Watermelon Printable Notes for Tweens

Download these watermelon printable notes for tweens to put in a lunchbox, stick to the bathroom mirror, or use as a bookmark.

If your tween is starting to be too old for cute lunchbox notes, this is a fun way to still send messages. Download these watermelon printable notes for tweens and print them on sticky notes or card stock to surprise them anytime.

Middle school is the time when many kids start to exert a little more independence. They don’t need you to walk them into school on the first day and are more easily embarrassed by your dorky parenting habits.

What used to be sweet is now babyish. What used to be comforting is now uncool.

Independence is great, though, because now you also don’t need to do as much for them. Tweens can do their homework without much help and take on more responsibilities, like packing their own school lunch.

The thing is — if your tween is packing their own lunch, how can you sneak in a dorky lunch box note to remind them how much you love them??

While you might try some ninja techniques to hide notes in their lunch or backpack just before you head out the door in the morning, tweens are also surprisingly more observant than they were as little kids.

They know where you hid the Oreos and they know if you’ve touched their stuff. (And touching their stuff without asking might be upsetting.)

What your tween probably won’t tell you is that they still like you doing sweet and thoughtful things, they just don’t want their friends to laugh at them. I came up with these watermelon notes for tweens using a set of cute emoji watermelons.

Printing on sticky notes

You can print them on regular 8.5×11-inch card stock and cut them out. I also have a template for printing them on sticky notes.

Printing on sticky notes is kind of cool and pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

• Print the template (included in the download below) on card stock.
• Place your sticky notes on the template squares with the stick part at the top.
• Load the page into your printer so that it will print on the sticky notes from top to bottom. The page should slide right through, but every printer is different so I can’t tell you exactly what will work for you.

I tried a couple of different colors and found that the lightest pastel sticky notes work best color-wise. Print on the best quality ink setting to ensure your printed colors are bold if you’re printing on colored paper.

For the best-printed appearance, get some white Post-It notes.

Sending your tween a note

So I talked about not hiding a note in your child’s school stuff, but there are plenty of other places to stick a note and surprise them. Here are a few ideas:

• on their bed with the clean laundry
• tucked inside a book they’re reading
• on the bathroom mirror
• on the bulletin board, refrigerator door, or where they might look if they come home from school without you

Get the printable

This printable includes six watermelon emoji notes on a single page. Five have a simple message and one is blank so you can write your own message. The download also includes the optional template for printing on sticky notes.

Print on 8.5×11-inch paper or use 3×3-inch sticky notes on the template. All printables are for personal use only.

What’s next? Try these other fun and creative ideas on One Mama’s Daily Drama:

• Kawaii Corner Bookmarks Printable
• When is Your Child Too Old to Trick or Treat?
• How to Decide if Your Tween is Ready for a Cell Phone