Coca-Cola Bottle Santa and Elves Gift!

ByAmy on

Dress up some Coke bottles with this fun Santa and elves gift! Makes a perfect Coca-Cola gift idea for a neighbor, teachers, and more! Easy to make with a free template.

Coca-Cola Bottle Santa and Elves Gift!

Are you ready for the holiday season?! It seems to come more quickly every year. I feel like I’m always behind as I’m sure a lot of you do too! You know who I appreciate? Those people that are always on top of it each year to make everyone in their lives feel special.

They give thoughtlessly and endlessly to make sure that people have a great time! For me, this “unsung hero” is my mother:

The Hippie Family 1977
Me as a nugget – mom’s on the right

She’s the woman that always made sure that me and my four younger brothers (even when times were tough and money was tight) always had a little something under the tree. She got us craft supplies and wore old clothing and sacrificed things for herself instead.

And she did one of my VERY favorite things that I will never forget and want to continue when I eventually have my own child: the Giving Tree.

The Giving Tree was an event organized by a local charity when we were growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. They set up a large tree in the mall and on the tree were names of children in need.

Each year we would go to the giving tree, pick a name, and get the list of the child who was less fortunate than we were.

We would be given some money (and sometimes use our own) to purchase the things on this child’s list: coats, gloves, shoes, school supplies. . . . and even some toys too! I thought it was a wonderful way to celebrate the true meaning of the season, and we did it every year.

That’s the kind of woman my mom is.

Share a Coke bottles and a box

And so to celebrate my hero, I bought her a little something special this year. You see, I know that one of my mom’s very favorite desserts is a Coke float!

So I bought her some Share-a-Coke bottles with HER name and some sweet messages to show my appreciation for who she is and what she has done for me over the years!

I chose three personalized messages: Karen (her name), “the best mom ever!”, and “my mom, my hero.” I ordered these from the Share-a-Coke website.

And then I took it up a notch!

My mom is the one who taught us to be creative, so I decided to dress my bottles up for her! I know she’s going to be tickled.

I created these little Santa and elf costumes for my Coca-Cola bottles, and this is how I’m going to present my gift. When she pulls the costumes off, she’ll see the fun messages revealed underneath!

Christmas Coke bottles in Santa and elf attire

I’d love for YOU to order something special for the unsung hero in your life and create costumes for the bottles to present as a gift just as I did.

So here’s the tutorial! I’ve also got the FREE templates for you to use to create them. This is a very easy project even if you’ve never crafted in your life.

Gather These Supplies

  • Felt – one sheet white, one sheet red, one sheet golden, five sheets dark green, two sheets light green
  • Santa and elf costume template – this template makes one elf and one Santa (print out additional copies for additional elves)
  • Scissors
  • Double stick tape
  • Hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • Embellishments such as buttons and pom poms for the coats/tops of the hats
Costume pattern along with green felt and scissors

Step One: print out the number of copies that you need and prepare your supplies.

Cutting an elf coat out of green felt with scissors

Step Two: cut out the various individual parts of the costume. Double stick tape them to the felt and then cut out. You can remove the template (and double stick tape) when you’re done.

Two pieces of green felt cut into elf shirts

Step Three: continue to cut out all of your parts. Each elf will have: two coat pieces, one waist band, one belt buckle, two hat pieces, and four hat band pieces (two will be stripes across the hat, two will be actual hat bands).

Each Santa will have: one main beard piece, one mustache piece, two hat pieces, and two hat band pieces.

Hot gluing two pieces of felt together to make a shirt

Step Four: Hot glue everything together. Here’s how you’ll do it!

  • Elf coat – hot glue down the sides and on the sleeves. Hot glue the shoulders slightly on each edge but don’t completely glue across the top or bottom – your bottle needs to fit through this hole. Glue the belt across the middle of the coat and the little belt buckle on top of that (be careful with the small pieces not to burn your fingers!).
  • Elf hat – glue the triangles together on both sides but not across the bottom. Glue the light green hat bands diagonally to make stripes; glue the two red hat bands across the bottom of both sides.
  • Santa hat – glue the triangles together on both sides but not across the bottom. Glue the two white hat bands across the bottom of both sides.
  • Santa beard – glue the mustache to the top of the beard piece. Attach the strap across the back to make a circle.
Attaching small black buttons and light green felt trim to the elf shirt with hot glue

Once you’ve attached all the pieces, you’ll add buttons and embellish the front of your elf costumes. You could also do this with mini rhinestones or anything else you like.

Attaching a pom pom to the top of an elf hat with hot glue

Don’t forget the pom poms!

Santa and elves Coca-Cola Christmas gift made with felt and hot glue

I’m ready to give my Santa and elves gift to my mother. I can’t wait to see what she thinks! I hope you’ll order some Share-a-Coke bottles for a special person in your life and make these costumes, too.

If you enjoy this Christmas gift craft, I’d love for you to check out these other ideas:

Disclosure: The Coca-Cola Company partnered with bloggers such as me for their Share a Coke program. As part of this program, I received compensation for my time.

