Embroidered Tag Crafts for Book Bags

Make your daughter stand out even more with an embroidered tag for her book bag.

You can make your child's book bag stand out from the rest with creative, embroidered tags. The tags will not only add a stylistic flair to your child's book bag, but will also help someone identify and return the backpack if it goes missing. Embroidered tags are also more-durable and less likely to detach from book bags than key rings with paper or plastic tags.

Child's Name

You can choose to embroider your child's first and last name into the book bag with a bold-colored thread. You can choose to make each letter using a different color thread to achieve a rainbow effect.

Favorite Animal

School children like to boast about their favorite things to their friends and teachers. Embroidering their favorite animal(s) on book bag tag can give them even more incentive to play show and tell with their classmates. Printing out paper templates can help you accurately depict these animals with embroidery.

Polka Dots

There are book bags that have screen-printed polka dot graphics already on them, but they don't look nearly as nice as embroidered polka dots. Choose multicolor threads and embroider a series of small polka dots on a strip of cloth that will serve as the book bag tag. Space out the dots evenly to achieve a uniform effect. Embroider the child's name over the polka dot tag and sew to the book bag when finished.

Nature or Urban Scenes

Give your child's book bag a refreshing perspective by embroidering a few trees, birds, flowers and other natural objects on a tag. If you live in the city, you can also embroider urban scenes that encourage children to appreciate their surroundings even more. Make this tag easily distinguishable by embroidering the child's likeness in the natural or urban scene.

Child Design

Let your child design his own book bag tag. Teach her the basics of embroidery and see what he comes up with.

References

• That Artist Woman: How to Do Embroidery With Kids