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Looking for a creative way to give a coffee shop gift card this holiday season? This cute DIY felt Christmas gift card holder is the perfect way to add a personal touch to your gift cards this holiday season. These adorable handmade felt holders transform a simple gift card into a charming present, adding a personal touch to your gift-giving. Designed to look like cozy coffee cups with holiday-themed decorations, they’re ideal for the coffee lovers in your life, from teachers and co-workers to friends and family. These festive felt coffee cup gift card holders are the perfect solution!
You don’t need any special materials or crafting knowledge to make these adorable gift card holders. They’re such a thoughtful gift idea.
More fun crafting ideas to try include sweater candle cozies, personalized gift baskets, sock snowmen, or a chunky hand knit blanket.
Why You’ll Love It
Easy to make: You don’t need any special sewing supplies or crafting knowledge to make these Christmas gift card holders.
A thoughtful gift: While giving gift cards might sound a bit impersonal, add a homemade gift card holder and your gift becomes a charming and thoughtful choice!
A great holiday gift for teachers: It’s a well-known fact that teachers love coffee (well, most of them!) so having your kids make these Starbucks gift card holders is a winning idea, and no one can accuse you of being an unoriginal mom or dad.
DIY Felt Gift Card Holder Materials
A complete list of materials and amounts can be found in the tutorial card below.
PDF pattern: Simply print it out.
Craft felt: You need this in red, white and brown.
Glitter craft red felt: For a sparkly festive look.
Embroidery floss: You need red, white, mid-brown, and dark brown embroidery floss or embroidery thread.
Safety eyes or half pearls: I used safety eyes but you can use either.
Hot glue: To attach the craft eyes or half pearls.
Bow or ribbon: For the finishing touch on your gift card holders DIY holder!
Scissors, sewing pins and a needle: Grab some from the dollar store!
How to Make a DIY Felt Starbucks Gift Card Holder
For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.
Cut out the pattern pieces: Print the pattern PDF, pin them to felt and cut them out.
Stitch the pieces together: Use embroidery floss to sew the felt lid to the felt cup. Sew on the pocket and stitch around the whole cup. Sew a brown mouth on to the design.
Glue pieces in place: Use hot glue to attach the craft safety eyes or craft pearls.
The finishing touches: Sew on the sleeve and glue on a bow. Insert your gift card and it’s ready!
Substitutions and Variations
Felt: Use any color felt you like to make the coffee cup gift card holder. Green felt is also seasonal.
Glitter felt: Regular craft felt is a perfect substitution for glitter felt.
Embroidery floss: Use regular sewing thread to stitch together the gift card holder in place of embroidery floss. A mouth could be added to the gift card holder using a permanent marker, a fabric marker or fabric paint.
Hot glue: You can use fabric glue instead.
Craft eyes or half pearls: Good substitutions to add eyes to your gift card holder include buttons, pompoms and you can even use a sharpie or fabric paint pen to draw them on.
Ribbon: Instead of a ribbon bow, any embellishments of your choice can be used to decorate and customize your gift card holder.
Festive Treats to Enjoy while Crafting
Savory snacks: Serve up roasted party nuts or an antipasto Christmas tree.
Sweet treats: Christmas Rolo pretzel bites and Christmas tree cupcakes are so delicious.
Christmassy drinks: You can’t go wrong with white Christmas punch or mulled wine jello shots (well, maybe wait until you’ve finished crafting!)
Top Tips
Types of felt: Use any type of felt you have available to create this – synthetic craft felt, a wool-blend or wool felt would work.
Blanket stitch: This stitch works or you can use any stitch you’re comfortable with, perhaps running stitch or whip stitch.
Make a few: Even if you can only think of one person to gift this to, it’s worth making several so you have some handy for future gifts. You never know when you’ll want to gift someone a Starbucks gift card and these are always cute regardless of season or occasion!
Homemade Felt Gift Card Envelope FAQs
Yes. Instead of sewing each of the layers together with embroidery thread, you could use hot glue to attach them to each other for a no sew version. If you use hot glue, be careful when attaching the pocket to ensure there is still room to tuck a gift card inside!
This is a simple sewing project that would make a great first project for beginners or kids. Young kids might need assistance cutting or sewing, and care should be taken to avoid burns when using a hot glue gun (adult supervision advised!)
Homemade Felt Gift Card Holder Tutorial
DIY Felt Christmas Gift Card Holder
Supplies
- red craft felt, 4.5 inches x 3.5 inches
- white craft felt, 3.5 inches x 1 inch
- brown craft felt, 3 inches x 2 inches
- glitter craft felt, 4.5 inches x 6.5 inches
- embroidery floss, red, white, brown, and dark brown
- 2 black 9mm craft safety eyes, or half pearls
- 4 inches 3/8 inch ribbon, or a premade bow
Instructions
- Print the pattern PDF onto regular paper.
- Pin the pattern pieces onto felt and cut them out. Cut one of each of pattern pieces #1 (cup) and #3 (pocket) from red glitter felt, one of pattern piece #1 (cup) from red felt, one of pattern piece #2 (lid) from white felt, and one of pattern piece #4 (sleeve) from brown felt.
- Use three strands of white embroidery floss to stitch along the bottom edge of the lid and attach it to the cup.
- Pin the second cup piece (#1, cut from regular red felt) onto the back of the cup. Starting on one side of the lid, use three strands of white embroidery floss to blanket stitch around the lid through all three layers of felt, stopping once you reach the other side.
- Pin the pocket onto the front of the cup. Starting at the top of the cup, where you just finished stitching, use three strands of red embroidery floss to blanket stitch around the edge of the cup until you reach the lid on the other side.
- Using 6 strands of dark brown embroidery floss, embroider a mouth onto the sleeve. Attach eyes to the sleeve using hot glue. If you are using half-pearls, glue them directly onto the sleeve. If you are using craft safety eyes, use a pair of wire cutters to clip the stems off the back of the safety eyes, then glue them onto the sleeve.
- Pin the sleeve onto the front of the cup, aligning the top of the sleeve with the top edge of the pocket. Using three strands of brown embroidery thread, blanket stitch along both sides of the sleeve to attach it to the cup
- Attach a bow to the front of the sleeve using hot glue.
- Insert a gift card into the gift card pocket. And you're done!
Notes
Blanket stitch: This stitch works or you can use any stitch you’re comfortable with, perhaps running stitch or whip stitch.
Make a few: Even if you can only think of one person to gift this to, it’s worth making several so you have some handy for future gifts. You never know when you’ll want to gift someone a Starbucks gift card and these are always cute regardless of season or occasion!
These Kawaii (the Japanese word for cute!) inspired DIY felt Christmas gift card holder is a great project. You don’t need a sewing machine to make DIY gift card holders, just a few basic materials. This is a quick and fun craft project anyone can make with ease.
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Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
