clothing labels for camp recommendations

[justintime]

I am looking for recommendations for clothing labels. My children start camp this week. I still have labels left from last year that I got from Mabels Labels, but not many. We like them, but since they are based in Canada, my credit card company charges a monetary conversion fee. I thought I would try another company based in the US to avoid this fee. Anybody use any companies that they liked. I would like labels small enough to fit on the clothing tag. I found one company that advertised clothing labels but the tags looked too big to fit on the clothing tag, which defeats the purpose.

 

[jama]

we use www.everythingsummercamp.com
and enter your camp name and get a discount..
You can fold the label to iron on clothing tag
But if your kids are starting camp this week..I think its a bit late to order

 

[clh2]

Use the labels on the most important things!

Use a sharpie on everything else. The reality is - initials will work too! (Eventhough they tell you to label everything with the child's name). Or - if I could fit DD's first name and last initial, I did that.

In our case - I didn't send too much that it would really bother me if it got lost. I kept the "good clothes" at home.

the hard part is - since some clothing manufacturers are not putting tags in anymore - finding a spot to either put a label on or mark it is sometimes hard.

Hope your kids have fun at camp! My DD loved going to overnight camps when she was younger! And since she is an only child - we sent her to 2 or 3 camps a year, just so the summer wouldn't get too boring for her - especialluy after she started staying home alone while DH and I were working.

 

[fakereadhed]

Unless you have teens, my advice is to skip the labels and send playclothes. Label them with a Sharpie so the kids can get them back during camp, but don't worry about lost items.

 

[Sadie22]

When I needed to label my mom's clothing for nursing home wear, I googled clothing labels or laundry labels and came up with several companies that make both sewn-in and iron-on labels. The iron-on labels did not stay on but the sewn-in have lasted a long time. I think I ordered and they were delivered within a week. In a pinch a fine-point Sharpie can be used on some items.

 

[sk!mom]

I, also, just use a sharpie. However, my DD has to do her own laundry so initials or a name with a sharpie is enough.

 

[DawnM]

http://www.createforless.com/Dritz+...284.aspx?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse

These can be found at fabric stores (Walmart here didn't have them!)

You write on the label and then iron on.

Dawn

 

[stacey_LI]

my daughter is 5 - goes to day camp, but they like everything labled. I don't sew well so a few years ago I bought a self-inking stamp with just her first and last names on it, and every year a couple of weeks before camp starts I refill it and stamp all the labels or necklines with the stamp. It goes quickly and is very legible. Try Staples to see how long it will take to order a personalized stamp. good luck!

 

[MiniGirl]

Another option is to put them on transfer paper and iron them onto the clothing.

Open a blank page on the computer and type in the child's name, and whatever other info you need on there, -- leaving space between each name, of course. Print it out on some iron-on transfer paper and then iron it to the clothing.

 

[Trixiezzz]

This is what I started doing when my kids were toddlers and it has worked well for us for 10+ years.

I use a fine point sharpie to write their name and phone number on medical cloth tape. Then you just adhere the name strip to the garment or the care tag or anywhere really.

You can wash & dry the garment and the tape will not fall off and the sharpie doesn't wash out.

I have always used this method to label their winter coats and not one label has ever fallen off. When you do pull the tape off, there's no sticky residue.

You can get the tape at most drug stores and one roll lasts a long time (only about 1/4 of a roll used for 2 kids over 14 years). It will stick really well to anything cloth, especially hard-to-label stuff like burp cloths for babies or woven sweaters. Plus you don't have to worry about the sharpie bleeding through the fabric, and if you want to hand an item down to a friend/relative, you don't have those bothersome initials of your child on everything.

Just be sure it's the cloth tape, not paper or regular 'adhesive' tape.

This is what I got: (leftover from a hospital stay)

What CVS has: http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/catalog/shop_product_detail.jsp?filterBy=&skuId=266686&productId=266686&navAction=jump&navCount=3

 

[r1lissa]

We used bonding tape (found in the sewing section of Wal-Mart). It is an iron on tape. Worked great and cost less than $4. We then wrote on that with the Sharpie.

 

[justintime]

Thank you all for the great ideas!

 

[MrsPete]

The clothes I send to camp are worth less than the cost of the labels. Especially socks, which come back 100% unusable (and my standards are fairly low).

 

[Taja]

When my father was in a nursing home, I made labels from ribbon and used a permanent fabric marker. Sharpies will bleed with repeated washing/drying/wearing. The fabric markers are available at most fabric and craft stores--possibly also at Target and WalMart. Just haven't looked at those stores.

I usually tacked the labels into clothing by hand, but you also can buy double-sided heat-set bonding tape. It works well on heavier items, not so well on lightweight items or those that stretch.

Use narrower ribbon (1/4" to 3/8" wide) ribbon for lighter garments. You can use up to 3/4" wide ribbon for heavier garments.