Many months ago, as I was making plans for my daughter’s candy party I started looking into getting custom water bottle labels. I’d seen parties (on-line) that had cute custom labels on the bottles and I wanted to try to do the same. I found labels I could buy for $0.80-$1.00 each, but that was out of the budget. I continued searching for any “how-to’s” on making my own labels, and searched for good prices on the printable vinyl that most custom label sellers seemed to be using. Even the vinyl was quite expensive. I continued looking for information, and I was finally able to put together some ideas from a few different sights and make my own cute labels. The best part is, I didn’t have to buy any special materials, and the cost per label is only pennies!
Within about a weeks time I made custom labels for my daughter’s party (photo above), the “She’s about to Pop” showerI helped a friend host (below), and also some pretty labels for a 55th anniversary celebration (second photo below).
You need-
A strip of paper (custom designed, or just printed scrapbooking paper) 1 3/4″ tall and 8 1/2″ wide.
Paper cutter (for neatly cutting your paper)
Packing tape (clear, heavy tape 2″ wide)
Water bottles(I use Target’s store brand, Archer Farms, because they are smooth, sleek looking bottles).
Hello!
My question is…..where did you get the bottled water ‘from’?
Did You use bottle water off the store shelves, Did you buy
your own bottled water so that all you had to do was make
your own labels and then add them Or did you just remove
labels on store bought bottles and then add your labels.?
Thanks.
Hey! Quick idea to help the labels be more “ice-safe.” For my friends party, we did frozen water balloons in the party color. We put the frozen balloons in the bottom of the bucket and had the bottles on top! This limited the water getting to the labels! This was a great demo! Thanks for sharing!
This is so helpful, thank you!! I just made my own template using powerpoint that I can share if anyone is interested. Using your DIY method saved me a bunch of money for our wedding! 🙂
This is a great concept to personalize any party/get-together. I actually do this on my reusable drink cups (the kind with a lid and reusable straw). I buy the plan clear cups and find any print/sticker/even window cling and use the duct tape (on both sides to make as waterproof as possible is an awesome idea – thanks Penelope) for each season or holiday. It’s so much more affordable and you’re doing the “reduce-reuse-recycle” thing to go GREEN. A win-win!!
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Do you happen to know what dimensions a label for a small (dollar tree brand) bottle of bubbles would be?
Thank you for the idea! The only thing I did different was use Costco water (Kirkland brand) they are smooth like what you used as well. I looked everywhere for labels to no avail and found your site! Thanks for the idea! Very Smart!
Thanks a lot for sharing this. I was having the same problem with not wanting to go over our budget for my son’s first birthday. I will definitely be using this for creating the labels!
You are awesome!!!! I had searching informaticon and your page was the best.
I have been searching for a website to tell me the best water bottle to use so that the label is smooth. Thanks for being the only website that actually named a water bottle – Target – Archer Farms. It is for my daughter’s wedding for the goodie bags at the hotel.
the labels are really cute! I’m not as computer suavy as you so I used decorated duct tape. They have so many cute patterns out there now!! Even Hello Kitty!!