How to Make Custom Labels for Your Yoto Cards
I love all things Yoto and one of the many wonderful things about Yoto is the Make Your Own Cards.
These cards allow you to put any audio files you own on a Yoto card for your child from music to audiobooks to a grandparent reading aloud a favorite picture book (instructions for how to make your own Yoto cards on this post).
But once you have that fantastic custom Yoto card, your child might have no idea what’s actually ON that card, especially if they’re a pre-reader.
Plus, it’s just not nearly as eye-catching and appealing as the cards from Yoto with their bright and colorful cover art!
Jen, one of the members of the Everyday Reading team, went to work on the problem and I was FLOORED by how fun and cute these DIY Yoto Card labels turned out.
Even better? It’s just not very hard to make your own custom color Yoto card sticker labels. Here’s how to do it!
DIY labels using an Avery template
This is an easy and inexpensive option for anyone with access to a color printer.
I highly recommend using these Avery Waterproof Rectangle Labels.They are a thin plastic waterproof film that will hold up better than a paper label. Plus if you rewrite the files on the card and need a new label it’s easy to peel the label off and it won’t leave a sticky residue behind.
Go to Avery’s website and open the Avery Template Presta 94237. You can make a free account on the website and save your projects to add to or come back to for convenience.
Next find the image that you want to use as your label (a quick google search for the “Book Title Cover” should bring it right up!) and then you can save it to your computer. I recommend finding a high resolution rectangular image.
When you open the template make sure that you select “edit one” label and not “edit all”. This allows you to have a sheet of eight different labels.
Click “Add Image” from the left hand menu and then orient the image to the correct direction.
Use the drag arrows on the sides to make it the appropriate size. This template allows for a “print to the edge” option so you won’t have any white space around the label.
Save the template to your account and then click Preview & Print in the bottom right hand corner.
On the next page Click “Print it Yourself” and then “Get PDF to Print”. This will pull up a PDF that you can download with your labels with the appropriate spacing. Put the label sheet in your printer and make sure it is facing the correct way for printing.
Ta-da! You have a beautiful sheet of colorful labels for your make your own Yoto cards!
Any questions about making DIY labels/stickers for your Yoto cards? Let me know in the comments!
I made my own with my circuit just cutting out the words in a cool font, but this looks way better. Thanks!
First I want to say thank you! This tutorial/tool was just what I needed. Unfortunately, the link for the labels takes you to the wrong size. I ordered following the link, and just printed at home and the sizing is off. After trouble shooting, I realized your link for the Avery template is to create 2×3 labels- the Avery Presta 94237. But the link for ordering the labels on Amazon.com takes you to the Avery Presta 94238 labels, which are 2×3.5 and don’t fit the cards. So to help anyone reading this, make sure you order the ones that end in 7! I can’t find the waterproof version for this on amazon, just on the Avery website.
Here’s the link for the waterproof ones! https://a.co/d/8KgC2ex
Do you need a laser printer to print on these labels? Or do inkjet printers work too?
Wondering the same thing!
This is wonderful – thank you! What has been your experience of taking off the labels (if you want to repurpose that MYO card)? Do they come off cleanly?
Thanks for this article! I had been saving screenshots of the book cover page on my phone then printing them with my tiny photo printer, which prints square images, so they I have to cut them down to fit and use packing tape to adhere them to the yoto card. They never look as polished as I want them too! I just ordered the Avery labels and designed my first one on the avery site. I am so excited and hopeful for my future Yoto cards for my kids. Yay!