name labels for pencils/rulers etc. Where do you get such things?

[yogabird]

that's it really!

Buy a CD marker and write it on by hand.

I got labels from here They do lots of different ones - even labels that go inside shoes. We got a value pack, which I'm hoping will last as long as DTs need things labelling...

thanks both. I looked at your site Kemble and thoughth great but it kept telling me to put in a font before it would process the order, despite my having done it! It also irritated me enormously by asking how many rectangle's I wanted (their apostrophe). Scowls and goes off to rummage for a CD pen whilst considering what to do with the £10.50 I may now save (incidentally this came up on their site as costing £1,050.00.

In the olden days when I was little we just used to cut a slice off the non writing end of the pencil (as if sharpening it)and write in our initials.

In olden times we used to tippex a wee rectangle onto the article (pen/ruler/calculator) and then ink initials onto it when dry.

I am vair old

I went to school pre-tippex and still remember those pens that you could erase - what were they called? They came in just as I was doing O-levels and you weren't allowed them in exams or to write cheques with! Papermate somethings i think. Tippex would work though wouldn't it?

A good wheeze is to get one of those Tipp-Ex [Shake 'n Squeeze white correction fluid pen with fine point for precise correction] pens and just use them to write your name on your ruler.

easy2name do mini stick on labels - both plain and the fab and funky ones. There is a 10% mumsnet discount by using code mums-e2n too.

Papermate replay !

I got some sticky labels from Cash's name tape website.

ebay super cheap next day delivery

Cut up pieces of white paper and stick them on with sellotape. (Write on them first!). Or marker pen. Or Tippex. Don't waste money on labels.

Got some fab ones on ebay...all different sizes and in different shades. Really cheap.

oh yes, slice of the end of a pencil - that brings back memories. And the tippex - both a bit to write on, and tippexing you name on. Or scratching it on with a compass.

Got mine from www dot 24 ace dot co dot uk. They also do FAB bags with kids' names on which are brilliant for school/nursery and are very reasonably priced.

I just bought cheap ones and put them in a marked pencil case (marked by writing name on sticky label and sticking it on).

A plastic bag of 150 pencils with rubbers on the end cost, I think, £1.50. The case cost £1.

Fountain pen was £2.50 (in a sale, so I bought 3, she's still on the first one).

Coloured pencils cost £3, in another marked pencil case (£1). DD's looks after those ones though!