What's the sign that school opening is approaching? Is it when the school enrolment is finally done? Is it when kids are like a broken radio repeatedly asking when will be their first day at school will start? Or is it when everybody tries to slay the back-to-school season? ----T-I-N-G! Hello to all parents out there! Just kidding, relate with that much?

Indeed, it's only a tick of a clock waiting for classes to finally open. This year might be a lot more different yet we want everything to fall into place perfectly as a parent. But the question, have you got a new story of back-to-school preparation to tell? If you haven't had one yet, then let's make one! Let's find out if shopping for all school supplies for the kiddos need all be enough to make everything extra special.

DIY with Vinyl: You're Starter Packed for Back-to-School Season

Mommies and daddies, do you know? Shopping for all your child needs for the first day of school is good, yet this isn't enough to make this day extraordinary. All new to their things could be all fascinating in their sight, but what's more captivating, it's when your child feels your presence in their first whole day with them even if you're not around.

Today, extend your support through extra TLC and personal touches you can add to prepare for her school essentials. A Do-It-Yourself Back-2-School Vinyl Project is a clever customization concept using Adhesive and Heat Transfer Vinyl, and this can help you welcome your child's day one in a full embrace! Take your apron off and get ready to warm your parent's duties up to the next extraordinary level of creativity!

Back-to-School DIY #1: Restyled Backpack with Iron-on Patches

New school outfit and unique pair of shoes? What a wish granted! To complete the total look, it's time to flaunt the new backpack! TADAAH… But wait? Why does it feel like something is missing? I get it! It's the bag's "appeal that's lacking!

Momshies! It's not yet the end of a beautiful first day. I know you can't let this vital day be ruined. Well, if your child's bags are too plain and too bare? I tell you, even the most common type of bag in this world can be restyled, so don't lose the joy! Using the magic of your own hands, you can do DIY Patches using HTV to make your child's bag ready to face the school day! Let's make this all set with revolutionizing designing techniques without the need for embroidering!

Materials Needed:

• Flock Heat Transfer Vinyl or Puff Heat Transfer Vinyl (or your HTV choice)
• Cutting Machine (Silhouette or Cricut)
• Backpack (Standard Backpack, Denim, or Canvas Type of Backpack)
• Heat Cover Sheet (Parchment Paper or Teflon Sheet)
• Weeding Tools
• Squeegee

Steps in making DIY Patch with HTV

Step 1: Design Selection and Creation

• In your software, lay out your image or download a ready-made one (purchasable or free). It can be a minimalistic text, your kid's favorite cartoon character, or your kid's favorite soccer or basketball team logo.
• Once finished, adjust the size down to the color contrast.

Step 2: HTV Selection

• Use Flock or Puff HTV but depending on your preference, you may use other HTV types.
• Through layering, have multiple design colors.

Step 3: Design Cutting

• "Mirror" is the design to cut the right side. (Shiny side down, dull side up facing the machine's blade)
• Load your HTV to your cutting machine with the appropriate cut settings.

Step 4: Weeding

• Remove excess Vinyl using weeding tools.

Step 5: Heat Application

• Place and align the design to the desired area.
• Before pressing, place a thick flat cloth or heat-pressing pillow on the part of the medium's surface to flatten the area where you should put the design.
• Use a heat cover sheet for protection to design scorching.
• Apply heat using heat printing equipment. Follow the heat and time setting of the Vinyl.

Step 6: Removal of the Carrier Sheet

• Peel off the carrier sheet once HTV cured well on the surface.

Back-to-School DIY #2: DIY Fabric Face Mask Pouch and Face Mask with HTV

The school bus is buzzing in the front house; your child hops in and waves goodbye to you… --- Reality check, your kiddos are already grown up!

After the entire plot twist due to the pandemic, I believe parents, especially moms, tend to feel more emotional roller coaster ride on their kid's first day. They feel joy! They are proud to see their kids walking tall with their backpacks on… They experience a little "SEPANX" or separation anxiety! When silence fills the house and missing their kids who aren't around for school. With that, parents will always be parents. They'll probably do it if they can look after their kids in school and ensure their security.

Mommies or daddies erase your worry about your child's health safety without you around them! Instead, let the Customized Fabric Face Mask Pouch and Face Mask Idea do the job for you! In this fun and purpose-worthy idea, be constantly on guard while your child embraces their independence and gets back their lost school life again!

