27 small machines for making weird stuff
Merch for things that only make sense to you.
A pillow shaped like the mountains you can see from your porch. A yacht club for your one problem. Your pet, knitted into a sweater. Pick a machine, make the thing, and Printful prints it for you.
The makers
Pick a machine
PillowsThe Skyline
Drop a pin. Get a pillow shaped like the mountains you see from there.
Makes: Shaped pillow
PillowsHome Sweet Pillow
A photo of a house becomes a pillow cut along its roof.
Makes: Shaped pillow
PillowsBig Snack
Type your usual order. Get it as a giant pillow.
Makes: Shaped pillow, stickers, magnets
PillowsLeft On Read
A text message as a pillow, read receipt and all.
Makes: Shaped pillow, stickers, magnets
PillowsBig Head
Their head, huge, like the cutouts at a game.
Makes: Shaped pillow
HatsThe Club
A fake yacht club for your one problem, with a Latin motto.
Makes: Embroidered hat, beanie or patch
Stickers & patchesMerit Badges
Scout badges for grown-up stuff, like doing your taxes.
Makes: Sticker sheet, holo sticker or patch
KnitsUgly Sweater
Your pet's face, knitted into a holiday sweater.
Makes: Knit sweater, pet sweater, beanie
Shirts with wordsShirt Says
Type what it says. Pick how it looks.
Makes: Tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie
Shirts with wordsNutrition Facts
Your person as a nutrition label. Serving size: 1 dad.
Makes: Tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie
Shirts with wordsDefined
Your word, defined. Dictionary style.
Makes: Tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie
Shirts with wordsFair Warning
A safety sign for the one thing everyone should know about you.
Makes: Tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie
Shirts with wordsOverheard
Something your people actually said, on a shirt, with the receipt.
Makes: Tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie
Shirts with wordsFake Local
Merch from a local business that doesn't exist.
Makes: Tee, long sleeve, crewneck or hoodie
Shirts with wordsAlma Mater
A college sweatshirt from a school that doesn't exist.
Makes: Crewneck, hoodie or tee
Things to wearThe Tour of Your Life
Your year on the back of a metal band tour tee.
Makes: T-shirt
Things to wearInside Joke Fanny Pack
Your group's inside joke, as a loud 90s pattern.
Makes: Fanny pack
Things to wearSaint Mode
Turn a friend into a saint, halo and all.
Makes: Fanny pack
Things to wearThe Bachelor(ette) Collection
One face on a whole table of merch. Everyone orders their own.
Makes: Tee, fanny pack, socks, flag, poster
Walls & mugsGood Boy Wallpaper
Your pet, dressed up and repeated all over a blanket, socks or a tee.
Makes: Throw, bandana, socks, all-over tee
Walls & mugsGroup Chat Tapestry
The worst moment in your group chat, woven like the Bayeux Tapestry.
Makes: Wall tapestry
Walls & mugsThe Illuminated Manuscript
Your group chat written out by a monk, with snails in the margins.
Makes: Poster or canvas
Walls & mugsThe Frieze
Your group chat painted on a Greek vase.
Makes: Mug, tumbler, tee or wrapping paper
Walls & mugsCourtroom Sketch
Put your roommate on trial. Get the courtroom sketch.
Makes: Framed print
Walls & mugsThe Sky That Night
The real weather and moon from any night since 1940.
Makes: Poster
Puzzles & flagsFlag Foundry
Make up a country. Design its flag. Fly it.
Makes: Flag
Puzzles & flagsFind Dave
Hide your friend in a crowd and make the family find them.
Makes: Jigsaw puzzle
How to make a custom…
How-to guides
- How to design an embroidered hat that actually stitches
- How to design a flag
- How much does embroidery digitizing cost?
- How to find the weather on a past date
- How small can embroidered text be?
- How to knit your pet's face into a sweater
- How to make a big head cutout from a photo
- How to make a custom embroidered patch
Ideas for…
Gift and party ideas
- Bachelorette and bachelor party merch ideas
- Best friend birthday gift ideas
- Closing gifts for new homeowners
- Family game night ideas you make yourself
- Funny t-shirt ideas about someone you know
- Gift ideas for a group chat
- Gifts for cat people
- Gifts for dads who say they don't want anything
- Gifts for dog people
- Gifts for hikers and mountain people
- Gifts for long-distance friends
- Gifts for the coworker who has everything
- Gifts for your roommate
- Housewarming gift ideas
Making merch with AI
Guides for makers and sellers
- Can you copyright AI art? What it means for merch
- How to check a t-shirt slogan for trademarks
- Free fonts you can use on t-shirts you sell
- Free blank t-shirt, hoodie and sweatshirt mockups
- How to make AI art print ready for a t-shirt
- How to moderate custom text on print on demand
- How to price print on demand t-shirts
- Printful's mockup API: rate limits and how to cache
- Selling AI art on print on demand: the actual rules
- What color text shows up on which shirt color
- T-shirt print file size: pixels, DPI and print areas
How it works
Nothing here is made in advance
- Pick a machine. Each one makes one kind of thing, like a pillow cut to a shape or a hat with a fake club on it.
- Make yours. Drop a pin, type the joke, add a photo. You see the real design as you go.
- We print it when you order. Printful prints each one on demand, so nobody has a shelf of hot dog pillows waiting.