Are you ready to jump back into the trenches and deal with the day-to-day battles that sometimes go along with homeschooling?Ready or not, The Old Schoolhouse® is here to help you ease back into your routine.
As you sweep up those last bits of Christmas tinsel and store those holiday decorations, take time to read the beautiful January issue of TOS Magazine to discover fresh teaching ideas and learn about the tools you need to educate your children successfully.
Digital editions of the Old Schoolhouse Magazine are available for download the first of each month. They are free to access and may be downloaded to your computer, laptop, or mobile devices.
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| Photo and idea from: salad-in-a-jar.com |
So I find myself eating a lot of lettuce, but hate that it goes brown so quickly.
I wish I could try this tip, but I don't have a vacuum-pack machine.
Oh, but wait! She has links to articles on how to do this WITHOUT a vacuum-pack machine!
One article uses a Ziplock hand pump.
Questions and thoughts from readers:
Daynielle Jessica posted: REALLY frugal tip, use a Ziploc and a straw to suck the air out and seal!
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| Ziploc Vacuum Starter Kit |
Barb Sullivan posted: The bags are probably special to use the pump?
This video shows how to use the Ziplock pump with a canning jar or even an old spaghetti jar - no special bags needed!
More from our Facebook fan page:
Nicole Salmons posted: Great idea!
Kristal Wilder posted: I have a really old Foodsaver I paid $2.00 for at the vendor's mall. I wonder if the jar attachment would work on it?
Pam Maeker Payne posted: Have you tried using baby spinach instead of lettuce? Much more nutritious tastes better, and lasts much longer.
Shopping Suggestions:
• Ziploc Vacuum Starter Kit
• FoodSaver Jar Sealer
• Embossed Square Mason Jar
• Ball Regular Mouth Jars
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I found a great page of free baby-related crafts. Jan Andrea has gathered a wonderful collection of patterns available for free personal use.
• Baby carriers: Ring Slings, Pouches, Mei Tais and Podaegis, Wraps and more.
• Breastfeeding Helpers: Nursing Pillows, Simple Nursing T-Shirts, Nursing Bra, Hands-free Pumping Bra, Easy Nursing Necklace, and more Nursing Shirts.
• Things to use with kids: Simple Cloth Doll, Becca's Sleep Sack, Restaurant High Chair Cover, Grocery Cart Seat Cover, Chair Sling/Tie-on Baby Seat, Black and White Mobile, Adding Gussets to Cloth Diapers, Toddler Bed Sheets, and Diaper Patterns.
• Things for Grownups: Easy pattern adaptations for sewing maternity wear, Cloth menstrual pads a la Jan Andrea, Sarah's babywearing poncho, Non-babywearing child's poncho, and Create your own accessories (hats, bags, aprons, etc.)
• Plus... Purses, Bags, and Storage.
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And here's a few more free patterns from BorntoLove.com:
• Frugal Baby Tips - Make Your Own Baby Bum Sweaters
• Frugal Baby Tips - Make Your Own Rebozo Sling
• Down Under Diaper Cover Pattern
• More Frugal Baby Tips - index
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Helping young people be tobacco-free.
Young people are most likely to try smoking for the first time between the ages of 11 and 15, or grades 6 to 10.
If you are the young person's parent and a smoker, he or she has a higher chance of becoming one, too.
For more than 25 years, Right Decisions Right Now has been a free educational tobacco prevention program, and is designed to prevent young people in grades 5-9 from using tobacco in any form, including e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
Available in an online digital format!
Posters:
• And You Think This Looks Cool (PDF)
• Smoke Signals (PDF)
• Share A Great Idea With Your Friends (PDF)
• Think Again (PDF)
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Wash out your Mega Bloks, put Jello in them, and you have Lego Jello! Kids love bright-colored wiggly food they can eat with their fingers! (Grown-ups too!)
TIP: You could make ice cubes too!
If you don't have any Mega Bloks to use, or you feel they would be too germy even after you washed them, you could use this Lego Ice Bricks Tray
Ingredients:
1-1/4 cups boiling water (do not add cold water)
1 package (8-serving size) JELL-O Brand Gelatin - any flavor
Instructions:
1. Stir boiling water into a dry gelatin mix in large bowl at least 3 minutes, until completely dissolved. Pour into clean Mega Bloks.
