Custom ID Badge

Here's a relatively easy way to make custom ID badges. You can create custom images for the front and back. Optionally add pictures to make photo IDs. The cost works out to less than a dollar per badge, cheaper if you buy the clips in bulk.

Step 1 Materials

-Full-sheet adhesive labels, preferably glossy (I used LD Glossy Inkjet Sticker Photo Paper)
-Heavy card stock or illustration board (I used Elmer's 14-ply white illustration board)
-Hole punch (not absolutely necessary but handy for cutting the slot)
-Knife
-ID badge clips ($5 for a set of 10 from office supply store)
-Color printer

Comments

[Ward_Nox]

only thing id mention is Small lamanators have gotten cheap my local hobby shop sells one for a standard page size for about 60 bucks

[degroof]

I've never used an actual laminator but I have used self-adhesive laminating sheets. Useful for protecting the ink on the labels, especially if I'm using a lot of black in the images. Black seems to scuff easily, at least with my printer.