NameDiya

Diwali gifts for students, each with the child's own name

Updated 11 October 2026. For principals, class teachers, pre-primary coordinators and PTAs in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai.

Children treat a gift with their own name on it very differently from a generic one. It goes home, gets shown to the family, and stays on a shelf. For a school, the hard part is not the gift, it is getting 40 names per class right and handing them out without a mix-up. This guide covers that.

1. Start from the class register

  • Ask each class teacher for the list as the child is called in class ("Aarav", "Myra K."), not the full register name.
  • Where two children share a name, add the initial of the surname. Children notice.
  • One sheet per class, one name per line, with the division at the top. The division is what makes hand-out easy.
  • Add 2 or 3 spare blank pieces per class for new admissions and a broken piece.

2. Budget per child

NameDiya is ₹1,199 for a pack of 20 named pieces, about ₹60 per child, delivered within Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. Typical numbers:

  • One pre-primary section of 20: 1 pack, ₹1,199
  • One class of 40: 2 packs, ₹2,398
  • A grade of 4 divisions of 40: 8 packs, ₹9,592

For a whole school or several grades, write to us with the class count and the hand-out date.

3. Safety for younger children

  • Give the diya unlit, as a keepsake. A note on the pouch can say it is for the family to light at home with an adult.
  • Clay is fragile. For Jr KG and Sr KG, hand the pouch to the parent at pick-up rather than in class.
  • Send no wax, oil or matches with the gift.

4. A short line for the pouch

Each pouch carries the child's name and one line of about 40 characters. Lines schools use:

  • Happy Diwali from your teachers
  • Keep shining bright this Diwali
  • From all of us at school, Happy Diwali
  • Light up your home this Diwali

More options are in our list of 30 label lines.

5. Plan the hand-out day

  • Most schools celebrate on the last working day before the Diwali break. Lock the name lists about 2 weeks before.
  • Ask for the order packed class by class, so each teacher gets one bag already sorted.
  • Check every name on the proof before printing, not just the first page.

Housing societies

The same works for a society Diwali event for children: use the residents' list by wing and flat, and hand out at the event or at the gate.

See one first, free

We deliver one free sample in Mumbai, Thane or Navi Mumbai, with a name of your choice on the pouch, so you can see the size and print quality before ordering. Ask for a free sample. To print name labels in-house instead, try our free label maker.