Materials Needed:

• Standard HTV (or any preferred HTV)
• Heat Press, Easy Press or Iron
• Cutting Machine (Silhouette or Cricut)
• Blank Canvas or Fabric Envelope of any color ( Pre-made, purchased, or assembled through sewing)
• Blank Fabric Facemask of any color (Pre-made, purchased, made through sewing)
• Heat Cover Sheet (Parchment Paper or Teflon Sheet)
• Weeding Tools
• Squeegee

Steps in making DIY Fabric Face Mask Pouch and Face Mask with HTV

In this customized idea for Fabric Envelope for Facemask and Face Mask, you may personally sew both of the subjects for this DIY using free patterns or templates downloadable online. Assembling each item takes only 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

Step 1: Design Selection and Creation

• Personally create a design or download a cut file online for the fabric envelope.
• For fabric facemasks, check the free facemask designer template online. This site contains templates, fonts, or clip art that quickly size out on your facemask's surface, cutting machine, and printer.

Step 2: HTV Selection

• Use standard HTV, or other HTV suited to your fabric facemask and fabric envelope
• Layering is also possible.

Step 3: Design Cutting

• Mirror the design.
• Load the HTV with the correct cut settings.

Step 4: Weeding

• Remove excess Vinyl.

Step 5: Heat Application

• Lay your fabric envelope flat and place your image on the front face. To avoid lifted seams insert a folded cloth inside of it to create an even surface.
• For the fabric face mask, the placement of your design depends on the type of face mask used. The Flat facemask without a seam will be the easiest to decorate and position. The Flat Mask with stitching needs a heat press pillow to raise an even surface above the hem. The Center Seam Mask is usually difficult to decorate because the center seam affects the nose, chin, and mouth part of the mask. Meanwhile, this mask type can give more opportunities to provide a great angle to place a design.
• In adhesion of HTV, always follow the manufacturer's instructions for the Vinyl used. You may use Heat Press, but if you want to reach the corner sides for a good finish of adhesion, use iron or Easy Press.
• Use a cover sheet to protect the design.

Step 6: Removal of the Carrier Sheet

• Peel off the carrier sheet once it's ready.

Back-to-School DIY #3: Fruiti-full DIY Lunch Bag and Cutlery Pouch with HTV

Krinnggggggg…. Finally, the bell rings… What's the kid most favorite time of the day at school? Is it the first subject of the class? Or is it the last subject? No! It's BREAK TIME or LUNCH TIME!

Kids are always frantic to know what's inside their lunch bags. Every time they open it, it feels like it's a gift they want to receive for their birthday. And that's a lovely scene.

I know, dear parents, aside from the fact that you're thinking, well, what to put inside your kid's lunch box, you're more excited to see their lunch boxes empty when they get home. For you, it's a sign they finished all you prepared for them, and they love what meal they had. Guess what? Based on statistics, kids will likely eat all their meals if they see them appealing and packed well. And this is our goal for today!

Making a beautiful lunch bag a primary packaging of your kid's lunch boxes indeed makes your prepared meal turn so irresistible and will make them hungrier! And here's a bonus. Make your kid's lunch day slump-free with this DIY Lunch Bag and Cutlery Pouch with HTV. A cutlery pouch is a perfect partner for their lunch bag and will make washing of spoon and fork easy for you! With this, no more dried-wrapped tissue paper or literary paper sticks around their utensils! This guarantee to keep everything sanitary!

Materials Needed:

• Pattern or Printable HTV (or your choice of HTV)
• Cutting Machine (Silhouette or Cricut)
• Heat Printing Equipment (Easy Press or iron)
• Plain Color Lunch Bags (Tote Style Lunch Bag, Top Handled Insulated Lunch Bags, Jute Lunch Bags)
• Plain Color Cutlery Pouch (Pre-made, purchased, or to be assembled through sewing)
• Transfer Tape/ Heat Application Mask
• Heat Cover Sheet (Parchment Paper or Teflon Sheet)
• Weeding Tools
• Squeegee

