Personalized Custom Daycare Teacher Shirt with Baby Photo

Blocks on the floor, sippy cups on every shelf, and a dozen toddlers who can’t quite say her name yet.

This personalized daycare teacher shirt hands her a little inside joke: her own baby or toddler photo under FOREVER, with IN DAYCARE across the bottom in antique gold and her name written over the picture in white script.

It’s a photo keepsake tee for the people who spend all day on the carpet.

Upload her baby photo

Why does a baby photo fit so well?

Look at our sample. A smiling toddler in overalls sits among wooden blocks and stacking rings, with a stuffed bunny on the shelf behind her. Miss Lily is written across the corner.

Now picture the room she works in today. That match is the whole charm. Scans of old prints come out nicely once they’re turned black and white, and a photo where she’s sitting up and looking at the camera crops best.

Who it’s for

The buyer is usually a parent whose baby or toddler spends the day with her, or a center director planning Provider Appreciation Day. She knows every nap schedule in the room and answers to a dozen toddler versions of her name.

Parents of a baby in the infant room

She knows your baby’s schedule better than you do, so a thank-you with her own baby face on it feels right.

The center director

For Provider Appreciation Day, each teacher gets her own photo and name, which beats a staff pizza lunch.

Toddler room coworkers

If the room wants to match on spirit day, every teacher uploads her own baby picture and the set comes together.

A mom whose kid is moving up

When your kid heads to pre-K, a shirt she’ll wear on Fridays is a gentle way to say goodbye.

The teacher herself

She can grab it for a Friday outfit, and the hoodie’s pouch pocket holds the tissues.

Start the daycare teacher tee

Making it hers in four steps

Choose a tee, long sleeve, crewneck sweatshirt or hoodie and her size.
Select the shirt color.
Upload her baby or toddler picture. The child on the listing is a sample image, and your photo goes in its place.
Type the name the kids call her. Finished example: Miss Lily.

Why her own baby photo belongs on a daycare teacher shirt

Daycare teachers get left out when schools hand out appreciation gifts
Parents see her at every drop-off and still don’t know how to say thanks
Anything nice she wears ends up covered in snack crumbs by noon

Someone who cares for babies all day gets a kick out of seeing herself as one. Her own baby or toddler photo, toned black and white, sits between FOREVER and IN DAYCARE in antique gold with the name the kids call her in white script across the corner.

Can’t get a childhood photo? A current picture of her prints fine too, though the baby photo is what makes people laugh.

Garments, sizes and care for a busy room

Most people pick the Comfort Colors 1717 tee, a garment-dyed, 6.1 oz, 100% ring-spun cotton shirt in a relaxed unisex fit, S to 4XL. It’s comfortable for bending, lifting and sitting on tiny chairs.

For a chilly nap room, the 1566 crewneck is 80/20 ring-spun cotton and polyester fleece in S to 3XL. The 1567 hoodie is preshrunk and garment-dyed, with a jersey-lined hood, matching drawcord and a pouch pocket for tissues, S to 2XL.

Fleece runs true for relaxed; size up one or two for oversized. Her exact measurements can be checked in our size guide. There’s a Comfort Colors 6014 long sleeve as well, sized S to 3XL.

The shop also lists a 9018 youth tee in XS to XL and a Rabbit Skins 3326 toddler hoodie in 2T to 5/6T.

Production time

We print each custom picture shirt to order with DTF or DTG depending on the garment. That takes 1 to 3 business days, followed by 3 to 5 business days of USPS tracked delivery. The shipping page has more.

Free US shipping on 2 or more items, or on any order of $75 or more.
A single item ships for a flat $5.99.
Misprinted or the wrong item? Send a photo within 15 days of delivery and we replace it or refund you.

Type what kids call her

Daycare teacher shirt FAQ

Can families sign it from the whole class?

We print only the photo and the name, so a card is the best place for signatures and messages.

Can I use her current photo instead of a baby picture?

Yes. The design is meant for a childhood photo, but any clear picture of her works.

Can a cartoon from the toddler room wall be added?

No. Characters from kids’ shows, center logos, brand names, celebrities, rappers and public figures can’t go on our shirts. Please send only photos you own or have the right to use. When a daycare order includes any of those, we cancel it and return your payment.

See all of our teacher shirts, or look through teacher gift ideas for more thank-yous.