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‘This Is Mine’ Tag
A flat 6 × 4 cm tag with your own symbol, an integral eyelet and thread. At home or in a workshop; one person makes one tag in the chosen variant.
- Age
- 8+ years
- Length
- approx. 40 min
- Level
- Easy
- Where you teach
- Home
- Purpose
- Creative
How to run this session
Stages and timing
- Choose your symbol
- Build the frame and eyelet
- Connect the symbol to the outline
- Thread the loop
- Check your symbol
What gets built
Give an object your own symbol and learn how to connect an outline to a detail.
What it practises
- Laying adjacent PLA strands.
- Connecting the symbol to the supported outline.
- Cooling and removing a flat piece.
Success criteria
- The symbol can be identified.
- The symbol has at least three broad, continuous joins to the outline.
- The thread passes through the open eyelet, and gentle tension does not produce a gap, crack or stress whitening.
What you need
- Filament
- PLA
- Colours
- colour shown in the illustration
- Also
- 3D pen for PLA with a safe stand — 1 set, Flexible transparent mat for a 3D pen — 1 pc., Pattern printout — 1 A4 sheet, Ruler — 1 pc., Thread for hanging — 1 length, 30 cm
Files
The files for this plan are free once you have an account. Download what you need and come back to them any time.
- Session slides Opens in the browser, nothing to install. 4.0 MB
- Step-by-step guide (colour) A4 PDF with full illustrations. 3.8 MB
- Step-by-step guide (ink-saving) A4 PDF prepared for cheap printing. 1.5 MB
- Printable worksheet, 1:1 scale Templates at 1:1 scale. Print one per person. 185 kB
Version 2026-09-29 Updated 2026-09-29
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