INSIDE: How to make a DIY 5-minute personalized school backpack tag from a pre-painted wood decal. Easy back-to-school crafts for kids.
Is it happy back-to- school time where you live? The countdown is on over here! The house is noticeably quieter and calmer although the constant drop-off/pick-up driving brings about its own level of stress!
This time a year is always so fresh-looking! The kids are wearing non-scuffed-up shoes, stain-free outfits and shiny new backpacks and lunch boxes. (How long will they stay this way, right?!)
Since you may already be feeling the pain of all this back-to-school shopping, let me show you how to make not only the quickest backpack tag BUT the cheapest!
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How to Make Easy 5-Minute Wooden School Backpack Tag
As all parents (and grandparents) know, labeling everything our kiddos take to school is paramount! Making your own custom backpack tag is a cute and colorful and easy way to further label your kids goods.
Supplies:
– Pre-painted wood cutout
– Drill with small 1/32″ drill bit
– Beaded ball chain (they can be easily cut to your desired length)
– Miniature letter scrapbook stickers
how to make cute kids backpack tag
Here’s how to make a 5 minute back-to-school backpack tag!
Start the new school year off labelled and organized with a 5-minute DIY backpack tag.
And here’s to avoiding searching in the school’s lost and found bins!
More Back to School DIY Ideas:
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- DIY teacher gifts using (clean) tin cans
- “Teachers Rule” photo frame with dollar store supplies
- “My Teacher Is Super” free printable for kids
- Make a reusable first day-last day of school chalkboard for photos
- Have a germ-free school year with free printable lunch box notes
- DIY washi tape backpack tag for kids
- It’s Hip to Clip! DIY 10-minute Box Tops collection envelope
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My 8 yr. old would love this. We have 1 more week of summer before we head back to school; so I should be able to whip one up. Great tutorial. Thank you for sharing and thank you for the visit and sweet comment at The Dedicated House! It means the world. Feel free to share this post at my Make it Pretty party which is currently live. Here is the link if you want to check it out. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2016/08/make-pretty-monday-week-187.html Have a happy weekend! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
This is fabulous! You can vary the theme, too!
Yes, agreed. There are so many fun options in those pre-painted wood cutouts.
I love this! I saw a little girl at school the other day that had some cute tags on her backpack and thought how fun it would be to make some for my little guy. Then, Voila!, I come across your great DIY. Can’t wait to make!
This is really cute, if my kids were younger they definitely would have gone for it. And it is a great way to personalize a backpack.
Adorable and as always you have provided a great tutorial. I’m pinning this for when my granddaughters go to kindergarten. They are in 3 and 4 year old pre-k and can’t have a backpack yet much to their sad sorrow. Thank you for sharing at Vintage Charm.
Thanks so much!
This is so cute and creative! And such a nice way to make a tag unique 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing at the Snickerdoodle Link UP Party!
Congratulations! You are one of my features 🙂
Joanita @ Snickerdoodle Sunday
Oh I absolutely LOVE this idea!!! And I will be making something similar for my daughter’s backpack. I know I have a castle wooden shape round here somewhere. She has a Frozen backpack, and a castle or snowflake tag would be perfect for it. Thanks for sharing your wonderful idea!!!
This is very cute.My son would love to have such a tag…
Thanks!
This is a great idea! Thanks for joining!
This is so cute! With those lovely designs, the kids will love it.
This is absolutely adorable and looks easy enough to make. We still have a few weeks left here for back to school, but will most certainly keep in mind now 🙂
Such a fun idea! Great way to personalize their backpacks!
Thanks Carolina! There are so many cute pre-painted wood cutouts in the craft store.
This will be the very first time back to school happens at this time of the year for me Victoria. In South Africa it’s always in January, but since my son in now in Uni in Canada, we’ll be “back to schooling” with the Northern Hemisphere. I’m not sure he’ll be too happy with me if I make him a backpack tag, but I think I might just just do it to remind him he’s still my baby no matter how old he is 😉
This is adorable Claire. I may need to make one for my daughter, even though she’s starting college 🙂
super cute idea, easy and fun!
It’s hard to believe that back to school time is just around the corner. I love this idea and my 4th grader will love picking her own design!
Thanks Erin! My soon-to-be third grader is onto a new design as well.
These are so cute! Love them! Thanks for joining the Friendship Friday Link-up!
Elizabeth | NattyGal.com
What cute idea! Thanks for sharing your personalized backpack tags with us at Snickerdoodle. This is one of my features at today’s party. Hope to see you there!
We’re loving all the back to school goodies and crafts. This is so cute to help kids feel involved in back to school prep.
Very fun! Our kids’ school doesn’t allow characters or celebrities, so they end up in a sea of matching PB backpacks. Love the idea of making them a bit more unique with a quick and personalized tag. Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
What a super cool easy solution for backpack mix ups. This is fun, practical, quick and functional. Fantastic idea for those sending munchkins back to school. Love it.
So cute I would have made these for my girls when they were younger
These are so cute! Thanks for sharing them!
They’re both adorable!!
Great idea…
Please come share at Reader Tip Tuesday: http://www.jodiefitz.com/2017/08/15/reader-tip-tuesday-craft-recipe-party/
We’re live & growing all week….would love to have your back to school idea as party of the collectioin 🙂
This is a cute and easy back to school craft to get the kids excited! We shared lots of fun back to school stuff too!
GREAT idea to personalize the backpacks – these are cute & you can totally capture your child’s personality. LOVE! Thanks for joining us at last week’s Reader Tip Tuesday. I’m hoping you join us this week: http://www.jodiefitz.com/2017/08/29/reader-tip-tuesday-weeks-craft-recipe-party/
We’re open all week & growing. Hope you have a GREAT weekend. xo
Well I wish I’d seen this about 18 years ago! My kids were always loosing their back packs or coming home with someone else’s! This is such a clever idea, and looks so sweet too.
Such a cute idea! Pinned and sharing! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Such a cute idea! Pinned and sharing! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Cute idea, my grandkids will love them. I’m visiting from the Really Crafty Link party
Too cute. Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen
This is a great way to personalize a back pack. So Cute!! At my house, some kids complain and others are excited. I sure can’t wait for school to start, I need time to do my own things again.
You know I have always wondered what to do with those cutouts! This is a great idea!
Thanks Brooke! I have many of these cutouts to use up in some form or fashion as well.