Ever since A started pre-school there has been the stress of name-tags. It got even worse when he started real school where they want absolutely everything named due to them getting changed for P.E twice a week. I am sadly lacking in many of necessary practical skills of motherhood and had to set husband to work with a needle and thread last year to sew in lots of little tags for A. I know they do iron on ones but everyone I asked said they don't last and you'll be doing them all again after a few washes.

With M starting pre school tomorrow (eek!) I went online to order her some tags and came across these little buttons called easy tags. They are quite a bit more expensive than cloth tags and you have to buy an applicator for £15 before you start but the thought of being able to just stick a label on new school clothes, winter coats etc as they enter the house with so little effort is just too tempting. They are also reusable if you buy extra backs so as I have quite a few years of labelling ahead of me I am hoping to get my money's worth.

A set of 30 tags and backs costs £10 and the applicator is £15. If you need more backs in the future for moving the tags on it will set you back £3.95 for 30. I have ordered 30 for each of my kids and am hoping that will get them through their school life. We shall see - finger's crossed.