I've been crafting for over 40 years! Professional writer with blogs, books, and a product line. I can teach you how to make just about anything.

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199 Comments

  2. I’d use it for an upcoming retirement party for a relative or a birthday party, everyone I know loves Coke!

  9. I would probably put my name and my kids names…we never seem to find them on the Coke bottles.

  11. I think I’d put my niece and nephew’s names on them! They’d get a kick out of that.

  16. I would put my family and friends name on each Coke bottle, when they drop by during the holidays. 🙂

  19. I’d put the names of my in-laws on the bottles! I think they’d like that as a unique gift!

  23. I’d put positive messages for the new year on the bottles and share with family!

  33. I would put the message”Merry Christmas” on each one along with the names Alex, Haley, Braydon, Kaitlin, Malachi, and Noah. Thanks for sharing this, I can’t wait for me and my 6 year old grandson to make these!

  39. These are so adorable. I would put my kids name and my husbands name on the bottles.

  46. I would put my fiancé’s name issa because he would completely be shocked if he saw something that actually had his name on it.

  49. I would love to see my name Seyma. I have traveled and never saw my name on a bottle LOL. Would love to see Angel, sweetheart on bottles!

  52. I would name them all after my family and i would make a special one for my Dad and it would say my hero in heaven!

  54. Thanks for such a cute giveaway! I would put Merry Christmas and the person’s name that I was giving the drink to on each coke bottle. I would also put one out with Santa’s name on it and put it with his snacks. Maybe I would leave him something salty instead of cookies this year!

  57. I’d put positive messages on mine. “If you haven’t heard it today, you are Beautiful!”

  58. I’d have to think about whose name I’d put on them. These might make a good gift… then I’d put their names on them, or I might keep them for myself, in which I’d put my family’s names on them.

  59. I would put my kids name on them. They have unique names so we never find anything with their names on it. They had fun finding all their friends names when share a coke was doing names but I know they felt a little sad they couldn’t find theirs.

  72. i wold like to put a merry christmas sign on the bottles for my daughter and my son. They dont drink pop that much but this would be a special occasion !

  74. I’d put my sister’s name on the bottle and a message that says Happy Birthday (it’s coming up in February). Thanks for the giveaway!

  75. I would put “I love you Lucas” for my son’s birthday! Or I guess “Happy Birthday Lucas”. Either would be cool! God bless and Happy Holidays everyone!

  77. These are adorable!!! I would name the cokes Ivy and Eva—my grands whose names hardly ever appear in the gift shops 🙂

  78. It would be nice to have a gift pack with everyone’s name at the dinner table. That would be awesome! By the way, right now I am sharing a coke with my best friend and husband! cheers! have a wonderful Holiday Season!!

  79. I would do these for my Grandkids and I would put each of their names on them and Merry Christmas from Santa

  87. I would put my moms name and something like…white Christmas or I love you mom. It’s a Cola Christmas

  88. I would put Granny Kay on my personalized bottles for my mom. She adores being Granny 🙂

  105. I would put my Mom’s name and her 5 grand children 🙂 I love the idea of dressing them up as Santa and the elves 😀

  109. I would put the names of each of my family members on the cokes. It would be really cool.

  120. These are so cute. I would put my daughters name, my husbands name and my fathers and step moms name and mine and Bo our dog on the last one.

  124. I would put my mom’s name and a bunch of “I love you’s”. She’s a bit of a coke addict. 🙂

  128. I would put my family’s names on the bottles. Our names aren’t very generic, so we never see them on novelty items with names. Happy Holidays!

  133. I would use them as place setting at my table with the name of each guess on the table where they would be seated

  137. I would put the names of family members so we could keep track of whose Coke is whose, how fun!

  148. Coke (diet Coke) has been in my life for many years.
    Thank you for the giveaway for Christmas….

  151. Thank you for the giveaway! I would put our names on each of the bottles. I’d probably come up with something fun to go with it!

  154. I would put all of my sister’s names on them! Terri, Jennifer, and Amanda! We are all close so they would love this!

  162. I will put “Great smiles always happens with you.” & I will definitely will be sharing it with my sister & my family! 🙂

  170. My Kid’s Names (Zachary Terry and Kodey) Merry Christmas and Sharing a coke is Caring and Holiday Cheers!

  172. I would put my daughters name on the bottle with the message “Have a Happy New Year and always know you are loved”.

  177. I would put my kids names they would love it. Thanks for the wonderful chance. Very sweet & generous. Happy Holidays 🙂

  178. My mom is named Karen, so seeing that photo… weird right? Anyway, I love Mod Podge! I am so glad the label hasn’t changed too, best logo! Am I rambling?

  180. I’m not sure exactly, I’d probably get one with my name, my mom’s name and other loved ones.

  184. I would definitely put my Moms name on my share a coke. Coke is her favorite drink! Your dress up bottles are adorable and your wonderful Mom is going to love them!

  191. I would put my name and my daughter’s name on them. Both of our names are not that common so you wouldn’t find them on any bottles!

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