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Labels for storage drawers

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spiralqueen · 08/03/2010 14:46

I'm looking to make some labels for the drawers on the storage units in DD's bedroom. I'd like them to have words and pictures like the labels on drawers in nursery/pre-school settings so that DD can recognise them. Does anyone know where I might be able to find something suitable? Clipart so I can make my own is fine.

The sorts of pictures I was looking for include toys, puzzles, paper, crayons, books, clothes etc.

TIA

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Makingchanges · 08/03/2010 17:11

I did this recently. I used the clip art function on Word and got all the pictures that I needed. Really appropriate ones for children too. Then I got some plastic covers (that you make ID badges out of with the safety pin on the back) from WHSmith and put the label inside, removed the safety pin, punched a hole in and tied them with ribbon. I then tied these to the handles. DD loved then (She is 4) and spent a while going through each drawer and I can remove them if I need to change the drawer contents round

Hope that helps

purepurple · 13/03/2010 09:25

I made these for nursery. I used a digital camera to take photos of the toys in the drawers. For example, the drawer for the car had a picture of a couple of cars, the animals had a picture of a couple of animals. I used the same background for each photo. I then printed out the names, using lower case, not capitals. Then I laminated the photo and wording to make them stronger and last longer. They can then be stuck on the drawer. For the baskets I punched holes in the labels and used treasury tags to attach them to the baskets. For fabric baskets you can use velcro.
It makes tidy up time so much easier.

MrsBadger · 13/03/2010 16:24

I did this for dd's chest of drawers - I usesd pics from clothes websites of socks / pants / trousers etc (Jojo v good), did the lettering in Word, then printed on card and, as we don't have a laminator, covered in stickyback p;lastic
stuck on with blutac

nb make sure you use a decent font - really you need Sassoon but Comic Sans will do

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