Lee-Ann O’Neill is a “Mompreneur” who saw a need for a stamp that printed out dotted letters that little ones could trace to learn to print their names, so she created one, and now runs The Little Stamp Company. You choose a stamp with any name or word up to 9 letters, choose an ink color, and whether the stamp is in all capital letters or capital and lowercase. Your custom self-inking stamp will arrive quickly and your preschooler can get right to work learning to print their name!

What I like best about the stamp we received for review is that the ink is child-safe and washable. In fact, it’s so child-safe, it’s edible (!) and made entirely with FDA approved ingredients. My Mom was a teacher and she had stamps for papers, and those ink pads that were so messy. If your child stamps off the edge of the paper, it wipes right up. There are sites where you can print out traceable letters, but with this stamp, any paper will do. You can take it to a restaurant and your child can stamp their paper placemat while you wait!

Right now, Kaitlyn is having more fun stamping than actually doing the tracing, but we’re working on it. Even if she just stamps, she’s seeing the letters of her name printed out and learning how they are formed. The site says each stamp lasts for thousands of impressions, which I’m hoping means it will last until she actually learns to write the letters. For older kids and teachers, The Little Stamp Company has “funky fonts” available.

Click here to order a custom stamp from The Little Stamp Company. At $24.95 CDN (around $20 U.S), it’s a clever and fun way to teach kids to print their names!