Hey Local Guides! I wanted to share a project and an idea that I’ve been working on for a few months. As the title suggests, I have a sticker design (adopted from the internet) that I would like to see other communities use as well, in hopes that one day, if we meet each other, we can do a sticker swap!
The concept:
- A standardised hex shaped sticker that is 2 inches tall and 1.73 inches wide. See further below for the shape.
- Due to the hex shape, you can easily lay the stickers out in a beehive like arrangement. A square shape would also work but I guess a hex shape looks cooler, perhaps!
- Give the hex stickers to your event attendees as a souvenir/memento for attending the event. You can also treat it like ‘badges’ that regular attendees can collect and this would be ideal for annual events such as the Bangladesh’s Local Guides Community 10th Year Anniversary meet-up!
- If more folks adopt this for their own Local Guides events, it would make for a great sticker swap too!
For me, I’ve been creating stickers to promote the Local Guides centric YouTube channel, Go Loco Guides, and also the special Connect Moderators event in Tokyo, Japan last year. Unsurprisingly, attendees to the upcoming #EuroMeetup2024 event in Manchester (6-9 June 2024) can expect a sticker too!
Anyway, you can read this blog post by Diginate (a printing company) talking about hex stickers. I can’t be sure but their post came out after I placed an order with them so I’m glad to see that they are fully behind the concept as well.
And you can also download templates from StickerMule (another printing company). Their templates show the cut lines and the printing areas (in various sizes) so that your final sticker will have an edge to edge print. Basically, your sticker design should bleed out past the cut lines so that you don’t get unsightly white edges; see example below.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments below! And the next time you’re hosting a big event for your community, perhaps consider creating a hex sticker!