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Craft Tutorials | Free Printables | Laundry Symbols Printable
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Laundry Symbols Printable

Author by Jessica Hill on February 20, 2019 Updated on October 14, 2019

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Have you ever wondered what those icons on the tags of your clothing mean? I have created this handy laundry symbols printable that you can hang in your laundry room to help to decipher those strange hieroglyphs. I like to keep my laundry room organized, so I thought this would be a great addition!

framed laundry symbols printable in laundry room

 

Free Laundry Symbols Printable for Your Laundry Room

The symbols found on the tags of your clothing may seem indecipherable, but once you understand what the elements mean they are incredibly useful when washing your clothes. Hang this printable chart in your laundry room to help you understand the best way to launder your family’s clothes.

Related: Looking for ways to clean on a budget? Check out these dollar store cleaning hacks!

Would you rather buy one? You can find all sorts of laundry symbol art on Etsy here!

Laundry symbols printable

You will need:

  • printer
  • high-quality printer paper
  • Washing Instruction Symbols printable
  • frame or clipboard (optional)


How to understand laundry symbols

What do the laundry symbols mean?

There is a method to the madness of washing instruction icons.  The icon that looks like a tub filled with water stands for the washing machine.  The square icon stands for the dryer.  Triangles indicate bleaching instructions; circles indicate dry cleaning instructions.  Finally, the iron icon is pretty self-explanatory.

Laundry symbols printable framed on shelf in laundry room

Next, dots within these icons indicate temperature.  If an icon has only one dot, that indicates that you should use a low temperature. The more dots are present, the higher the temperature you should use.  Two examples: One dot within an iron icon means you should iron that article of clothing with a low heat iron.  Three dots within a square means you should dry the piece with high heat.  Make sense?

Lines underneath an icon indicate special circumstances for how to deal with that piece of clothing.  You may need to use the permanent press or delicate cycles on your machine.  Finally, a big X through an icon is the universal symbol for DO NOT!

Laundry Symbols Printable Square

When you know these basics, you can combine the icons to create a wide array of washing instructions all on one small tag!

Understanding your laundry's symbols printable

So that you don’t have to memorize every washing symbol imaginable, I have made up this handy laundry symbols chart.  The chart lists many common washing instruction icons, so you can refer to it as you are working on your laundry.  I suggest framing the printable or clipping it to a clipboard, so it is easily accessible near your washer and dryer.

Laundry symbols printable square

Want more free printables? Get started with our printable organization and decluttering checklist to tidy up around the home. And with summer fast approaching, grab our printable summer bucket list for the kids (or you) to keep track of the things you’d like to do this summer!

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Jessica is the creative brain behind the blog Mad in Crafts where she shares crazy good ideas from her Mad House to yours.On Mad in Crafts, you will find fun DIYs, crafts, recipes, and more! Jessica is a former English teacher and current work-from-home mom who loves binge-watching TV, the Detroit Tigers, and craft beer.
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  1. Laurel says

    December 26, 2022 at 9:47 pm

    Thank you for the printable symbols!

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  2. Barbara says

    May 29, 2022 at 9:58 pm

    Forget kids! I am going to do all of the candle crafts! These are beautiful. I’m printing the laundry list for my nephew to take to college. Am going add a note about how special he is and will laminate it. THANK YOU!!!!!

    Reply
  3. Claudia says

    December 19, 2021 at 11:17 am

    Please be aware that the “free” printable version blacks out 90% of the symbols, so printing that version is not useful.

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  4. Patti Van Wey says

    August 29, 2021 at 12:48 pm

    Tried to print Laundry Symbols
    and most of the symbols were blacked out.
    How do I get it to print with all symbols?

    Reply
  5. Barb Richards says

    July 23, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    Thanks so much for offering this great printable! Very much appreciated, Barb from New Zealand

    Reply
  6. Gerrie Grotaers says

    October 7, 2020 at 1:42 am

    Hi, could you please tell me how I can download the free PDF for the laundry chart. I can’t seem to find it. Thanks. Love your ideas

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    • Ashley says

      May 17, 2021 at 3:27 pm

      If you look under the list of what you will need: the bullets that says “washing instructions symbols” in purple, is a link. If you click it it’ll take you to a printable pdf .

      Reply
    • Ivan says

      May 4, 2023 at 1:53 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  7. Joan McQuown says

    June 3, 2020 at 10:20 am

    The letter P is at the end of the care symbols. Don’t know what it means.

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    • Amanda Formaro says

      June 16, 2020 at 9:47 pm

      Hi Joan! The letter P = For clothes that are dry clean only, the circle has a letter ‘P’ inside it.

      Reply

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