Cookie Cutter Stamped Christmas Tea Towels

Darling Cookie Cutter Stamped Christmas Tea Towels the whole family can enjoy making for some fun DIY Holiday gifts.  Free printable label wraps available and a video tutorial!

*This project is part of my seasonal blog series called “Handmade Holidays” where I’m sharing oodles of DIY gift ideas for anyone on your list.  This post and video is sponsored by my all time favorite place to buy cleaning supplies – Grove Collaborative. Hang tight and I’ll tell you more about them and their awesome FREE product offer for my readers!

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Truthfully, when I had this idea, I wondered if it would end up looking like a 5 year old did it.  I mean, artistic painting has never been my strength and this probably sounded too easy.  How delighted I was when my cookie cutter stamped tea towels turned out sooo cute!  In fact, I bet a 5 year old could do it!

So let me show you how simple it is to make some cookie cutter stamped tea towels and you can enjoy making them yourself, or round up the whole family to create their own fun designs to gift to neighbors, grandparents, teachers and friends for the Christmas Season.

I also hope you’ll enjoy this peak into a dear friends beautiful kitchen in her new home!  She was so kind to let me “borrow” her home for my photo shoot.  I mean, those light fixtures, flooring, countertops . . . sigh!!

PACKAGING IDEAS FOR TEA TOWELS

Before we dive into the tips and tricks for successful cookie cutter stamped tea towels, I’d like to give you a few ideas for packaging and gifting them.

PRINTABLE GIFT LABEL WRAPS

You could easily wrap or tie the towel up with ribbon or string, but I went ahead and made these free printable gift label wraps, which you simply print, tape and insert your towel to gift.  

It adds a special touch to the gift and gives you a place to write who it is to and from. You can grab this free printable in my TIDBITS SUBSCRIBER LIBRARY, and feel free to use it for any gift you give!  (I printed mine on brown craft paper).

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We plan to gift a lot of these affordable tea towels to neighbors and friends, but to make it an extra special gift for relatives and grandparents, I thought it would be fun to combine the towel with some Mrs. Meyer’s seasonal scented soaps and sprays.  I love the Peppermint scents, but the other delicious Holiday scents right now are Orange Clove and Iowa Pine. All of them are like Christmas in a bottle!

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I know about when we will need more toothpaste, toilet cleaner, dish soap, laundry soap, etc – and have it shipped right to my door from Grove.

I really adore their Grove branded products and they constantly put out such useful and adorable items like this darling seasonal red caddy (which would be perfect to gift with the stamped towel) and Grove sink tray.

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HOW TO MAKE COOKIE CUTTER STAMPED CHRISTMAS TEA TOWELS

This project is really so easy, it hardly merits a tutorial, but I did learn a few tips for success while making my towels.

SUPPLIES FOR CHRISTMAS TEA TOWELS:

• Tea Towel or flour sacks
  • Readily available in craft stores, Walmart, or Amazon in bulk)
• Fabric paint
  • Any color, which can be found in craft stores or here online.
• Cookie cutters
  • Go mini or big!  Grab what you have or cruise the baking stores to find some unique ones, like I did.  The cute gingerbread man was a unique find.
• Paper plate
• Brush
• Garbage bags

First up, prep your area by laying out some garbage bags to protect your surface.  Then open up the tea towel and lay it flat on top.

Next, pour some fabric paint onto a paper plate.  You’ll want enough that it covers the length and width of the cookie cutter, plus some.

Then it works best to take a brush and even out the paint on the plate.  Make sure the paint is kind of puddled up on the plate vs just a painted paper plate – if that made any sense.

Then you will simply dip the cookie cutter into the paint, trying to get an even coverage, then stamp it right onto the towel, pressing evenly around before you lift up the cookie cutter.

And that’s how easy this project is!  Feel free to get creative with your design and pattern and have fun making your own custom stamped tea towels.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project, and I really hope you’ll take advantage of this incredible offer by Grove Collaborative.  Now all that is left for you to do is make a list of anyone in your life who would love a cookie cutter stamped tea towel – and be sure to make one for yourself!

I’ve got more DIY gift ideas comin’ at ya this season, so be sure to subscribe to my newsletter updates so you won’t miss a beat.  Thank you for reading and keep following along for more inspiration for do-it-yourself living.