I know, you can’t imagine your kids “ooh”ing and “ah”ing over a new towel on Christmas morning.  But this isn’t just any towel, it has their name on it!  Personalizing makes an every day item extraordinary; it makes it special.

It also makes things easier for Mom.  Our kids have 2 bath towels each, with their names stitched on (thanks to Nate’s mom– yay!)  So if there’s a towel left on the bathroom floor, I know whose it is; there’s no “not me- not me- not me” since the owner’s name is permanently woven in. 

I also like having two towels.  I put the kids’ towels on their clean clothes pile, to be put away in their little space in the bathroom cupboard.  Every Saturday night they put the dirty towel in the laundry and get the clean towel for their bath that night.  It saves me from washing towels excessively (Levi used to put his in after each use), and forms the habit of getting a clean towel after 3-4 uses.

My mother-in-law stitched the kids’ names using her sewing machine, but you could embroider or even applique just an ititial if you’re as sewing-impaired as I am.  Better yet, ask for this as a gift idea for your kids from someone in the family that enjoys sewing, so that they can bless you with their hobby.