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Daycare logo maker, free to design.

Logo ideas for daycares, nurseries and preschools. Keep it warm and reassuring: show the day, the rooms and the staff, and make visits, fees and opening hours easy to find.

Cedar Street Dental logo on proposal cover with coffee

Example logos

6 starting points for a daycare.

Made by the same engine as the studio, with sample names. Start from one and the studio opens with this industry and that concept first.

  • Northgate Daycare · Wordmark with outlineStart with this
  • Harbor Daycare · Wordmark with underlineStart with this
  • Juniper Daycare · WordmarkStart with this
  • Granite Daycare · Wordmark with dot accentStart with this
  • Riverside Daycare · Wordmark with split colorStart with this
  • Willow Creek Daycare · Wordmark with dot accentStart with this
Cedar Street Dental logo on folder, letterhead and cardNorthlight Studio logo on natural wood pencils

Design advice

Color

fresh: light, clean colors feel new and healthy.

  • Graphite Fresh: Graphite #353e31, Silver Mist #96a697, Verdant #5edf2d, Deep Verdant #181f15, Bone White #f4f8f3

  • Graphite Fresh: Graphite #2b3732, Silver Mist #96a6a5, Lagoon #2fe49b, Void #101413, Bone White #f3f9f6

playful: bright colors feel friendly and easy to approach.

  • Graphite Playful: Graphite #292023, Silver Mist #a69896, Rose #ff2d62, Graphite Ink #1f191a, Bone White #fbf1f3

  • Graphite Playful: Graphite #3d3830, Silver Mist #a6a496, Ember #f89a26, Void #15120f, Bone White #fcf9f6

calm: calm colors signal patience and care.

  • Graphite Calm: Graphite #22262b, Silver Mist #9697a6, Cobalt #3162b7, Deep Cobalt #13161b, Bone White #f4f5f7

  • Graphite Calm: Graphite #272a32, Silver Mist #9896a6, Indigo #3756be, Deep Cobalt #16181e, Bone White #f9f9fa

Type

  • Northgate Daycare

    Nunito Sans with Inter Tight: a humanist sans feels warm and easy to read.

  • Northgate Daycare

    Cormorant Garamond with Source Sans 3: a classic serif feels established and trusted.

Symbol ideas

  • baby
  • book
  • heart
  • book
  • heart
  • baby
  • book
  • heart
  • book a
  • bookmark
  • heart crack
  • swatch book

Open source icons (ISC and MIT). Others can use the same icon, so a symbol mark is less unique than a monogram or an abstract mark.

Layout

A daycare sends documents that represent it, so a letterhead lockup and an embossed mark carry the brand quietly.

Websites to match

Motion website templates from AnimatedWebs.

Questions

Daycare logo questions

What colors work for a daycare logo?

For daycares, nurseries and preschools, fresh palettes work well because light, clean colors feel new and healthy. A starting point from the engine: Graphite Fresh (Graphite #353e31, Silver Mist #96a697, Verdant #5edf2d). Text on paper needs 4.5:1 contrast.

Which fonts suit a daycare?

Nunito Sans with Inter Tight, because a humanist sans feels warm and easy to read; Cormorant Garamond with Source Sans 3, because a classic serif feels established and trusted. Northgate Daycare above is set in Playfair Display.

What symbol should a daycare logo use?

Ideas drawn from daycare, preschool, kindergarten: baby, book, heart, book a, bookmark. Harbor Daycare uses a wordmark with underline.

Where will a daycare logo be used most?

For daycares, nurseries and preschools, on folder letterhead, pencil, business card, building facade, in that order.

What should a daycare brand get across?

Keep it warm and reassuring: show the day, the rooms and the staff, and make visits, fees and opening hours easy to find.

How much does a daycare logo cost here?

A daycare logo is free to design and preview. The full brand pack for Northgate Daycare or your own name is $25 once, or included with AnimatedWebs Pro.

Can a daycare register its logo as a trademark?

Check for trademark conflicts (for example at uspto.gov) before a daycare registers it or prints business cards.

What is in the brand pack · Pricing and downloads

Check a logo for trademark conflicts (for example at uspto.gov) before you register or print it.