Does your church or ministry do a backpack blessing for the kids?

I have created two different sets of backpack tags and I would love for you to check them out.

The idea of having scripture surround us doesn’t stop once we leave home. Home is probably one of the easier places to remember whose we are. When we go out into the world, to work, to school, we are faced with many trials and temptations. Having the Word of the Lord around us all the time is very encouraging, uplifting and helpful for us to keep our eyes of Jesus.

I am excited by how well my designs from last year sold and that so many people were using them for their ministry. I am encouraged to know how many kids were headed off to school with scripture around them any time they picked up their back packs. I wanted to create some new tags this year to build on what was happening in the past two years and to add more options of scripture passages as well.

Print. Laminate. Distribute. Pray.

One more aspect that I love about these tags is that is causes us as leaders and teachers to slow down and pray of the kids who receive the back pack tags while we are assembling them. Pray for the kids while you print the tags and cut them apart. Pray for the kids while you laminate and cut them again. Pray for the kids while you distribute the tags. And continue to pray for the kids when they are at school.

Two different sets of designs. Two different price points.

There are two sets of designs for the back pack tags now. So choose whichever is your favorite. Or get both and mix it up! Each set also comes with black and white versions if you want to let the kids color their own tags. I love to have variety.

There are also two different price points for each set of designs. The $7.00 set is for personal use. These would be good for a homeschool group or small church group of less than 10 kids. The $15.00 set is for distributing amongst many kids. The price reflects the group printing license. Thank you for being honest about which capacity you are using these in.

I would love to see how you use these back pack tags! Feel free to tag me on social media #purejoycreative so I can see!

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