Make Holiday Cards And Gift Wrap Using DIY Stamps

Make Your Own Holiday Cards And Wrapping Paper With These DIY Stamps

Looking for an easy way to print cards and wrapping paper with your children? This roller printing tutorial shows you how to craft festive Christmas tree stamps using a lint roller and how to transform a bottle cap into a stamp for envelopes.

Let’s get started!

How To Make A Roller Stamp

Make Your Own Holiday Cards And Wrapping Paper With These DIY Stamps

What You Need

  • Lint roller
  • Craft foam
  • Baker’s twine
  • Skewer stick
  • Scissors
  • Ink pad, green
  • Card or gift paper
DIY Roller Printing

Step 1
Cut the craft foam in 8 pieces approximately 1 x 2.5 inches each. Cut tree shapes out of them. Take the skewer stick and make some tiny holes in the trees. Cut a piece of baker’s twine.

DIY Roller Printing

Step 2
Add the foam to the roller: Position the trees so that their stumps point to the handle. Wrap the twine around and through the trees so that it looks like a hillside or a walk.

DIY Roller Printing Gift Wrap

Step 3
Press the roller onto an ink pad and roll until it is completely covered with green ink.

DIY Roller Printing Tutorial

Step 4
Roll it onto your paper. Let the ink dry.

DIY Roller Printing Tutorial

Add some star stickers if you like.

How To Make An Envelope Stamp

DIY Roller Printing

What You Need

  • Bottle cap
  • Craft foam
  • Glue
  • Scissors

Step 1
Cut some small tree shapes from the foam and glue them to the bottle cap. Let it dry

Step 2
Press the stamp onto an ink pad and transfer to your envelopes.

DIY Roller Printing

While cleaning up, I discovered that I could even use the scrap foam to make a confetti-like pattern.

DIY Roller Printing

Have fun with this easy holiday craft!