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Tip: any field can use {name}{course}{hours}{grade}{rank}{id} - filled per person in batch mode.
badge Course, hours, grade & ID
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Templates - 70 designs in Kids / School Award
About this tool
Thirty kids certificate designs - ten of them premium layouts - ready to fill in and print. Each opens already worded for the occasion - the heading reads "Super Star Award", and the citation reads "for being a shining star - kind, curious and always trying your very best". Children read certificates literally. Naming the specific thing they did - "for helping a new classmate" - teaches far more than a generic star award. Built for teachers, parents and after-school clubs, for when a child deserves a bright, happy moment of recognition. It is normally signed by the teacher or parent - a child cares more about the name than the title, and once printed it tends to end up stuck on the fridge or the classroom wall, and kept in a memory box. Type the name, pick a design and a colourway, and download a print-ready file - or paste a whole list of names and generate every certificate in one pass. Everything happens in your browser. Recipient names are never uploaded, there is no account, and there is no watermark on the result.
How to use this tool
- Pick one of the kids designsSeventy landscape designs (fifty premium plus twenty classic) and premium portrait layouts - each in five colourways, in A4 or US Letter.
- Fill in the wordingRecipient, citation, date, and up to two signatures - normally the teacher or parent - a child cares more about the name than the title.
- Download or batch itExport one certificate, or paste a list of names and get one file per recipient in a ZIP.
Key features
- Wording already written for when a child deserves a bright, happy moment of recognition.
- Five colourways per design, plus a custom colour if none of them fit.
- Batch mode - paste a list of names and generate all of them at once.
- Thirty designs made for kids certificates - ten of them premium layouts with foil badges and the occasion's own emblem - not one generic frame recoloured.
- Free, no signup, no watermark, and nothing is uploaded.
- Your logo and two signature lines, positioned properly on the page.
Common uses
- Producing a full set for a cohort in one afternoon rather than one at a time.
- Replacing a word-processor template that never quite lines up when printed.
- Teachers, parents and after-school clubs issuing certificates at the end of a programme.
- Making something that will be stuck on the fridge or the classroom wall, and kept in a memory box.
- Keeping recipient names off third-party servers where that matters.
Tips for better results
- Print on 160gsm or heavier. Certificate designs look thin on ordinary copier paper, and the difference is obvious in the hand.
- Remember where this ends up: stuck on the fridge or the classroom wall, and kept in a memory box. That is the audience to design for, not the person handing it over.
- Generate the batch, then open the last file rather than the first. Mistakes cluster at the end of a list.
- Check the longest name on your list before committing to a design. Long names are what break a layout, not short ones.
Mistakes to avoid
- Using adult, formal wording. A kids award should sound like praise a child would actually say out loud.
- Dating the certificate the day you made it rather than the day the thing happened.
- Spelling the recipient name from memory instead of copying it from an official list.
- Choosing a dark colourway and then printing it - it drains ink and reads worse than a light design with a strong border.
Frequently asked questions
Pick one of the seventy landscape or premium portrait designs on this page, type the name and the wording, then download. It is already worded for this type, so most people change only the name and the date.
A heading - "Super Star Award" - then a presenting line, the recipient name, a citation saying what it is for, the date, and one or two signatures. All of that is pre-filled here and editable.
Yes. Paste your list of names into batch mode and it produces one certificate per name, downloadable as a ZIP. The design and wording stay identical across the set.
Yes - a logo plus up to two signature lines. The logo sits in the header area and scales to fit whichever design you have chosen.
Most often it is stuck on the fridge or the classroom wall, and kept in a memory box. Worth knowing before you design it, because that is who ends up reading it.
Yes - free, no signup, no watermark and no limit on how many you make. It runs in your browser, so it costs nothing to provide.
Landscape at a standard certificate ratio, which prints correctly on both A4 and US Letter. Export the high-resolution file if it is going to be framed.
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