2. Refrigerate Jello for at least 3 hours or until firm.
3. Dip bottom of Mega Blok in warm water for 15 seconds. Lift Jello from Mega Blok. Store Jello in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.
From our Facebook fan page:
Alex Summersell posted: And you might want to bleach those blocks before you use them for a jello mold! Kid germs you know.
Laura Robran posted: wow, what a great idea for children's parties. I love this.
Michelle Dabomb Brown posted: Also non-flavored cooking spray helps to release the jello. Thinking this might be what I take to the grad party!
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Shopping Suggestions:
• CybrTrayd Building Blocks Chocolate Candy Mold
• Building Bricks Ice Bricks Tray
• Mega Bloks Miniblocks Tote Classic
• Jell-O Cherry Gelatin Dessert
Their Gardener's Idea Book has been an absolute hit!Complete with landscape and container gardening ideas for a broad range of styles and spaces.
Over 3 million have been distributed across North America since its debut in 2007.
2018 Gardener's Idea Book
-- This idea book is designed to inspire the consumer audience.
2018 Gardening Simplified
-- Simple is smart. Simple is time-saving. Simple is beautiful.
But maybe for you,
simpleis the last word that comes to mind when you think about gardening and landscaping. We get it – you want your yard to look great and you're willing to do the work yourself, but you hardly know where to start.
You're not alone, and that's why they created Gardening Simplified. This reference guide is designed to provide the information and ideas you need to improve your landscape and present them in a convenient and easy-to-understand format.
Click for free Gardening Ideas books
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Mars Resources and Activities for teachers or homeschooling:
View the full list of Mars resources and activities designed to help bring the topic of Mars into your 4th through 12th grade classrooms.
Here are some of my favorites:
• Free Earth/Mars Comparison poster
-- with classroom activities on the reverse.
Click to print front and back in PDF format.
• Free Mars Activity Book
• Curiosity rover coloring sheet (PDF, 397 KB)
• Free robotics activities:
Download the activity summaries or the full activity set in PDF format.
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In this Robo-Pong Rules of Ping Pong poster they have summarized some of the most often misunderstood rules for singles play, and put them on a fun poster suitable for framing in your rec-room, basement or ping pong area.
And just for fun, check out The Unofficial Basement Rules, such as:
1.1: The left side of the table is for ping pong. The right side is for model making, homework, sandwiches, beer, changing diapers, etc.
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Don't you love hearing Happy Birthday/Feliz Cumpleaños sung to you?
The personalized Happy Birthday song is so fun, it makes a great birthday present for friends and family.
The Happy Birthday song combines English, Spanish, dogs, your name, and fun. Old or young, hip or hop, you'll have one Happy Birthday.
So what's it going to be, Happy Birthday or Feliz Cumpleaños?
The best Happy Birthday.
FREE - Find your name in a birthday song.
Download the birthday song or post the birthday song on Facebook or email the link for the birthday song.
Enjoy your birthday. Help others enjoy their birthday!
Click for your free Birthday Song
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The Building Blocks Family Guide contains ideas for fun activities and discussion starters for you and your children, as well as advice and guidance on topics such as active listening, rule making, and being a good role model.It also can be used to guide you through the rest of the Building Blocks materials with your children.
Building Blocks for a Healthy Future Kit
-- Toolkit Includes fun, colorful, interactive materials for parents and caregivers to use with their children. Helps children make decisions, gain confidence, and improve self-esteem.
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Free Building Blocks for a Healthy Future Activity Book
-- Contains games and puzzles aimed at healthy behavior promotion and positive self-image for children age 3 to 6. Helps children identify feelings and make wise choices about health and behavior. Companion to other Building Blocks materials.
-- Download digital version for free (ALL)
Free Look What I Can Do! book
-- This Easy Reader features the familiar Building Blocks characters and encourages children to play outside and exercise, eat healthy meals and snacks, and discover the world around them. Activities throughout the book let children show all of the things that they can do, too! Use this oversized, colorful book in the classroom or at home to engage young children in reading, problem-solving, and making healthy decisions.
