I love to use custom drink wraps for water bottles at parties. They are an easy way to carry the theme into your food and drink. Once you have your custom labels, there are several ways to to adhere them to the water bottle – and after some trial and error I’ve found that a simple two-sided tape is the easiest way to do it! Below are my instructions for applying bottle labels – try it out this Halloween with my FREE Halloween Water Bottle Labels {click here to begin download}. Perfect for those of you throwing a Halloween Party this weekend!



To start you’ll need water bottles, water bottle labels {download my Free Halloween labels here}, Tape Runner XL or double-sided tape, and Fiskars Paper Trimmer or scissors.




And here are some of my learning experiences from previous trial & error:

Applying just double sided tape to the ends keeps the label smooth around the bottle. Avoid putting adhesive on the entire label, as it adheres to all the rivets in the bottle.

Printing on standard bright white text paper works best, when paper is too heavy it won’t stay. I like to print color-heavy items on a laser printer, if you don’t have one at home check out your local Office Max or Staples. They offer color document printing for under $1 sheet.

Use a paper trimmer that shows exactly where you’ll be cutting. This is a case where you need your cut to be exact. Fiskars makes some paper trimmers for around $15 that offer this “precision” feature (a fine wire guide shows exactly where the blade will cut) available on Amazon or your local craft store.

It’s best to remove the original bottle label before applying the new label.

Serve waters at room temperature (do not set in a bucket of ice).