Fruiti-full DIY Lunch Bag and Cutlery Pouch with HTV

Step 1: Design Selection and Creation

• Make a cute text design with your child's name on the design software. After, download and upload various free colorful fruit SVG files to be used as the design around the body of the lunch bag.
• For the cutlery pouch, we'll select a spoon and fork image.
• Resize the text and image fitted to your substrates. (Fruit SVG files may vary in size)

Step 2: HTV Selection

• Use standard HTV for the name, spoon, and fork image; for the lunch bag, use printable HTV to customize the images' print.
• If we want a floral pattern, animalistic, or geometric shapes, we can go for Pattern HTV.
• The color combination of everything in your material depends on the color of your substrate. (Dark colors substrates use light patterns, for light color substrates use dark patterns)

Step 3: Design Cutting

• Load the HTV with the correct cut settings.
• Mirror the design.

Step 4: Weeding

• Remove the excess Vinyl.

Step 5: Heat Application

For the lunch bag:

• Position the HTV with the design text, place the cover sheet on top and insert a heat press pillow or cloth inside.
• Press at 305 °F using the easy press in 10 to 15 seconds with medium pressure.
• To stick the colorful fruit design, align the images on the surface using the transfer tape. Place the cover sheet again on top and press at 315° F for 10 to 15 seconds with medium pressure.

For Cutlery Pouch:

• Position the spoon and fork image horizontally and place the coversheet on top. Press at 305 °F with the easy press, 10 to 15 seconds with medium pressure.

Step 6: Removal of the Carrier Sheet

• Peel off the carrier sheet of standard HTV either cold or warm, while cold peel for Printable HTV

Back-to-School DIY #4: Personalized School Diary with Adhesive Vinyl

Asking your kids after school if they have home works to do, is like a one-billion-dollar question as soon as they enter the door of your house, wallah! Proven 100%, war rages on by finding out there is and pushing them to get it done before getting knocked out in bed! Their world transforms into an unreachable dimension of play time like there's no tomorrow. After they get tired of playing, you check their notes to see if there is or no task to do…

Here is a quick solution to that! A Personalized School Diary with Adhesive Vinyl can help your kids organize and manage their "to-do" without you getting transformed into MOMZILLA or DADZILLA! It's an excellent must-have in their bags so they can keep on top of all their assignments and the work they must do.

Materials Needed:

• Candy Color Refillable Binder in A5 Size (Plastic, Cardboard, or Leather Type in Cover)
• Blank Loose Leaf in A5 Size
• Adhesive Vinyl in several colors (Permanent or Removable)
• Transfer Tape
• Cutting Machine (Silhouette or Cricut)
• Cutting Mat
• Weeding Tools
• Squeegee

Steps in making Personalized School Diary with Adhesive Vinyl

Step 1: Design Selection and Creation

• Start laying out two colors of beautiful design text containing your chosen motivational phrase using the software. (Color combination depends on your choice)
• Text size can be more significant if you want extensive texts covering your front cover or minimalistic ones with small and intricate text.
• For your blank loose leaf, you can personalize every sheet by downloading free templates and printing them on your printer.

Step 2: Adhesive Vinyl Selection

• Use Glitter Vinyl and Solid color type of adhesive Vinyl for material and color combination.

Step 2: Design Cutting

• Cut the Vinyl with the appropriate cut settings.

Step 3: Weeding

• Remove excess Vinyl using a weeding tool.

Step 4: Design Application

• After weeding, transfer the cutout design to your desired position using the transfer tape.
• To affix the design, firmly rub over the design text using the squeegee and carefully remove the transfer tape. If some small parts didn't stick, press over using your finger.

Back-to-School DIY #5: Customized Pens and Pencils with Adhesive Vinyl

It's an achievement unlock! Finally, your child can organize assignments using Personalized School Diary!We can now cross out this issue on the list. Hold on… Did I hear it right? The next issue on the list is another big problem to solve. What?!

Flash report! "More and more parents are reporting cases of disappearing pencils and pens. When their child gets home from school, every day is like a shortage of pens and pencils!"

Alright, back to the zone! Classes may get chaotic sometimes, and kids tend to misplace their stuff until losing it. There's no other way out but to help them keep their belongings by PERSONALIZING THEIR PENS WITH ADHESIVE VINYL. In this problem buster, you can put labels and names on your child's pen or cover them up with a unique design to quickly notice ownership of their stuff. Closing this case will end your child's scarcity of this essential material!

