Need labels for school, but want a few for multiple kids. Not 40 labels per child.

[Anonymous]

Suggestions for a label company (there are so many)…but I don’t need 35 labels for one child. I need, like, 10 per child. I want to be able to type in 3 names and get a selection of labels.

[Anonymous]

I usually just get the Avery fabric labels and write names with a Sharpie. Cheaper and effective.

[Anonymous]

Or just put the last name on the labels and use them for all your kids (assuming they share the same last name)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or just put the last name on the labels and use them for all your kids (assuming they share the same last name)

+1, we do last names on a lot of stuff, like water bottles.

But OP, you will use 40+ labels per kid. Clothes for daycare and for years of camp. Costumes that go to school. Backpacks, coats, water bottles. Reusable snack boxes. Dishes that go to school events and team potlucks.

I've bought new labels at least 3 times. I use Name Bubbles and put the clothing labels on everything including dishes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or just put the last name on the labels and use them for all your kids (assuming they share the same last name)

+1

[Anonymous]

I keep labels year to year. I've needed them for school, camp, then eventually college. You'll use them. They aren't expensive and ordering every year is a pain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or just put the last name on the labels and use them for all your kids (assuming they share the same last name)

+1, we do last names on a lot of stuff, like water bottles.

But OP, you will use 40+ labels per kid. Clothes for daycare and for years of camp. Costumes that go to school. Backpacks, coats, water bottles. Reusable snack boxes. Dishes that go to school events and team potlucks.

I've bought new labels at least 3 times. I use Name Bubbles and put the clothing labels on everything including dishes.

Almost no one I know uses labels. That’s why school lost and founds are clogged with so many items. If you don’t want your kids’ stuff there, use labels on everything until they leave school.

[Anonymous]

Either Avery labels or masking tape. I did the latter back in the day.

[Anonymous]

Dude they’re like $5 for a sheet of labels. Keep what you want and throw the rest away. How much cheaper do you want it??

[Anonymous]

Just Sharpie the label inside the piece of clothing. No need to contribute to the overmanufacture of needless items. Nobody is impressed by or cares about your cute little labels.

[Anonymous]

You will blow through 40 labels easily the first time your kid goes to camp. Just order the labels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just Sharpie the label inside the piece of clothing. No need to contribute to the overmanufacture of needless items. Nobody is impressed by or cares about your cute little labels.

+1
Plus, kids will pick at the labels (out of boredom while waiting to be dismissed from lunch, get picked up, etc).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either Avery labels or masking tape. I did the latter back in the day.

Doesn't masking tape pretty immediately fall off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or just put the last name on the labels and use them for all your kids (assuming they share the same last name)

+1, we do last names on a lot of stuff, like water bottles.

But OP, you will use 40+ labels per kid. Clothes for daycare and for years of camp. Costumes that go to school. Backpacks, coats, water bottles. Reusable snack boxes. Dishes that go to school events and team potlucks.

I've bought new labels at least 3 times. I use Name Bubbles and put the clothing labels on everything including dishes.

I have teenagers and have done 3 label orders too! I think I used Oliver's or Mabels. Something recommended here. This the an example of the opposite of a sunken cost. You'll definitely use them. What's the risk and hand-wringing?
(and labels aren't "cute" - they are way more effective than sharpie and they stand out more on unattended items, especially hoodies, than a sharpied name somewhere that you can find a good enough contrast to write (and our names are long)).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dude they’re like $5 for a sheet of labels. Keep what you want and throw the rest away. How much cheaper do you want it??

Where?