8 Heavy Impact Uni Swag Ideas

School’s back. Wait, don’t groan and go just yet.

With uni’s reopening their doors this February comes the return of campus clubs and activities. Whether you’re the merch convenor of one such society, or an enthusiastic new recruit to one, you know that the swiftest way to make your after-school organisation experiences memorable is by commissioning custom merchandise to commemorate them. Personalised printing isn’t just for official scholastic stationery or for the brochures that big-name companies bring during career fairs.
When it comes to custom printing on a smorgasbord of university swag options, The Print Bar’s here to get your slogans, mottos, crests, and even the names of your members onto your item of choice while keeping fealty to a budget. No massive costs for club merch as you pass them around to generate interest, sell them to fund big-ticket trips and events, or simply gift them to your fellow members for being part of the team.

Stubby Holders

Everyone give a hand for the merch that hugs. Stubby holders are the cylindrical sentinels who guard your sodas, juices, and other beverages from unwelcome warmth whether the heat comes from the elements or your own unwitting palm. These neoprene sheets have been graced with the imagery of sports teams across the country, and with digital custom printing, yours can do the same. So when someone’s short on ice and needs to keep their drinks cold, they’ll know which organisation they’ll have to thank for such indispensable insulation.

Tote Bags

The envy of paper and plastic, and perhaps the potential usurper of both, the tote bag is a custom printing mainstay due to its utility and reusability. You can make these environmentally friendly cotton cradles even more appealing to use by taking advantage of their generously spacious front and back sides to spread your imagery and messaging wide and loud. Additionally, these tote bags are very useful for carrying your gadgets, school supplies, laptops, chargers, or even other pieces of custom merchandise.

Pens

Scribbling doodles and phrases with pens used to be how eager yet unfortunate school clubs made their mark on their merch in the dark decades before The Print Bar emerged in Australia. Effective and frugal as it might’ve been, it presented a devilish custom printing paradox: what marks what you mark with? It’s a riddle that can be solved rather elegantly in execution and various forms. Steel, maple wood, and even bamboo ballpoint bodies are yours to illustrate with and be illustrated on. Because when the batteries run low, and there are no electrical outlets in sight, the stylus swag carrying your emblem will be there to take notes when high-tech trips up.

Bandana

Or a handkerchief if you’re feeling fancy. This humble yet versatile sheet of fabric has decorated the heads, wrists, biceps, necks, and mouths of millions. Sunny days, dusty days, and dull days have benefited in their own ways through their proper usage. True, showcasing the full capabilities of this custom merchandise might require a quick tutorial for the uninitiated – especially if you want them to showcase your club’s designs by default – but that just means that its numerous benefits will be well-earned.

Caps/Hats

Fittingly, in the realm of custom printing club giveaways to hook in new initiates and to show off your brand, caps always come out on top. Passersby might decline a bandana, wave off a pen while they swipe right on their phones, and they could even have the audacity to refuse a tote bag, but it’s unlikely that anyone in their right minds would ever say no to a free hat. Especially during this, the hottest month of the new year. If fully realised caps are just outside your price range, we also offer custom printing for visors, which are cheaper due to the lack of a cranial dome cover.

T-Shirts

You used to hate getting these for Christmas, and now you rubberneck yourself when someone wearing one with a really stylish design that spoke to your soul passes you by. Even without a collar, these garments are the go-to custom printing options for conventions, festivals, restaurants, and a multitude of other establishments and occasions that acknowledge their appeal. You’re probably wearing one right now. And if not, you’re probably wishing the dress code of wherever you are would let you. Club merchandise can’t go wrong with these.

For the more mature collectives that are allowed to get tipsy, The Print Bar also has similarly customizable uni pub crawl t-shirts that have bingo charts on the back ready and waiting to immortalise just how many keg-laden kilometres their wearers can go.

Hoodies

Autumn’s on its way, though you and your club don’t really need a seasonal excuse to personalise a hoodie with custom printing. The dimensions of these items permit a lot of freedom as to what and where you can install your icons. Make a mural on the back, tastefully situate a smaller logo on the front’s upper right, or do something radical with the sleeves. You might just be tempted to keep these to yourselves, as you can easily have your individual member names on them through printing or embroidery, producing a unique and nigh-irreplaceable memento of your university adventures.

Jackets

The premium peak of wearable custom printing swag. Bomber, Fleece, Quantum, and more. They take everything possible and appealing with hoodies and t-shirts, and elevate them. Personalised jackets are a tier apart. This might scare your organisation’s coffers, but their ability to stand out and express a statement is inarguable.

Click the section titles or this link to start imagining the possibilities of promoting your club, and then, how to implement them.

Also, watch this space for further personalised printing products when winter hits. That’s when you can bust out the scarves