If you feel giving gift cards is impersonal – add your personal touch with one of these 25+ DIY Christmas gift card holders that the recipient will love!

I love giving and receiving gift cards for the holidays. If you want my honest opinion, I don’t think they are impersonal – assuming you picked a gift card that your recipient will like!
For example, don’t bother getting me a gift card to Bass Pro Shop, but I’ll take one to Starbucks. Ha!
I do realize that some people feel like gift cards are a little impersonal. But I have a question for you, if you’re one of those people. What if you personalize or make the holder for the gift card?
I feel like this is a great way to add the handmade touch that a lot of people feel are missing from gift certificates and cards.
These ideas for Christmas gift card holders are so inspiring, and you can pick one based on what you have on hand or what supplies are easily accessible to you. Scroll down to see them!
DIY Gift Card Holders
People love to receive gift cards to their favorite stores or restaurants. However, giving gift cards can look like a boring Christmas gift. With these 25+ DIY gift card holders, your gift will definitely be well received!
Christmas Felt
To make gift card giving more fun this year, I made these felt gift card holders. There's a Santa, a snowman, and an elf! Aren't they cute?!
Fabric Christmas Tree
Follow the sewing pattern provided and you end up with a cute gift card holder pocket on the back of the tree and adorable pom-pom decorations on the front.
Bows & Stripes
Learn how to make the cutest gift card holder out of a sheet of scrapbook paper with your Cricut. If you like to give gift cards, this is going to be a go-to project. Those paper bows are so sweet!
Crochet Snowman
This adorable snowman not only hugs the gift card, but its arms open up so you can take the card out!
Recycled Magazines
For a gift card holder that’s absolutely free, use magazines and add other items in your stash as embellishments. There's even a free template if you like.
Cute Succulent Printable Gift Card Holder
Know a plant lady who needs a special gift? This is perfect for her! You can add a gift card to Home Depot or her local garden center so she can get her fix.
Simple Sewing
Use your favorite holiday fabric along with snaps or velcro to make a festive card holder. The best part about these holders? They are reusable.
Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder
Grab a FREE coffee cup gift card holder template PDF to cut with scissors as well as the SVG file to cut out with a Cricut. Perfect coffee gift! And who doesn't love a cup of joe for a present?
DIY Origami Gift Card Holder
This easy DIY origami gift card holder makes a cute way to gift a gift card. Yep, no glue or tape needed! Just the art of folding paper for these beauties.
Mini Stocking
You can turn these mini stockings into a gift card banner or tie them onto the top of bigger gifts! The best part is once you are done with them, you can hang them on the tree.
Mason Jar
Spray paint a mason jar and add a personalized tag for a fun and unique gift card holder! I like the idea of adding some favorite wrapped candy to this jar as well.
Ten Minute Holder
You can make these DIY gift card holders in 10 minutes or less with fabric scraps and a sewing machine.
Santa Bags
Cheryl added ribbon and embellishments to turn these mini red bags into Santa themed gift card holders. If you want to get fancy you could add some white trim on the top for extra cuteness.
Monster Holder
Not all gift card holders have to be holiday themed! These monster card holders are such a fun way to give a gift card to a child. I love the googly eyes!
Scrapbook Paper
Katie made a template so that you can use any of your favorite scrapbook papers as gift card holders, making this work perfectly for Christmas or any other holidays.
Paper Tri-Fold
This is another idea using your Cricut. I like the way that these open up like a book and have the card tucked inside.
Gift Card Bouquet Tutorial
This is perfect for a best friend, teacher, or college student for Christmas - or any time of year! Does your gift recipient like to choose their own goodies? They will appreciate this bouquet.
Recycled Card Sleeve
These gift card sleeves are created by recycling old Christmas cards! It's the perfect handmade touch, frugal, and earth friendly.
Mickey & Minnie
Can you believe these Mickey and Minnie gift card cuties are made using duct tape? Love it! They are perfect for Disney themed gift cards for holiday or birthday.
Felt Holder & Gift Tag
I love vibrant the colors are that she chose for this project. Very festive! You can use iron on patches, iron on vinyl, or anything else you like to decorate.
Washi Tape
These pillow boxes are made from paper towel rolls and then decorated with washi tape! They are the perfect way to reuse so that you can spend more money on the gift card and not the packaging.
Scrapbook Paper and Twine
Using the free template provided and your favorite scrapbook paper, you can easily make these paper boxes! The boxes were so simple and turned out perfectly sized.
Buffalo Plaid Christmas Ornament
Yep, this Christmas ornament has pockets! Or one, anyway. The pocket is perfect for holding a gift card, and then the ornament can be placed on the tree.
Reindeer for Kids
This is super simple to put together if you already have plain pillow boxes. If not, they also provide a link to make your own! This reindeer is great for kids who want to give cars to their teachers or other children.
Printable in Frame
This is a great last minute teacher or neighbor gift card idea. Just print out the free printable and put everything in a frame!
Mr. Moose Plaid
The moose and plaid on these holders caught my eye immediately! You don't need a cutter for these - you can just use Su's measurements to cut out the paper.
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