The 7 Rules a First School Bag Has to Pass Before September
Summary: A first school bag gets judged on seven things, and folder space is only the first.
1. All of it has to fit
The bag either takes it or it doesn't. Six rules follow. This one decides all of them.
2. Everything goes in and it still closes
Folder flat on the bottom, because it comes home bent if it had to bend to get in. Everything else stacks on top and it still zips. A bag that only shuts when it's half empty was never the right size.
3. Picking the wrong size is the real mistake
Go by the back it sits on, not the birthday. Smaller four-year-olds often do better in the Small.
Pick the Size That Fits Them →
4. They find it themselves in a room of twenty
Pegs at that age are a row of near-identical bags at the same height. Their name is how a child who can't read yet still knows which one is theirs. One mum put it plainly: "no one else in the school has the same name or Bag!"
Put Their Name On It →5. Every letter is knitted from yarn by a real person
Every letter is knitted from yarn by hand, after your order comes in, by a person rather than a machine. A little uneven the way handmade things are, and no two come out the same.
Choose the Colour and the Yarn →
6. If the zipper ever goes, somebody replaces it
Zippers are where children's bags die. Ours carry a lifetime guarantee: if it breaks, email us and we replace it, for the life of the bag.
Guaranteed for Life on the Zipper →7. Order it while there's still time to make it
Nothing starts until the name is confirmed. Production runs five to ten days, then shipping on top, so count back from the first day and order with room in the middle.
Get In the Queue →And one thing the rules don't cover
The word that comes up most is quality. The second is the wait, and then in the same breath, that it was worth it. "Patience is not my strong suit, but it was well worth the wait. It exceeded all of my expectations!!"
See Why Families Keep Coming Back →Reaching rule seven means you're not browsing
✨ You're the parent who checks the folder fits before she buys.
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