How to Create Family Face Address Labels

If you are tired of writing your name and address on every piece of mail you have to send out, consider creating labels yourself. Go creative and make address labels with cartoon characters of your family’s faces and pets. If you go through big businesses with custom printers and stationary, things can get expensive. However, if you are crafty, creative and good with computers you can do it all on your own for much cheaper.

1. Make sure you have Microsoft Paint and Microsoft Publisher on your computer. Microsoft Paint should be under “Accessories” and Microsoft Publisher is part of the “Microsoft Office Suite.”


2. Open Paint, this is the first program you will need to use. You are going to have to set the height and width of the label (Usually 1 inch by 1 inch). To do this click “Image” then “Attributes.” Then “OK.”


3. Click on "Paintbrush" from the "Tools" menu. Choose one of the smaller round brush heads. There should be another toolbar on the bottom of the screen with colors on it, choose a color that resembles your family’s skin color. If you find that none of the colors shown resemble your skin color, you can double click on any color and a rainbow of colors will show up to pick from.


4. Draw a circle on the label to resemble the first family face. If you need to you can click the “View” menu and choose “Zoom” and “large size” to have more room to work. From the same menu as before choose the “Fill” tool, which looks like a spilling paint can, then click inside the circle to fill it with the skin color.


5. Use the “Pencil” tool to draw a facial features and expressions. You can also use the paintbrush to add hair and other accessories. If you would like you can put the family members name on the label using the “text” tool.


6. Click “File” and then “Save as,” name the picture and press “OK.”


7. Repeat for each family member.

Once you have done every family member, you are done with paint and now need to open Microsoft Publisher.

1. Open Microsoft Publisher and choose “Page Setup.” Scroll down the list of publication types until you get to “Label.” Select “Avery 5160” (you don’t have to have Avery labels; this is just a standard label).  A single white rectangle will appear on your screen.


2. Choose “Insert” then “Picture” and “From File.” Browse your computer and chose any of the family faces. Repeat this until you have all the family members on the labels.


3. Add your address to the labels and print