-- Download digital version for free (ALL)
Free Wally Bear and Friends Coloring Book
-- Reinforces friendly characters used in activity book, and other materials that promote healthy behavior. A to Z pages teach the alphabet and provide a fun activity for children age 3-6. Part of the Building Blocks for a Healthy Future series.
-- Download digital version for free (ALL)
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| How to Sew Your Own Baby Sling |
It's an easy way to carry your baby, and a discreet way to nurse.
Angela says,
It turned out to be very easy to sew a sling, especially since my husband did much of the work!
It took more time to shop for the fabric and sling rings than it did to sew the sling, which took about two hours from start to finish.
She was able to buy 2.5 yards for about U.S. $2.00/yard.
Click for instructions to make a sling for your baby, or as a gift.
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If you are looking to waste some time you can do so with Levers, an interactive physics based online toy.The goal is to keep all the objects balanced enough to keep them out of the water.
When you do that for long enough, you get more wacky items to balance.
You are free to move objects around, and some of them can undergo changes as time passes.
If you get stuck, pay attention to everything on the screen.
There are some subtle hints to watch for that can come in handy.
Click for free online Levers game
-- Everything hangs in the balance - can you keep it all dry - This is a fun and creative interactive online physics toy.
More Free Time Wasters:
• 15 Places to Get Free Music Downloads
-- We all need a way to relax. At these websites, you'll be able to get free music downloads in high-quality MP3 format, so they'll play on your computer or your phone. Plus they will forever be yours.
• Zilch - A Game Luck And Strategy
-- Throw the dice and decide what to do with the points you scored. If you feel lucky, you might decide to put aside the high scoring dice and see if you can do better with the others, or you might want to play it safe and stick with what you got. If you know when to play, and when to bank you won't even need a great deal of luck to win the game.
• Runescape - Free Massive Multiplayer Adventure
-- Provides many hours of interactive adventuring fun. You learn skills, go on quests, and interact with thousands of other players all over the World.
• Totem Destroyer Time Waster Game
-- Totem Destroyer is a great time waster game where you get to destroy blocks to keep your idol from hitting the ground.
• Magic Pen Time Waster Game
-- Magic Pen is a time waster game where you get to work against gravity by drawing shapes and building contraptions to get your red ball to the red flag.
• Guess the Google Game
-- a unique time waster where you look at a collage of pictures from Google's image search and try to guess what search term was used to bring up the pictures.
• Google Feud Game
-- Google Feud is a web game based on the Google API. We select the questions, then the results are pulled directly from Google's autocomplete.
• Lunchtimers Time Waster
-- Lunchtimers is an interactive time waster where you use virtual magnetic letters to create words and phrases while working or competing against others.
• Falling Sand Game
-- Falling Sand Game is an intriguing time waster that will have you creating and exploring for hours. As an added bonus, you might just learn a few things!
• Play Assembler
-- a physics based puzzle game. You'll need to move the colored shapes to the colored outlines as fast as possible to get a high score for the level.
• Play Duck Online
-- Duck is a unique puzzle game that will have you scratching your head. Can you solve all 25 levels of Duck?
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FREE ISSUE OF THE AWARD WINNING
AUTISM PARENTING MAGAZINE
Are you looking for the most up-to-date news and professional guidance for you and your child on the subject of autism?
Autism Parenting Magazine gives your family access to:
- Expert advice from our team of respected professionals.
- Solutions for dealing with sensory issues.
- Advice for handling transitions.
- Therapies to help develop your child's potential.
- The latest news and research that can help your family.
- Real life stories from parents of children on the spectrum as well as from adults with autism to inspire and bring hope.
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If you need a basic or customizable world map, you came to the right place.
Ideal for PowerPoint presentations or you can use them on your website as well.
Detailed world map illustrating the physical features of the globe, and the seven continents in an elliptical format.
You can download it in high resolution by clicking on the small map.
