Sticker Material and Sizes: Which Size Goes Where

One Material. Four Sizes.

You've designed the sticker. Your kid looks brilliant as a cartoon astronaut. Now the site is asking you to pick a size, and you're not sure what actually matters.

Where the sticker is going decides it. Everything below is detail.

The Material

Every StickerMe sheet is printed on the same stock: waterproof, laminated sticker sheets with an overcoat. There's no material or finish to choose, so the only decision is size.

The laminate is what lets a sticker handle water, scuffing and sunlight, and the stickers are dishwasher safe. It suits clean, smooth, hard surfaces: drink bottles, lunchboxes, folders, laptops, helmets and doors. The stickers also stick to paper and card, so they work in scrapbooks, journals and cards.

A few honest limits:

• Fabric. The stickers are made for smooth surfaces, not uniforms, hats, socks or textured fabric. Use garment labels for those.
• Curves and seams. A sticker lasts longest on a flat patch. Avoid hinges, seams and tight curves.

The Four Sizes

Each sheet is 4 × 7 in (about 10 × 18 cm). The size you pick decides how many stickers are drawn on it. The numbers below are approximate: the stickers are illustrated, so a finished sheet can come back with one more or one fewer than planned, and the size picker shows each option before you order.

Size	Stickers per sheet	Longest side
Small	about 15	about 3 cm
Medium	about 8	about 4.5 cm
Large	about 4	about 5 cm
XL	about 2	about 9.5 cm

Small: About 15 Per Sheet

Small stickers fit where space is tight: pencil cases, phone cases, notebook covers, the side of a narrow drink bottle.

They also work when you need lots of them. Reward charts, envelopes and journal margins all suit Small.

The trade-off is detail. A name banner is small at this size and harder to read from a distance.

Best for: Reward charts. Pencil cases. Phone cases. Envelopes. Journals.

Medium: About 8 Per Sheet

Medium is the default size on the design page. The character reads clearly and a name banner is easy to read, while the sticker still fits on a lunchbox lid, a drink bottle, a school folder or a laptop. If you're not sure, start here.

Best for: Lunchboxes. Drink bottles. School folders. Laptops. Party favours.

Large: About 4 Per Sheet

Large stickers zig-zag down the sheet, so each one gets a bit more room than Medium. Four per sheet suits a few feature placements more than labelling everything.

Best for: Lunchbox lids. Laptop lids. Folders. Cards and invitations.

XL: About 2 Per Sheet

Each sticker takes up half the sheet. Use XL when the sticker needs to be seen from across a room.

Best for: Bedroom doors. Smooth school bag panels. Suitcases. Eskies.

Which Size for Which Use

Match the destination to the size.

School lunchbox + drink bottle: Medium. Check the flat area on the bottle first: a narrow bottle may suit Small.

School bag (smooth outside panel): Large or XL.

Reward charts: Small. Fifteen to a sheet goes a long way.

Scrapbooks and baby books: Small or Medium.

Laptop: Medium or Large.

Party favours and invitations: Medium.

Journals and planners: Small. Fits margins and weekly spreads.

Bedroom door: XL.

Can You Mix Sizes?

Yes. Each sheet is its own item in the cart, so you can order Medium for the lunchbox and Small for the reward chart. The size is set when the sheet is drawn, because it decides the layout, so a different size means making a new design from the same photo.

There's No Wrong Answer

If you pick Small for a lunchbox, it'll still work: the sticker is just smaller. If you're unsure, Medium handles most of what parents need. Start there, and change size for specific projects.

Head to the design page to try it. Accounts include free design credits each week, so you can preview a sheet before ordering prints.