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A thread most especially for MrsF and CT......(sshhhh, it's about laminators)

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hohohoheartinthecountry · 16/12/2004 22:43

Okay - I've decided it is time. I need to get one. I've been resisting the lure of a hot pouch for a few months now but I have finally succummed.

So where is the best (i.e. cheapest) place to get one of these addictive beasts?

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jmb1964 · 22/12/2004 18:49

Thanks to whoever posted the certificate maker site - we made certificates for dd1's and ds1's teachers to present them at the end of term today and they went down very well - tears in the eyes, even!
I have a simple corner cutter thingy too - got it from a friend who runs her own little business doing photo album things for/with people - Creative Memories, I think it's called.

californiagirl · 20/12/2004 21:27

I have a laminator and a labeller and a corner-rounder thingy all of them from before I even had a child, which must be maximum sadness. Made me v. popular among my friends for customized luggage tags though (laminator even came with a free package of luggage tag pouches). The corner-rounder came from my local Japanese stationery store -- the card making ones were all too fancy, they did elegant stepped corners and the like instead of just rounding.

DingleAlltheWay · 20/12/2004 16:56

I keep a look out for the corner cutters in my card making "circles. Never thought of that before!I usually just round the corners off with scissors!
I am using some memory games ATM both to encourage dd's speech and to stimulate memory function. I have drawn a cats face, about the size of a small plate, with a huge, cheeky grinning mouth, which I have cut out and laminated. I get dd to feed the cat by posting food picture cards through it's mouth, she loves it. Each time she feeds the cat she says,,"yum yum yum!"

Davrosthesnowwoman · 20/12/2004 16:38

The labelling machine was about £20. You usually get some tapes with it. You can get more expensive ones but this one serves my purposes.
Now to make you all jealous! I've got a little gadget that a friend brought back from the USA. Its a little corner cutter, you know the ones Lakeland do that make a cut out butterfly or flower etc? This one only does rounding of laminated corners! Haven't seen this in the UK, just those patterny ones.

Jimjambells · 19/12/2004 18:00

I spotted a cheap laminator somewhere the other day (somerfield??) Was stunned as my "cheap" one must have been bought about the same time as Davros' and was 70 quid.

Jimjambells · 19/12/2004 17:59

hand held label thingy? Tell me more Davros- please

DS1 is a real laminator fan- he can spend hours helping me laminate. I hate the cutting up and fiddling with velcro afterwards though (for PECS this is).

xmashampermunker · 19/12/2004 17:33

Coppertop, that's just it! Lovely empty pages, too good to be spoiled by my scrawl

coppertop · 19/12/2004 00:00

That's me! Lots of potential uses for them but then when you get them home it seems such a shame to spoil them by writing in them.

xmashampermunker · 18/12/2004 23:59

Yes! Notebooks! With shiny covers that look like you could fill them with promising ideas and interesting revelations.

I have lots of empty ones But they're pretty!

coppertop · 18/12/2004 23:48

I love stationery. Notepads and notebooks are my particular weaknesses.

I love the sound of the label maker. How much was it? Dh has been drooling over one in Colmans but it was £45. Are there cheaper ones around?

xmashampermunker · 18/12/2004 23:35

Ohhhh, stationery.... I'm obsessed with the stuff. As yet I don't possess a laminator, but I think I might soon And labelling too! Fantastic!

(Is it OK to laminate my own drawings till DS is old enough to do some of his own? I am truly stationery obsessed!)

coppertop · 18/12/2004 23:19

There's no way MrsF would be able to resist a laminator thread. Come baaaack, MrsF!

blossomgoodwill · 18/12/2004 23:16

Still no sign of MrsF then ?

InternationalGirl · 18/12/2004 19:43

We have a laminator and I am ashamed to admit I haven't used it as well as some of you but hope to over the upcoming holidays.

Well done Davros on the certificates - what a great idea. I have some Calligraphy stuff if you still need it - don't know if it will help but you are welcome to have a look. Must admit I haven't used it much either.

Must find some more time for these things...

blossomgoodwill · 17/12/2004 23:08

I must get a laminator now I think of it. I have just remembered the photos Davros and I was impressed.

Davrosthesnowwoman · 17/12/2004 22:42

My certificates turned out really good, if I say so myself. The laminating made all the difference. I just looove my laminator, not only for teaching things but stuff like those certifiates and I laminate my purse photos (as Blossom, Choc and HITC will atest!).
I've just been putting together a spoof ABA file for a friend's birthday so will be laminating some stuff for that.
I'm still trying to get all of you excited about my label maker, its a hand-held dymo machine but very different to those things we used to have as kids, lovely and electronic, choice of sizes etc, whirrrr and out comes the label for your PECs! A girl who used to work with DS got so excuted about hers she labeled everything in her flat including the toilet!

JaysMumWantsaSilentNight · 17/12/2004 20:59

Just wanted to add I LOVE MY LAMINATOR!!!!!!

I laminate everything for J - especially his comics. Makes them last longer and he can throw them around without having them fall to bits after 5 mins.
Good tip....Laminate your older kids homework....then it doesnt get wrecked by younger ASD sibling who has a tendency at the moment to rip it up!!!!!!

Thecattlearemerloting · 17/12/2004 20:35

Thanks Coppertop - maybe Santa will put one in ds2's xmas stocking !

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coppertop · 17/12/2004 19:12

Ooooh! Where to start with the benefits of laminators?

  • Brilliant for making flash cards for SALT exercises;

  • If you use visual timetables they're good for protecting the pictures;

  • If you have a particularly messy child you can make your own placemats for them;

  • I'm helping ds1 with a phonics scrapbook as he learns things visually. He has good word recognition but I'd like him to be able to work out words that he hasn't seen before;

  • Social stories books: The SALT writes them and sends them to me. I add the photos of ds1 and can then laminate them to make proper books;

  • If you're encouraging fine motor skills you can make worksheets that can be wiped clean and re-used afterwards, eg tracing exercises.

MrsF and Davros have loads of brilliant ideas. MrsF is also our resident Blue Peter-ish expert.

Thecattlearemerloting · 17/12/2004 18:56

Sorry to be a bit slow off the mark, but what is it with Laminators?

The SALT recommended that I make my own books for ds2 (every day objects etc) and I've done this by using little photo albums.

But I really want to join the laminator clique . So please sell me the benefits of owning a laminator with a SN child?

Like the sound of pouches too!

Loobie · 17/12/2004 17:09

Stationery box has an a4 laminator and 10 pouches for £14.99,we just bought our second one as ds pput the pouches through thte wrong way and the first one had to go in the bin.HTH

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hohohoheartinthecountry · 17/12/2004 14:50

Excellent - was hoping this would start a stream of marvellous laminating and stationery ideas.... davros I think your laminated certificates take things to new heights....

thanks for tip offs BH and CT.

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Davrosthesnowwoman · 17/12/2004 13:45

Thanks for that website Dingle, I will put it under Favourites and have a good look later. I got my certificate paper from Viking Direct. I was going to bodge something by photocopying one of DS's, covering up the writing but thought the real paper was so cheap it was worth getting. It is nice creamy, textured paper.

MrsDoobaubles · 17/12/2004 12:40

Oh My God! This is what my sister wants for Christmas, now I know where to go