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Other printable maps
• Free United States printable maps
• Free Europe printable maps
• Free printable Africa maps
• Free printable world maps
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| Walmart store in Roswell, NM, by Phil Campbell |
Bookmark and check their freebie page often - some days there are no freebies, other days there are several freebies... but they go quickly!
Coupons valid at Walmart stores only.
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Take the pledge to be a Caring Adult! One caring adult on a campus can make all the difference for the victim of bullying.I agree to be identified as a caring adult who pledges to help bullied students. I will listen carefully to all students who seek my help and act on their behalf to put an immediate stop to the bullying. I will work with other caring adults to create a safe learning environment for all the students in my school.
Click for Bully Free Pledge
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Education Support Professionals are among the first line of defense in the fight against school bullying. Learn more about NEA's campaign against bullying.
Bully Free, It Starts With Me, which is signing up caring adults who pledge to help bullied students and to take action to stop bullying.
Let's Learn About ESPs Coloring Book (PDF, 20 pgs)
-- ESPs keep students safe, healthy, and engaged so they are ready to learn. This coloring book introduces young children to each of the ESP job families and educates them on how ESPs work in their schools to ensure their success. The coloring book is packed with pages to color, games to play, and areas in which to draw.
ESP School Superheroes: Keeping Students and Schools Safe Learning Poster (PDF, 2 pgs)
-- In recognition of the vital link between student success and school safety, we have created this two-sided learning poster. The front of this brightly-colored poster shows 3 ESP superheroes protecting their students. The back is divided into 9 panels packed with text from HIN's School Crisis Guide, Guide for Developing High-Quality Schools; and emergency operations plans released by the U.S. departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice, and Federal Bureau of Investigation and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
ESPs: Ensuring Student and School Success Learning Poster (PDF, 2 pgs)
-- Education Support Professionals meet the needs of the whole student – physical, mental, emotional, and social. The front of this brightly-colored poster shows each of the 9 ESP job families. The back is divided into 9 panels with each panel devoted to various facts about each ESP job category.
Celebrate ESP Day Learning Poster (PDF, 2 pgs)
-- National ESP Day honors the contributions ESPs make to public education. This year, National ESP Day is on November 20. It is celebrated on the Wednesday of American Education Week. The front of this brightly-color poster shows each of the 9 ESP job families and the back is divided into 9 panels with excerpts from the Guide to Celebrate National Education Support Professionals Day.
ESP: School Superheroes Hand Out Card (PDF, 2 pgs)
-- ESPs are the unsung heroes that ensure and promote safety in our schools every day. The front of this brightly-colored card shows 3 ESP superheroes protecting their students. The back has additional information on how ESPs contribute to school safety. The card has additional space for labeling and postage.
ESPs: Ensuring Student and School Success Hand Out Card (PDF, 2 pgs)
-- ESPs ensure the basic right of every student to attend a great public school. The front of this brightly-colored card shows ESPs working together. The back has additional information on how ESPs contribute to great public schools for every student. The card has additional space for labeling and postage.
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Is it hot where you are today?
If the heat is getting to you and your little ones, and you have a backyard to play in, no matter how small, this would be a fun way to cool off!
Cool the kids off with a homemade sprinkler!
Take a 2-liter soda bottle, poke holes in it.
Attach to a garden hose with duct tape, available from Amazon or any local dollar store!
Toss over a tree branch and let hang...
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| Photo credit: Homemade Sprinkler All rights reserved |
You can adjust how the water sprinkles by adjusting the water flow.
When the bottle stops working well, just switch it out with another bottle, no additional cost!
This one might not just be for kids!
The dogs might love it too ... maybe even an adult or two!
You could even use it to water your garden(s)!
On our Facebook fan page:
Tracie Pennington Hall posted: Oh gosh my Mama did this for us all the time when we were little. (Except we never hung it over a tree.) She firmly believed in 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' way before it became a trend.
Jennifer Yates posted: Very cool idea. Some of my cousins made this for their kids to enjoy over the weekend.
Jenifer Jacobs Webster posted: Would be a great idea for an outdoor shower before getting in the pool.
Patty Newman Jance posted: Way cool!!! That is better than the cheap sprinkler things out there these days!!
