Year of Towels | Fun Gift Idea

This easy, Year of Towels gift idea is an adorable, seasonal gift that will have your friends and family thinking of you all year long! Made with 12 seasonal decorative towels and a set of free printable tags, this is a fun and simple gift that everyone will love!

I love homemade gifts, whether it’s DIY wood photo ornaments for Christmas, or a handpainted flower pot for Mother’s Day! And this Christmas, I’m giving away a ton of these Year of Towel sets!

In fact, I couldn’t WAIT to give the gift of a Year of Towels this year for Christmas. I gave them to both of my sisters, and also as my “girl gift” (we do a drawing at my husband’s family Christmas) this year. It was a hit, not only for those who received it, but for everyone who watched the gift being opened!

A Year of Towels – An Easy Gift Idea

This is the perfect gift for any time of year, since every month is represented! And the great thing about this gift is that it’s thoughtful, inexpensive, and technically DIY without requiring any crafting talent WHATSOEVER (because I even designed the cute printable tags for you to finish your gift and am giving them to you!).

It’s also a perfect gift for just about woman in your life, or even men who enjoy the kitchen and cooking! It would make a great gift for grandmas, sisters, moms, teachers, aunts, co-workers, new brides, and the list goes on and on!

Getting All the Towels

This is something that needs to be kept up on year-round, though, for it to be the cheapest. I wait til the very start of each season (stores like Walmart and Dollar General always put out seasonal stuff super early, making this easy for me) and I buy several of each towel for each season, just in case I want to give the gift of a Year of Towels to someone I didn’t anticipate being on my list.

Towels are anywhere from $0.88 to $2 each, depending on where I get them. Buy early in the season, or as soon as they put them out, for the best selection!

And don’t worry! If you are here too close to Christmas to pull this off monthly, you can also get full sets of seasonal towels already pulled together!

Here’s the rundown of what I buy for each month to give you an idea:

• January: Snowy/Winter/Snowmen
• February: Hearts/Valentine’s Day
• March: St. Patrick’s Day
• April: Easter/Spring
• May: Spring/Flowers
• June: Summer
• July: Fourth of July/Red, White, & Blue
• August: Back to School/Summer
• September: Fall/Woodland Animals/Leaves
• October: Pumpkins/Fall/Leaves
• November: Thanksgiving
• December: Christmas

You will need:

• 1 kitchen towel for each month of the year (Jan-Dec), preferably matching holidays/seasons. IF you didn’t find this idea until partway through the year, click HERE to find the links on Amazon for pre-built towel sets!
• Curling Ribbon
• Cardstock – For printing the gift tag. This helps pull the whole Year of Towels gift together (Tip: Grab the download at the end of the post NOW, and set them aside until you’re ready to gift, so you don’t have to come back and find this post.)
• Hole Punch

Pulling it All Together

After you have all your towels bought, you’re ready to put your Year of Towels gift together! Fold them all to be about the same size, and order them from January to December.

The printable tags for the Year of Towels gift print on a single sheet of cardstock, so you won’t have to use a ton of paper. Grab the download at the end of this post!

Cut out all the tags and the banner at the top. The tags aren’t too detailed, so it doesn’t take long to cut them out. Using cardstock will ensure the tags don’t easily get ripped off. Each tag is themed after the holiday or season that month represents, and they turned out so cute!

Once you have them cut out, use a hole punch to punch a hole where the little circle is at the top of each tag.

For each towel, take about a foot of curling ribbon and tie it in a knot around the towel. The edges of your towels should pucker just a bit, but don’t tie them tightly at all.

Once the ribbon is tied on the towel, push both ends of the ribbon through the hole on the tag, then use scissors to curl the ribbon. This will make sure the tag stays put.

Once you’re finished attaching all the tags, stack them in order from January to December on top of each other. Punch a hole in both sides of the Year of Towels banner you cut out, and use ribbon to tie it on to the entire bundle.

This holds the entire bundle together and lets them know the nature of the gift as soon as they open it. I tie mine in a knot on the bottom of the bundle, then curl the ends of the ribbons.

Now repeat this as many times as you want, for an adorable, seasonal gift that will have your friends and family thinking of you all year long!

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Even More Gift Ideas

If you’re making this gift during the Christmas holiday, here are a few more easy gift ideas for you to make too!

• DIY Christmas Candles
• DIY Wood Photo Ornaments
• Money Tree Gift Idea
• Elf Food Groups Gift DIY
• DIY Sleep In Heavenly Peace Gift

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