Label Articles of Clothing With Laundry Tape
I remember when I went to camp as a child, my mom had to label all of my clothing items before I went off to camp. She ended up buying some laundry tape. Laundry tape is fairly inexpensive and can be easily removed. It is simple to add a strip of laundry tape to the inside of your clothing. However, if you are sensitive to tags or tape it is possible that the tape might irritate your skin. Also, it is possible that the laundry tape can come off when the article of clothing when it is washed. Tape can also leave a sticky residue when it is removed. Laundry labels are great if you plan on handing clothes down to another sibling or someone else who needs them.
Label Articles of Clothing With Laundry Markers
Laundry markers are specifically made to label articles of clothing. A laundry marker is easy to use and offers parent’s a permanent solution to making sure that their clothing items are properly labeled, especially, back packs, jackets, gym clothes, ect I have found it best to use a laundry makers on clothing tags, bottom fold on a t-shirt, waist band, or a collar because it is possible for the ink to bleed through the clothing, especially, light weight materials. If you intend on handing your child’s clothes down, a permanent marking might make the new recipient unhappy.
Use Mabel’s Labels to Mark All of Your Child’s Belongings and Clothing
As a mom, I am always looking for an easier way to label my children’s belongings so that I don’t have to spend hours of my time writing their name or initials on all of their school items. Plus, I never have to worry about ruining their clothing using permanent marker. I often give my child’s clothing to people who need it. Mabel’s Labels offer parents an alternative solution which makes labeling your child’s belongings fast and easy. You can order a wide variety of custom labels, bag tags, and wrist bands for each one of your children. All of their labels are durable, dishwasher safe, microwave safe, and UV resistant so that you don’t have to worry about the label fading. They even offer waterproof tags, so that you can label items that have to be washed. If you have a picky tween or teenager, they have a selection of labels that are fun and they are specially designed for your older children in mind. They can even use the labels to decorate the items that they want to label such as notebooks, spirals, ect. Does your child have a food allergy? If so, they even make alert labels so that you can mark your child’s items with a reminder and medical information in case of an emergency. These labels are a great way to remind your child’s caregiver, teacher, daycare, ect that your child has a food allergy.
Labeling Your Child’s Items Can Help Your Child Easily Identify Their Items If They are Lost or Stolen
As you are getting your child’s school supplies ready for back to school, don’t forget to label their items so that your child can easily identify their belongings and if they are lost they can easily be returned to your child. Labels can help identify your child’s lost or stolen property. If you child has to take expensive items like calculators, electronics, or cell phones always keep a written copy of the serial number in a safe spot at home. This information could be very helpful for proving that the item belongs to your child and it can be used to file a police report.
Do you label all of your child’s belongings? If so, how do you label their belongings?
>
Comments
20 responses to “Learn How to Keep Your Child From Losing Their Belongings – 4 Ways to Label Your Child’s Back to School Gear”
I label everything with a sharpie, but there are still some clothes that end up getting “eaten” at school I think of it as the price of having a toddler!
Yes, my older son has lost several things at school. I wish I would have labeled the stuff that he lost.
Yes, I label my girls belongings as well. As for school supplies, it’s funny–because sometimes teachers don’t want you to label them as they share lots of the supplies. This year it seems my girls have super long lists…LOL! Great tips–thanks for sharing…and for stopping by my blog. 🙂
I still label my child’s stuff as well despite what the teacher wants. 🙂 Thank you for stopping by my blog too.
I had a similar one at work – really helped keep me organized!
Cool. Labels are also great for the kitchen as well.
Our son will be starting preschool – this post is great timing wise for us. I’m hoping to keep lost items to a minimum! I’m a first time mommy so tips are always appreciated 🙂
Thank you for sharing Cynthia, I am glad this post was helpful. 😉
Hello There
Well when i was a kid my mom used to do that. Labeling all my stuff so that I would stay out of the mess.
Thanks for the nice update. Have a great sunday
You always think of the stuff I will probably never think of. Labels are not only useful but can be really fun for the kids. Kids love things that are personalized for them.
I think the labeling and keeping track is a great idea. Things always get lost.
Yes, especially if your kids like to sneak stuff to school that they aren’t supposed to take. I have a few of those stories to share thanks to my kids. 😉
I also use a Sharpie to label my daughter’s stuff. Last year, she came home from school losing stuff on 3 consecutive days. Luckily she was able to get them back because they had name labels.
I’ve never heard of Mabel’s labels, but I’ll have to check them out. My kids are constantly losing there coats and lunch boxes at school. I wonder what the trick is to keep them from forgetting everything on the playground 🙂
Totally agree! Labeling works well for us. Thanks for sharing.
Great ideas! Labeling is a certain way of personalizing your stuff and it is always good. What style do you use for labeling, with their complete names, just initials or nicknames?
I personally use my kid’s full name on their stuff. Initials are great but sometimes kids have the same initials.
I don’t have any children, but I remember when I was a kid my mom always labeled my stuff. She used the ol’ black sharpie and a piece of tape. It really did help to keep all of my belongings in order so I very rarely lost track of my things. I’m sure when I do have my own children that I’ll label their things in some way.
I typically just use the sharpie on the garments tag. 🙂
Labels are also good and helpful for kids by making easy to identifying their items as most of kids have similar items in school.