Last Minute Valentine's Gift Idea w/ Free Gift Tags!

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Valentine’s Day is only a few days away, and if you need a small, quick gift I’ve got the perfect idea for you! Grab an oven mitt and a package of cookie mix because I’ve got your back with an adorable free printable Valentine’s gift tag to add to it. You’ll have a sweet gift for less than $3 in under two minutes! This Valentine’s gift is perfect for teachers, friends, or anyone you’d like to you’re thinking of them. Let me show you how I put these gifts together for my son’s teachers.

Supplies for Oven Mitt Valentine’s Gift:

white cardstock paper (Go ahead and grab this large pack of paper so you can print all of my free printables like these for your Valentine’s family dinner & party! Or here’s smaller pack.)
oven mitt (That’s a 2 pack for less than $5!)
cookie mix (optional)
paper slicer (or this paper slicer plus paper scoring tool which is so helpful for other projects) or
scissors
hole punch (optional)
thin ribbon
hot glue gun (optional)

Supplies for a last minute Valentine's gift: 2 bags of chocolate chip cookie mix, a red oven mitt, a blue oven mitt, and my free printable Valentine's gift tag.

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I made these gift tags to use on Valentine’s teachers gifts for my son. They can be used for anyone because I specifically didn’t add “you’re a great teacher” and instead used “you’re a sweet Valentine” for that reason. I created these printable gift tags that you can use on your last minute Valentine’s gift on regular 8.5×11 paper. It’s best to use cardstock, but regular paper will work in a pinch. Just download, print, and cut them out!

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Cut Gift Tag

Once you’ve printed the last minute Valentine’s gift tags, cut them out. I used a paper slicer which makes nice, clean cuts.

Valentine's Oven Mitt cutting gift tag with paper slicer.

Once it’s cut, use a whole punch to punch a hole in the circle at the top of the Valentine’s gift tag. If you don’t have one, you can fold the paper in a bit and use scissors to cut one.

Attach the gift tag to your last minute Valentine’s gift.

Next, use a thin ribbon, twine, or yarn to tie the gift tag onto the oven mitt. Most oven mitts have a tab on the back that you can hang it from. I used a piece of yarn and tied my gift tag to that tab.

Tying a gift tag to my last minute Valentine's oven mitt teachers gift.

Cutting excess yarn off after using it to attach a gift tag to the last minute Valentine's oven mitt teachers gift.

After that I decided that I wanted to cover the hole in the gift tag. I had a little bit of 5/8″ Valentine’s ribbon, so I made a small bow to glue over it.

It’s easy to make a perfect two-loop bow. First make a loop but be sure that you have an extra inch below it for a tail. Bring the ribbon across to form a second loop, then down an inch for the second tail. The photos below show it better than I can describe, but I filmed this entire process, so you can check out the video at the end of the post.

Making a bow to add to the last minute Valentine's teachers gift.

Use a pipe cleaner or floral wire to secure the center of the bow. You could also use yarn or another very thin ribbon to tie it off, but when I used yarn it just kept slipping undone. After that wrap yarn or ribbon around the center to cover the wire.

Wrapping yarn around the center of a tiny bow to cover the wire securing it before adding it to the Valentine's teachers gift.

Add a dot of hot glue on that back of the bow and place it over the punched hole on the Valentine’s gift tag. Adding a separate bow looks better and neater than tying one as you tie the tag on the oven mitt.

Squeezing hot glue on the back of a tiny red bow.

Placing the red bow with hot glue onto the Valentine's teachers gift tag.

Last Minute Valentine’s Teachers’ or Friends’ Gift Video Tutorial

Here’s a quick video of me putting together a second Valentine’s gift for my son’s teachers.

Your last minute Valentine’s Day gift is ready to give! Wasn’t that so easy, affordable, and super quick?!

I think these turned out to be so cute. No need to wrap them; they look great on their own!

Last minute Valentine's gift for my son's teachers; a blue oven mitt and a red oven mitt with gift tags that say, "I must ad-mitt you're a sweet Valentine!"

You can choose to add cookie mix or not. They look cute and are useful to the recipient either way. They’re just a little sweeter with the cookies! Most teachers have a sweet-tooth (who can blame them?!), so I included a bag of Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies in these Valentine’s Day gifts.

Last minute Valentine's gift for my son's teachers; a blue oven mitt and a red oven mitt with gift tags that say, "I must ad-mitt you're a sweet Valentine!" with chocolate chip cookie mix inside the oven mitts.

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