scissors simply give them some pre-cut squares of plain card stock and they can decorate them. Glitter glue, stickers, and pre-cut paper shapes are some things that kids can easily work with by themselves.