Shopping Suggestions:
• Fire Hydrant Sprinkler Toy
• Groceries To Your Door | Pepsi Soda | 2-Liter Bottle
• Duct Tape
• Mintcraft Light Duty 3 Ply PVC 25 ft Garden Hose
• 6 in 1 Backyard Waterpark
• Outdoor Shower
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Heidi Murkoff, author of the bestselling What to Expectseries, has written a new 16-page book
What to Expect: Guide to a Healthy Home.It is full of easy to use tips and practical advice on how to keep your whole family and home healthier.
The
What to Expect Healthy Home Growth Chartis a new supplement to the original Healthy Home Guide. This guide gives parents helpful tips for a healthy home during each milestone of a child’s first few years. A few healthy tips from the guide include:
• Set up small changing stations with baby wipes and diapers in multiple rooms in your house to make diaper changing easier on you... especially if you have multiple floors.
• Disinfect frequently-touched surfaces in the home – such as doorknobs, light switches, and hard toys – with disinfecting wipes to help prevent the spread of germs.
• If a stuffed toy isn't machine-washable, put it in a plastic bag in the freezer overnight to help get rid of dust mites.
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Cute poster to encourage kids (and grown-ups!) to wash their hands properly.
Help reinforce healthy habits in your home. Here's how:
Emphasize the importance of washing hands:
• After using the washroom.
• Before and after handling food.
• After playing outside.
• Whenever hands are visibly dirty.
Disinfect commonly touched surfaces such as:
• Doorknobs and Railings.
• Remote controls/gaming devices.
• Light switches.
• Countertops and faucets.
Print a copy of the Lysol Germ Detectives hand washing guide and post it in your kitchen or any appropriate place for everyone to learn and practice proper hand washing.
Click for free Healthy Habits Activities and Poster
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| Photo credit: Ripe Bananas, by Steve Buissinne |
Wrap the plastic tightly at the top/stem of the bananas.
Then hang up your bananas! Keeps the fruit from bruising and the air circulation allows for even ripening.
Carefully remove and replace the plastic cling wrap each time you get a banana. Enjoy for 3-5 days longer than usual!
From our Facebook fan page:
Jamie Knox-Wagner posted: Another helpful hint: Take the bananas apart. They last longer not all bunched together!
Emily Kathryn posted: If you place them in the fridge they last longer! The skins will brown quickly but the banana stays perfect for days!!
Evie L. Reid posted: You don't have to re-wrap... just use kitchen shears to cut off a banana under the wrap. Also easier for little hands to peel when you do that.
Donna Beebe Olson posted: Wow, I never knew that. Thanks for the tip!
Alma Vanderlinden posted: If you peel from the other end you don't get the
stringseither. FYI
Shopping Suggestions:• Glad Plastic Wrap
• Bandwagon Banana Hanger
• McNaughton Banana Hook
• Banana Saver
• Banana Keeper
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Get in on the fun today by signing up for a free class online!Or print a free class pass and call a location near you to schedule a time!
Simply print out and bring in this offer.
For ages 0 to 5 years old.
PLUS - two more free Play and Music classes!
Click for free class
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How do you feel about cleaning the oven? I hate it!
When we got a new stove, I didn't care what it looked like, as long as it was self-cleaning!
And yes, it does a beautiful job!
But, if you don't own a self-cleaning oven, here's a tip you could use!
The best oven cleaner!
STEP 1. Cover the bottom of your oven with baking soda, then pour vinegar all over it, so it's all wet.
STEP 2. Let sit about 20 minutes or so, then wipe all of it out with a damp cloth or sponge. Leave the oven door open.
STEP 3. After drying you may see some white residue, simply wipe again. This will have your oven and oven racks shining like new!
Shopping Suggestions:
• Gizmos Depot Hot Mama
• Arm + Hammer Baking Soda
• Heinz White Vinegar
• 3m O-Cel-O Handy Sponge
• 100% Natural, Non-toxic Oven and Grill Cleaner Spray
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Grow your puppies’ brains with this innovative tool that will help them become confident, stable puppies.
