"Be Kind" Backpack Tags

At Illustrated Ministry, we believe courageous kindness has the power to heal, include, and transform. Our newest backpack tags invite children and adults alike to practice that brave compassion every day—at school, at work, and wherever the journey takes them.

Our “Be Kind” Backpack Tags remind us that kindness isn’t always the easiest path. Jesus chose kindness even when friends questioned him and when power structures pushed back—sharing meals with outsiders like Zacchaeus and extending compassion to those the world forgot. Attach this vibrant tag to a backpack, briefcase, or diaper bag as a pocket-sized prompt to choose kindness.

The bold, colorful design adds instant positivity and visibility. Hand them out during a Blessing of the Backpacks, give them to volunteers kicking off a new ministry year, or tuck them into welcome packets for students and staff. However you use them, these tags (and the accompanying liturgy) rally your community around kindness that grows stronger together.

Whether you're doing a Blessing of the Backpacks this fall or your community is doing a Blessing of the Devices, this fun and colorful tag will encourage your community.

”Be Kind” Backpack Tag Liturgy

We also offer a short liturgy and blessing to accompany the “Be Kind” Backpack Tags. When making your purchase, select which type you'd like: just the backpack tags or the backpack tags and the accompanying liturgy. The short liturgy includes:

• Gathering: An introduction that lifts up Jesus’ courageous kindness and frames the “kindness challenge.”
• Handing Out Tags: Spoken words for distributing tags—individually or all at once.
• Blessing: A unique blessing that asks God to give participants “the courage to be kind, to see the image of God in others, and to receive kindness wherever they go.”
• Prayer for the School Year: An original prayer that sends children, youth, and adults into places where kindness isn’t always easy, trusting that community and God’s Spirit go with them.
• Additional Prayer and Social Media Graphic: A ready-to-share digital graphic and prayer to help your church promote the event.

If you are interested in our previous backpack tag designs, you can view those here.

Whether these are for backpacks for kids, or for others in your community to use on their briefcases, bags, or purses, these backpack tags can be used in so many ways.

Other uses for this tag design:

• Diaper bag ID tags in your infant/toddler rooms
• Small greeting cards
• Lunchbox cards
• Luggage tags
• Print on "shrinky dink" paper and make zipper tags

Laminating the Tags

Here are some items that will help you prepare the tags in a way that makes them easy to attach to bags or other items.

• Thermal Laminator
• Laminating Pouches for Luggage Tags (with the loop)
• Laminating Pouches - Business Card Size
• Avery Business Cards #8871
• Avery #8871 Template

What You Will Receive

Upon completing your purchase, you will receive a link to a ZIP file that includes B&W and color PDF versions of the tags. We will also include a PNG image file of the illustration if you want to use it for your promotional materials.

You can print these on standard business card stock (3.5" x 2") using Avery business cards #8871 (depending on what quantity you purchase, they might be listed as #8877). Our files are formatted to print on these #8871 Avery business cards, though you may need to play around with the file a bit, depending on your printer.