Cheerleading Gift Ideas

Cheerleading gifts often feature the school mascot.

Cheerleading gifts can be purchased from a cheer related spirit catalog, local screen printing store, or created at home. Scores of gift items can be purchased in both small and large quantities with the school mascot and names added for an additional custom fee. Home computers and printers can also be used to create personalized gift items.

Present Possibilities

School colors are often used when making or ordering cheer gifts.

By purchasing screen-printing computer paper, the school mascot or cheer graphics can be added to a multitude of fabric items. By utilizing creative software, cheer coaches or parents can add the school or cheerleader's name to a graphic to make a customized gift.

Cheer T-Shirts

A cheer T-shirt is created to show a megaphone and the school mascot on the front in school colors. The cheer team could sign their names to a standard size piece of paper, which can be scanned and printed on transfer paper for the back of the T-shirt.

Cheer Pillows

Cheer gifts create smiles at practice.

Cheer pillowcases can also be created by using computer transfer paper. Transfer paper can also be used to add a design to a travel size pillow. Paper is sold to be used on both light and dark colored fabric. The pillows are great for long bus trips to games and competitions. Print Shop Deluxe is an inexpensive software program, which is easy for beginners to use, yet still offers a lot of creative options and graphics.

Spirit Tattoos

Spirit tattoos are fun to wear at games and competitions, and can be ordered for less than $5 per sheet from many online cheer related suppliers. The tattoos can be printed on specially backed computer paper, and sell for less than $15 per package. One package would be enough for a team of 20 cheerleaders to have at least two tattoos each. It is important to let the printed tattoos to dry thoroughly before cutting apart and distributing.

Decals and Magnets

Decals are also popular cheer gift ideas, and can be purchased or made at home. Most local screen printing stores offer some type of school sports decals for sale. A personalized will typically cost more than an off the rack school spirit item. The decals can be placed on car windows, or magnetized to be placed on the car body itself. Neither type of school spirit decal is permanent, nor should it cause vehicle damage. Computer decal or thin magnetic paper can be used to create a customized cheer gift at home in minutes. Once again, it is important to allow ink from each project to dry thoroughly before using or stacking.

Resources

• School Spirit Store
• Broderbund Print Shop Deluxe website