When your child goes back to school after Christmas, it’s advisable to make use of name tape and clothing labels to ensure that no clothes go astray.

Many people sew labels into clothes, but this is rather labour intensive. The quicker and easier alternative is to make use of a fabric stamp to print the desired text onto the clothes. Washable ink means that your label will last, no matter how many times it goes through the wash. Your text can be up to 20 characters long.

You can also get a self-inking clothing marker. This comes with reusable letters so that you can customise the text that appears. Again this makes use of washable dye.

Finally, you can get shoe labels. These allow you to attach resilient labels inside your child’s sports shoes or football boots and prevent them getting lost or taken home by another child. The labels, which are attached with strong adhesive, can be used on lunch boxes too.

So ensure that no Christmas presents get lost by labelling all your child’s belongings for when they are at school.