okay i give in... after two years of Writing DD's Name In Marker Pen i am going to buy LABELS!

[AitchTwoOhOneTwo]

which ones? are they much of a muchness?

i'm looking for ones that stay on, and can go onto lunchboxes etc, pliz.

I've tried a few different companies and I have said mynamelabel.co.uk are the best ones I've used for iron on. Stick on much of a muchness so far.

I've been wondering that too. Can I ask if you Use iron on labels, how easy are they pull off? x

okay, cheers, good to know. do the stick on ones actually stick on? i'm dubious.

Well we tried to get one of an old scooter before we dumped it and failed miserably!!!!

I bought a huge pack of sew on name tapes with DS1's name surname DS1's name
I sew them on over a few nights before term starts.. no issues at all, BUT I love sewing.

by far the best and great for smugging about the playground

lovely labels

NeverKnowling, wish I'd known that before dd started at boarding school...

Personally I hate sewing so iron on for me it is thanks

I use the easy2name fab and funky stick on and iron on labels. There is a mumsnet discount too

FalseStartered, I am still using the ones I ordered when DD started school 9 years ago, and she and DS have never (yet) lost an item of clothing

i got all PFDD and ordered ones with little pictures on as well as her name

made sure she knew what was her stuff even before she could read

I got dual-function labels with DDs name - Family name - DS's name on

I get the mynametags.co.uk and there is no way those suckers are coming off once you iron them on. I have tried!

The stick on ones are good too, you can order half/half. I get them with a little picture and my mobile number in small on them too.

yes, it's only because i now have dd2 in nursery that i am considering getting the labels... so i can get the meanie mother dd1 surname dd2 effect.

i love the idea of being the sort of person who would lovingly sew woven nametags into clothes, but i think the marker pen and the two-year delay give the lie to that one...

will look at all the places mentioned, thanks!

so i've looked at mynametags... it looks like i can actually do dd1's name and surname on line one then dd2's name and surname on line two... am i being daft?

or...

dd1
mob no
dd2

I have just bought some off Ebay. 72 woven labels for about £4 inc postage.
Plus shoe and luchbox ones.

I started a thread on this a few weeks ago, really useful. Will link it.

Mine came less than 48hours after ordering. They were the same ones I'd used before so I've washed on 30degree wash and put bottles through dishwasher so they've held well. Hang on I'll find thread...

Stitch-on name labels are the only ones worth bothering with. We have lost very little over my children's (going into year 11 and year 9 respectively) school careers because everything has stitched-in name labels.

Yes, it's a pain to do it. But it's worth it.

label thread

I used my name tags in the end.

'Fraid it's a Sharpie all the way here

Tho can I just say it's nice to see you around Aitch, haven't seen you knocking around the boards recently.

I'm the ultimate lazy parent and just put their surnames in laundry pen on the labels

I give you stamptastic. No sewing, ironing or anything else adn you can use the stamp on flipping well everything, they are brilliant!

Teen DD1 makes me fold the twee flower in on her labels.

She gets biro!

cheers, podium, my poor wee mum isn't v well, am rather distracted.
the stamps are good, but THIRTY quid for the two kids.... plus my children would find them and stamp their bunkbeds, i guarantee it. and then i would kill them and then that would be £30 down the drain.