Materials Needed:

• No. 2 Pencils
• Standard Click Pens without rubber grip ( Ink Joy Gel Pen or other brands)
• Adhesive Vinyl ( Solid Color or Holographic)
• Transfer Tape
• Cutting Machine (Silhouette or Cricut)
• Cutting Mat
• Weeding Tools
• Squeegee

Steps in making Customized Pens and Pencils with Adhesive Vinyl

Step 1: Design Selection and Creation

• For the pencil's label, create a design text of your child's name with a 1″ by 2″ measurement.
• For the pen wrap, download a free pen wrap template and upload it to your software. These templates automatically size the Vinyl according to the body size of the pen and cut the Vinyl with different patterns (ex., animalistic prints).

Step 2: Adhesive Vinyl Selection

• Use Solid Color Vinyl for the pencil label while Holographic Vinyl for the pen's wrap.

Step 3: Design Cutting

• For the pencil label, cut the Vinyl with the appropriate cut settings. Then after, cut the Vinyl for pencil wrap using the downloaded template.

Step 4: Weeding

• Remove excess Vinyl using a weeding tool.

Step 5: Design Application

For Pencil Label:

• Using the transfer tape, affix the cutout name above the pencil's ferule (silver rim holding the pencil's eraser).
• For the design to stick entirely, rub firmly using your finger and carefully remove the transfer tape.
• If you want to wrap the whole body of the pencil, you may apply the cutout name above the first layer.

For Pen Wrap:

• Before application of the Vinyl, disassemble the pen's barrel with other small parts of it.
• Remove the pen's clip and sand to smoothen the surface.
• Transfer the design to the pen's barrel using the transfer tape. When sticking, start with the first half of the patterned design, and rub firmly using your fingers. Carefully remove the Transfer Tape. Repeat the process to finish the remaining parts.

Back-to-School DIY #6: Water Bottle with Motivational Time Marker using Adhesive Vinyl

Soda, chocolates, ice creams, and more, it's undeniably tempting and tasty for a kid's sweet tooth. When they taste all of this and fully satisfy their cravings, they tend to be lazy or forget to drink water!

Materials Needed:

• 2L size Colored Blank Stainless Steel or Plastic Water Bottle
• Permanent Adhesive Vinyl in assorted colors
• Transfer Tape

Having enough water intake is not only suitable for your kids, but it's beneficial to their body's whole system. Staying hydrated for them means keeping alert and focused on what they do. That's why; this excellent Water Bottle with Motivational Time Marker using Adhesive Vinyl! A creative water bottle ensures your kids stay hydrated and guarantees to sweep all sugary elements away. A plus bonus, with its waterproof motivational time marker, kids won't be having amnesia for their water intake time after eating sweets!

Materials Needed:

• 2L size Colored Blank Stainless Steel or Plastic Water Bottle
• Permanent Adhesive Vinyl in assorted colors
• Transfer Tape
• Cutting Mat
• Weeding Tools
• Squeegee/ Scraper
• Cutting Machine (Silhouette or Cricut)

Steps to make A Water Bottle with Motivational Time Marker using Adhesive Vinyl

Step 1: Design Selection and Creation

• For the front bottle design, layout motivational texts, a logo, or a cute character design of your choice
• Download and upload on your software a free Motivational Time Marker Template online. Select the template appropriate for a 2 liters size bottle.

Step 2: Adhesive Vinyl Selection

• Use permanent Vinyl for both designs, and a color combination may do so.

Step 3: Design Cutting

• Cut the design text and the Motivational Time Marker using the downloaded template.

Step 4: Weeding

• Remove excess Vinyl using a weeding tool.

Step 5: Design Application

• Using the transfer tape, apply the front design horizontally and burnish utilizing a scraper. Then, remove the transfer tape carefully.
• Next, transfer the Motivational Time Marker design to vertically the opposite face of the bottle. Burnish again with a scraper and carefully remove the transfer tape.

So proud of you, Moms and Dads, for making a good wrap-up today! Which one are you going to make? I hope these Back to Back School Ideas with Vinyl give you many ideas to surprise your kids on their first day. Whatever you decide to create on this list may transpire all of your care and unconditional love for your kids!

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