BACK TO SCHOOL: CLOTHING MARKERS AND BOOKS

September will always be remembered by us as a mixture of sweet feelings, for seeing your friends and bitter again, for going back to school and "obligations." And so it was for many years until it was your turn to be on the "other side", to be the father or the mother, the one who leaves them, the one who reviews the list of everything that must be carried on the first day, the who faces again his memories, good or bad of an almost forgotten time.

And one of those many things that the back to school has reserved for us is none other than marking all the clothes of our children, their books and various tools that you will use during the course. To do this, we are going to present different options that exist in the market that I hope will help you Back to school: clothing markers and books

A few general tips

Ink yes, but not within reach: If you use ink to mark the clothes, either in stamps or markers, try not to be in an area that is easy to access by the children, that is, try not to put it in a place where they are going to suck it, such as sleeves or part front of the shirts. It is not that much will happen, but if you do not want to end up throwing clothes or seeing how your baby has left his mouth that seems to have fallen in the jar of blueberry jam, it is better that what we paint not Be in sight of them.
The name clear, but not excessively visible: The goal is for our children and especially the center staff to know what their clothes are, but it is not necessary for anyone to see them. For security it is better that names are not seen from afar. Instead of putting JAVIER in his backpack with a red carmine marker, it is better to put a patch or sticker that he knows how to recognize.
For the little ones, who still do not recognize their name, it is better to draw an animal an object that if they are able to recognize and thus, in passing, we avoid that strangers know what is the name of our son, ours or our address.
Consider a possible second use: uniforms and nursery clothes are not especially cheap and many books can be worn by little brothers, so when we go to mark their things it is important to keep this in mind to avoid that poor Elena is known this year as the polo shirt Paula. "

Indelible, coarse but efficient markers

They are what everyone knows as edding (Also known as, "Child release that marker right now"). It was to see my parents with one of those in my hand and I ran away terrified to see what had rolled into the bedroom walls.

But we are not here to tell adventures and we will not leave them within reach of our little ones. I think we know their properties, where there is an edding does not appear white again. Think very well what you are going to put because once you start it will not be removed even with sandpaper.

As everything progresses in this life, we can find special markers to paint on fabrics such as the edding 4500 textile marker in various colors and tip sizes. You can find it on Amazon for € 6.57.

In summary, they are fast and easy to use but their finish, unless you are an expert, will not be very fine, but we are important that you do not miss the shirt, right?

Advantages:

Your ink remains washed after washing.
Freedom when drawing.
Use on any surface.
Fast, uncover, paint and class.

Disadvantages:

If you are not a handyman it can look very bad.
Visibility problems on dark backgrounds.
If you are not careful they can pass through the tissue.

Ink stamps

The evolution of the old stamp-killers, now we don't stamp envelopes or bills, but our children's clothes and books.

They are usually of two types: stamps with text and stamps with a specific design. It basically consists of a pad with the ink and the applicator. The first ones come with a series of letters so that you can form between one and three lines of text, for example: "Miguel Peña Peña, 4th A" In the second the drawing is pre-designed and can be a drawing or combine drawings and letters, Very useful for them to recognize their clothes at a glance.

The text stamps have the advantage of being reusable and so we can mark the children's school clothes, the older brother's books and even the food rations that we keep in the freezer, on the other hand, the stamps with drawing supplement their lack of versatility with originality in its design and exclusivity.

Advantages:

Once mounted the text is very fast and easy to use.
Cleansed. By keeping the seal hidden, nothing is stained.
Usable on multiple surfaces
Long lasting and reusable (those of text characters)
Original Designs. It is possible that there is no other like yours

Disadvantages:

Price: They are not especially cheap, but being able to be reused and used on almost all surfaces can be worthwhile.
They need smooth surfaces: they are not going very well if the surface is not flat
Clear surfaces: They need special tapes to be used on dark surfaces.
You know when you start but not when you finish. It happens to me that when I have a seal of those in my hand I can't start sealing everything, in the end it ends up sealed to the cat. What a vice.

The stamps with only text we only have to buy them and create the desired text, in Dideco stores for € 20 or in Textile stamps for the same price.

The custom stamps They require a couple more steps but it's simple. On the website of mine Mine MINE You can find a lot of customization options that everyone will surely like. You simply have to select the drawing and the text you want to accompany it, your child's name, your favorite phrase, a phone number, etc. You can find the stamp you like from € 56.

Thermal and adhesive labels

How are we carrying the iron? I mean the one with the clothes, the other one I know is great.
These labels are attached to the clothes by heat, that is, you have to iron them. As in everything we can find from the simple white strips in which we can write what we want and cut according to the required size or the personalized labels with drawings, the name of our son, telephone and everything that comes to mind.

Also for other types of non-fabric surfaces we can find adhesive labels that will allow you to mark books, backpacks, pacifiers, etc.

In the stores of etic-etac and tutete you can find endless combinations from € 6.95, you can even choose labels with your child's photo (now there is no excuse for losing things).

Advantages:

They look good on any surface color.
Simple application.
Easy to locate for our children.

Disadvantages:

Thermal seals of poor quality stain and last shortly.

Stitch over here, stitch over there

Well, we arrived in the area not suitable for parents in a hurry or not very skilled. Look for needle and thread that we started.

In this group we find different options, each with its own difficulty, from less to greater difficulty: Name tags or initials that are sewn and embroider initials on clothing.

The labels with letters and numbers they have the advantage that when they are sewn they do not come off or wear out, it is possible that they last longer than the garment itself. As a disadvantage, apart from being the slowest and laborious method, it only serves to mark clothes.

Embroidery, here we talk about major words and I don't mean the ones that are embroidered. For experts in sewing machines, mothers or fathers (I suppose some will be) selfless and wanting to spend a whole weekend embroidering their children's clothes, something worthy of being recorded in the book of family feats next to six Queue hours to get a ticket to the concert, accompany your children to the concert of the youth fashion group and make the best croquettes in the world.

Advantages:

Durability. They have practically the same duration as the garment itself.
Cheap
Does not stain (except punctures)

Disadvantages:

They only serve to mark clothes.
Not suitable for all audiences.
In certain cases, the tags can lead to chafing and itching.

These have been some of our proposals, which we have found most interesting. Do you use any of them or have you tried them? Do you know different ones?