Add an Adventure Box to their play area, and watch massive learning take place while you sit back and enjoy the fun!
An Avidog's Adventure Box is a fun way to introduce your next litter to a world of sights, sounds, touch, and motion!
Are you a Do-It-Yourself kind of person?
Then you’re in luck!
Scroll down the linked page, and give them your name and email address.
They will send you
How To Build And Use An Adventure Box, their step-by-step construction plans, for FREE!
Click for your free plans
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For recipes using JIFFYmixes, order your FREE copy of the Hospitality in a
JIFFYRecipe Book.
Many new and updated recipes along with some of their old-time favorites.
Recently updated to include new recipes!
♥
JIFFYChocolate Chip Cookie Mix
♥
JIFFYOatmeal Cookie Mix
♥
JIFFYSugar Cookie Mix.
Click for free Jiffy Recipe Book
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The Jiffy Recipe Book is available online in an electronic format too!
Click for free online version
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Looking for more delicious Jiffy recipes that have not yet been added to their book?
Click for even more recipes
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The Car Seat Lady posted:
Tip (and mini craft project) of the day: prevent accidental unbuckling of your child's car seat!
If your child's car seat is installed with a seat belt, chances are a well-meaning back seat passenger (grandma, your 6-year-old in her booster, perhaps even you!) accidentally unbuckled the seat belt holding the baby's car seat instead of your own seat belt.
See how you can use a Solo disposable plastic or paper cup to prevent these accidents (but still allow access to the buckle in case of emergency).
P.S. To those who want to cover the buckle with tape, please don't - it just makes a sticky mess and can interfere with proper use of the seat belt in the future.
NOTE: Some cheap plastic cups crack very easily and actually present a hazard to your little one's fingers, should they play with it.
I suggest instead using a paper cup or even the silicone cupcake liners. If you would like something commercially made, Amazon has a list of Buckle Guards
The Car Seat Lady posted: The cups I use are the Solo cups which are quite heavy duty (same company makes the big red cups so often used for beer) - and have not had issues with them cracking. The cup I used is not a choking hazard (I'm a pediatrician, and am very aware of the dangers of choking hazards). I'd much rather a child's finger gets cut (which it won't the way I have designed this cup cover) than a child dies because the parent didn't realize the car seat had been accidentally unbuckled.
From our Facebook fan page:
LouJean Schenk posted: Awesome idea!
Misty DeGroff posted: I would not do this as it could void out the warranty on your car seat. Any altercations or aftermarket things you use to fasten in or attach to your child's car seat voids out the warranty. That means if the seat was faulty, they will not pay any out of pocket and blame you for it failing.
Morgan Adams posted: How could protecting the buckle possibly void the warranty? It would not be altering any part of the seat or even the seat belt, just adding a
capover the buckle so it can't be accidentally unbuckled.
Heather Fisk posted: Not only that Misty, I'd be scared my kids would cut themselves on the half cut plastic. And who's to say they can't slide the cup up and unbuckle the belt anyway?
Misty DeGroff posted: Anything you put on your car seat, even those toys that hang on the car seat or that Mighty thighty (the thing that tightens the seat belt you fasten the car seat in, with voids your warranty. Read your user guide.) They say any aftermarket thing you attach to your car seat, and/or seat belt, can affect your car seat and its ability to protect your child. Not only that, the cups can be sharp and over time could cut or fray your seat belt.
Stephanie S. Leupold-Chastain posted: You might want to read the thing about using the silicone cupcake liners, Misty.
Sharlene Whissell Koziej posted: This seems like a great idea, we found our little ones seat undone one day, hopefully not undone too long though, kids like buttons and will work hard it figure them out. That's what happens when you unload the car, while you think your kids are safe. We try to be super moms, but sometimes we need help too.
Angela Waagen posted: I'm a firefighter, paramedic, and CPST [Child Passenger Safety Technician]. I'm also a mom to three. This is a super idea! To all the
what ifers - in an emergency we would just slide the cup up, tear it off, or cut the belt. If someone's worried about sharp edges on the plastic I'm sure some masking tape would remedy that. Thanks for helping spread tips on child safety!
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