5 Labels To Make With A Cricut For Back To School Season

Here are five fast and easy labels to make with a Cricut machine and vinyl materials to have the most organized school year ever.

I don’t know about you, but my Cricut machine gets its biggest workouts during the holidays and back to school season. I feel like I’m making more labels and doing more organizing than the rest of the year combined. There’s so much to do and very little time to do it all. So I put together this list of five quick Cricut projects you can cut, weed, and install in just fifteen minutes or less.

Subject Labels For Folders

Back in the old days when we were in school, folders were made of thick paper, and we could just write each subject on them. But now folders are made in this slick floppy material, and no amount of Sharpie can stay put on them. But they’re the perfect material for a Cricut vinyl label.

There are tons of cute pre-made subject labels in Design Space like the Math and History ones I used (Design Space search codes in the caption under the photo), or you can get creative and design your own. Use Cricut Permanent Vinyl to make sure they last all year long, and try to make them at least three days before the folders will be used so they labels have time to cure.

Lunchbox Label With Food Allergies

If your kiddo has food allergies or intolerances, it’s a constant battle to keep the school’s staff informed. A substitute teacher or classroom aide may not know your child can’t have peanuts or gluten, and kids don’t really think about what might be in a treat they’re given.

Use Cricut Permanent Vinyl to make a bold label for your child’s lunchbox stating the food allergy so no one can miss it. I made this one by searching Design Space for an image of a peanut, then adding a text box beside it with the word “allergy.” You can make yours however you prefer, just try to keep it simple so the message is very clear and uncluttered.

And if your kid doesn’t have any allergies, you can upgrade their lunch container by adding a cute decal instead. This saves you money because you can buy a cheaper plain lunchbox and customize it with your child’s favorite animal or character.

Pencil Pouch Name Label

When did pencil pouches and cases get so expensive? When we were school supply shopping this year, I couldn’t find a cute pencil case under $15 anywhere. The plain ones were $5-$10, but there aren’t many options, meaning a lot of kids at school will end up having the same cases.

Skip the pricey pouches and create a one-of-a-kind case instead by making a cute label with Cricut Permanent Vinyl. You can add your child’s name, a pretty floral pattern, a robot battle scene, whatever they like. The moment they pull it out of their backpack, every classmate will be asking where they got it.

Water Bottle Logo Label

Every kid has a water bottle for staying hydrated during class, and it’s likely that at least one other kid has the same bottle as yours. Writing names on them can easily wash off over time and mixups happen more often than you know, so why not use your Cricut machine to make an extra special water bottle label instead?

Use Cricut Permanent Vinyl to add a decal to the side of your child’s water bottles so they’ll easily set themselves apart from the row of others on the playground picnic table. Use the same decal for all their water bottles and let your kid pick which decal to use as their “logo.” You can even carry this same logo out onto their backpack, lunchbox, and accessories.

Iron-On Backpack Contact Information Label

I love that backpacks come with a little section inside to write the child’s name and phone number on it, but that never seems to last throughout the whole year. By Winter Break, it’s already starting to wear off, and that 7 starts to look like a 1. In the event that their backpack is ever misplaced, make sure the contact info is always visible by using Cricut Iron-On Vinyl.

This is a fast and easy project in Design Space. Just make a text box and type your child’s first and last name, drop down a line, then type out the phone number. Click “Make It” and select Iron-On Vinyl as the material. Make sure the design is “mirrored”, and iron onto the inside of the backpack. (I used an EasyPress Mini)

If you reuse backpacks as hand-me-downs or donate them after the school year, you can use an iron/heat press or hair dryer to heat up the adhesive and remove the contact info before gifting it to another student.

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5 Cricut Back To School Labels To Make Recap

1. Subject Labels For Folders
2. Lunchbox Label With Food Allergies
3. Pencil Pouch Name Label
4. Water Bottle Logo Label
5. Iron-On Backpack Contact Information

Now go dust off that Cricut machine, update your Design Space, and get started on these Back To School projects. Let me know in the comments which one you’re going to make first. And don’t forget to drop your email address below so I can send you my free Cricut Font Guide featuring all the best fonts for making labels.