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How to Use Kids Cliparts to Create and Sell Stickers, Wall Decals, and Sublimation Designs

Are you looking for a creative and profitable way to turn your love of art and design into a growing online business? Selling stickers, wall decals, and sublimation products is one of the most popular routes for makers and Etsy sellers—and you don’t need to draw everything from scratch. With our commercial-use kids cliparts, you can create high-quality designs that are ready to print, cut, press, and sell.

From adorable cartoon animals and happy kids to playful family scenes and fun seasonal illustrations, our cliparts are made to fit perfectly into handmade and digital product workflows. In this post, you’ll learn exactly how to use them to create bestselling stickers, room decor, and sublimation graphics—and how to turn those into physical or printable products your customers will love.


Why Stickers, Decals & Sublimation Designs Are Great for Business

These product types are low-cost, high-margin, and appeal to a wide range of buyers—from parents and teachers to small business owners and custom gift shoppers. Here’s why they sell so well:

  • Stickers are fun, affordable, and highly customizable. Kids love them, teachers use them in classrooms, and small brands use them for packaging and branding.
  • Wall decals bring joy to nurseries, playrooms, and classrooms. They're easy to apply, non-permanent, and perfect for families who want a cheerful space.
  • Sublimation designs allow you to press cute art onto mugs, shirts, totes, and more. It's ideal for POD sellers or handmade product creators.

When you add our hand-drawn, high-resolution cliparts into the mix, you get vibrant, professional designs without starting from a blank page.


What You Can Create with Kids Cliparts

  • Die-cut Stickers for kids, teachers, crafters, and planners
  • Sticker Sheets featuring themes like school, animals, holidays, or feelings
  • Wall Decals with trees, characters, and nature scenes
  • Growth Chart Designs with themed clipart illustrations
  • Sublimation Files for T-shirts, mugs, water bottles, lunch bags, and pillows
  • Classroom & Daycare Decor using vinyl or sublimation transfers
  • Packaging Labels with child-friendly clipart accents


Step-by-Step: How to Make & Sell Stickers, Decals, and Sublimation Products

  1. Pick Your Niche and Product Type
    Decide who you’re creating for. Is it preschool teachers looking for sticker rewards? Moms decorating a nursery? Etsy buyers looking for custom tote bags? Based on your audience, choose your main product type—stickers, decals, or sublimation prints—and then browse our clipart categories that match. For example, our Happy Kids or Animal Graphics are great for sticker sets. Family Scenes or Cartoon Trees are ideal for room decals. Holiday Sets and Seasonal Patterns make excellent sublimation graphics for mugs, shirts, or fabric items.
  2. Buy the Cliparts with Extended Commercial License
    All of our cliparts come with standard or extended licensing. If you want to legally sell physical goods with our art, including stickers or sublimation prints, make sure you purchase the extended commercial license. This allows you to sell what you make while protecting your growing brand.
  3. Design Your Products
    For stickers and decals, use tools like:
    • Procreate or Illustrator (for cutting paths and resizing)
    • Canva (for basic sheet layouts or simple text pairing)
    • Cricut Design Space or Silhouette Studio (for preparing cut lines)
    For sublimation, design with:
    • Photoshop, Affinity Designer, or Canva Pro for layered templates
    • Use CMYK color mode and 300 DPI resolution for crisp prints
    Add fun messages or keep it clean and visual—either way, make sure your designs are sized correctly for their intended use.
  4. Print or Prepare Your Products
    • Stickers: Print at home using waterproof sticker paper, or use a professional printing service. Cut with a Cricut or Silhouette for kiss-cut or die-cut options.
    • Wall Decals: Use removable vinyl and large-format printing tools or order custom decals from a supplier.
    • Sublimation: Print with sublimation ink on transfer paper and press onto polyester fabrics or sublimation blanks like mugs and pillows.
    Always test your first batch and photograph the result for your product listing.
  5. List Your Items for Sale
    Platforms like Etsy, Amazon Handmade, and your own Shopify store are great places to start. Use high-quality mockups or photos showing your product in real-life situations: a wall decal in a nursery, stickers on a water bottle, or a mug with your sublimated art on a cozy desk.
    Include SEO-friendly product descriptions and tags like:
    • "Cute animal stickers for kids"
    • "Cartoon wall decals for playroom decor"
    • "Sublimation design for toddler T-shirts"
    • "Printable sticker sheets for teachers"
  6. Promote Your Products Creatively
    Take advantage of visual platforms like Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok. Show time-lapses of cutting or printing stickers, behind-the-scenes footage of sublimating mugs, or fun before-and-after room transformations with your decals.
    Offer freebies or bundles in exchange for reviews. Collaborate with teacher influencers or crafting YouTubers. Use hashtags like:
    • #handmadestickers
    • #walldecalsforkids
    • #sublimationdesign
    • #etsyshopowner
    • #kidsroomdecor


Why Our Cliparts Are Perfect for These Products

✔️ Adorable, colorful, and instantly appealing to kids and parents
✔️ High-resolution PNG and SVG files for printing and cutting
✔️ Designed with clarity and flexibility in mind—perfect for product applications
✔️ Commercial license available for physical product sales
✔️ Created in sets that are easy to mix and match for themed collections


Get Started Today: Create Products That Stick, Decorate, and Delight

Whether you want to sell sticker packs to teachers, wall decals to parents, or sublimation art for custom T-shirts and mugs, our kids cliparts give you a strong creative foundation. Simply choose your favorite sets, grab your extended license, and start building products that bring smiles and profits.

Your next bestseller might be just one cute sticker away!

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