In this tutorial we’re going to cover how to create and print name labels for the children on your Tapestry account — handy for pegs, drawers, trays and displays, especially at the start of a new year. Labels are created from the browser version of Tapestry, and you can make them for children who are still enrolling as well as those who have already started.
Selecting children
To start, click Children in the menu on the left of your screen.
Tick the box on each child you’d like a label for, or use Select all to select everyone shown on the page. Do bear in mind that Select all only picks the children on the current page, so if you want labels for everyone, change the 12 per page dropdown to show more children first (you can choose 12, 24, 48 or all). Filter & Sort Children lets you narrow the list down — by cohort, group, key person, room and more — which is handy if you only need labels for one room or class.
The list shows active children by default. To make labels for children who haven’t started with you yet, click Filter & Sort Children, set Status to Enrolling and click Apply — then tick the children you need in the same way.
As soon as you tick a child, a bar appears at the bottom of the screen showing how many children you’ve selected, with Print name labels already chosen in its dropdown. Click Go.
Please note, if you can’t see the Print name labels option on your account, it may not be switched on for your setting — get in touch with us at customer.service@eyfs.info and we’ll be happy to help.
Choosing a style and printing
You’ll arrive at the Labels: choose your style page, which confirms how many children you selected and previews every available label style. There are plenty to choose from, in different sizes and layouts: with or without the child’s picture; full name, first name or surname; larger drawer labels; and sizes that match common sticky-label sheets such as Avery J8160 and L7163. Each preview tells you the label size and how many fit on a sheet. Simply click the style you’d like — in this example we’re going with Paper Style 1, which shows each child’s full name alongside their picture.
Tapestry then opens your labels as a PDF in a new browser tab, with your setting’s name at the top of the sheet and one label for each child you selected. Print it from your browser as you would any other document — in colour or black and white — making sure your label paper is loaded the right way round if you’re printing onto sticky labels.
Do bear in mind that on styles which include a picture, a child without a profile photo will simply have a blank space where the photo would be — so it’s worth adding their photo first, or choosing one of the name-only styles.
And that’s it! You now know how to select the children you need, pick a label style that suits your setting, and print your name labels.