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My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate

it. I am not a very crafty person so this has been alittle hard for

me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be

able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!

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Molly

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Nicolas, 17 months, tort & plagio, STARband 4/25/06-9/12/06, Graduate!

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decorating

My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate

it. I am not a very crafty person so this has been alittle hard for

me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be

able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!

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The stickers still peel right off with the mod podge and any residue

left behind comes right off with alcohol. Take a trip the craft store

and you'll see TONS of stickers. I've always been jealous of all the

cute flowers and such avaiable for little girls. All I can find for

boys is sports... Good luck!

Sheila, mom to , 18 months, DOCband

>

> My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate

> it. I am not a very crafty person so this has been alittle hard for

> me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be

> able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!

>

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Hey y'all. Here's an idea. If you have a craft store or WalMart with a craft section , look for that sticker maker thingie. I think the brand is Xylon or something. Several mention it is hard finding stickers for boys.. maybe with the sticker maker you could look for boys magazines or inexpensive picture books and make your own stickers!

Or look in the scrapbooking section of EBAY!

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The stickers still peel right off with the mod podge and any residue left behind comes right off with alcohol. Take a trip the craft store and you'll see TONS of stickers. I've always been jealous of all the cute flowers and such avaiable for little girls. All I can find for boys is sports... Good luck!Sheila, mom to , 18 months, DOCband>> My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate > it. I am not a very crafty person so this has been alittle hard for > me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be > able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!>

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Interesting! 's had a lot of cute stickers for boys (at least I thought). Larson <horse-gal@...> wrote: Hey y'all. Here's an idea. If you have a craft store or WalMart with a craft section , look for that sticker maker thingie. I think the brand is Xylon or something. Several mention it is hard finding stickers for boys.. maybe with the sticker maker you could look for boys magazines or inexpensive picture books and make your own stickers!

Or look in the scrapbooking section of EBAY! Re: decorating The stickers still peel right off with the mod podge and any residue left behind comes right off with alcohol. Take a trip the

craft store and you'll see TONS of stickers. I've always been jealous of all the cute flowers and such avaiable for little girls. All I can find for boys is sports... Good luck!Sheila, mom to , 18 months, DOCband>> My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate > it. I am not a very crafty person so this has been alittle hard for > me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be > able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!>

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I just ordered some stickers online from www.stickersgalore.com for Wyatt's helmet. I couldn't find much at our 's craft store. We did a construction theme, across the front it says "under construction" and on the side there are stickers that say "hard hat area" and stickers with nails, screws, saws, measuring tapes, etc. The other stickers I got were a dog theme, with pug stickers (we have a pug), dog bones, dog paws, and misc dog stickers with dog houses and sayings, and we got a police theme since my husband is a police officer, with police car stickers, traffic cones, radar guns, night sticks, and sayings...anyway just thought I would share those ideas since they are different than sports. Larson <horse-gal@...> wrote: Hey y'all. Here's an idea. If you have a craft store or WalMart with a craft section , look for that sticker maker thingie. I think the brand is Xylon or something. Several mention it is hard finding stickers for boys.. maybe with the sticker maker you could look for boys magazines or inexpensive picture books and make your own stickers! Or look in the scrapbooking section of EBAY!

Re: decorating The stickers still peel right off with the mod podge and any residue left behind comes right off with alcohol. Take a trip the craft store and you'll see TONS of stickers. I've always been jealous of all the cute flowers and such avaiable for little girls. All I can find for boys is sports... Good luck!Sheila, mom to , 18 months, DOCband>> My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate > it. I am not a very crafty person so this has been alittle hard for > me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be > able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!>

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I did a "what boys are made of" theme which I found at 's. It was really cute with bugs, scooters, balls, etc. Some other cute ones I saw were , Fire Engines, sports (of course!), tools, aquarium theme, playground theme, etc. There are a lot in the Me and My Big Idea brand. I also saw quite a few in the Sandylion brand. Good luck. Happy decorating! 8 1/2 month old, DOC band Shafer <wyattthebear@...> wrote: I just ordered some stickers online from www.stickersgalore.com for Wyatt's helmet. I couldn't find much at our 's craft store. We did a construction theme, across the front it says "under construction" and on the side there are stickers that say "hard hat area" and stickers with nails, screws, saws, measuring tapes, etc. The other stickers I got were a dog theme, with pug stickers (we have a pug), dog bones, dog paws, and misc dog stickers with dog houses and sayings, and we got a police theme since my husband is a police officer, with police car stickers, traffic cones, radar guns, night sticks, and sayings...anyway just thought I would share those ideas since they are different than sports. Larson <horse-galsbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: Hey y'all. Here's an idea. If you have a craft store or WalMart with a craft section , look for that sticker maker thingie. I think the brand is Xylon or something. Several mention it is hard finding stickers for boys.. maybe with the sticker maker you could look for boys magazines or inexpensive picture books and make your own stickers! Or look in the scrapbooking section of EBAY! Re: decorating The stickers still peel right off with the mod podge and any residue left behind comes right off with alcohol. Take a trip the craft store and you'll see TONS of stickers. I've always been jealous of all the cute flowers and such avaiable for little girls. All I can find for boys is sports... Good luck!Sheila, mom to , 18 months, DOCband>> My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate > it. I am not a very crafty person so

this has been alittle hard for > me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be > able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!> Need Mail bonding?Go to the Q & A for great tips from Answers users.

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Some of you might think this is offensive, so if you do, I apologize in advance - but the back of my son's STARband says "MY BROTHER DID IT" in some cute rub on decals that I found at the scrapbook store where we live. This is funny to us because he has two older brothers, and people are constantly asking us what happened to his head. Of course we explain (if asked!) that his brother didn't really put him in the helmet - but it's kind of fun to make people wonder. Okay, I have a sick sense of humor, I admit it! <lka_236@...> wrote: I did a "what boys are made of" theme which I found at 's. It was really cute with bugs, scooters, balls, etc. Some other cute ones I saw were , Fire Engines, sports (of course!), tools, aquarium theme, playground theme, etc. There are a lot in the Me and My Big Idea brand. I also saw quite a few in the Sandylion brand. Good luck. Happy decorating! 8 1/2 month old, DOC band Shafer <wyattthebear > wrote: I just ordered some stickers online from www.stickersgalore.com for Wyatt's helmet. I couldn't find much at our 's craft store. We did a construction

theme, across the front it says "under construction" and on the side there are stickers that say "hard hat area" and stickers with nails, screws, saws, measuring tapes, etc. The other stickers I got were a dog theme, with pug stickers (we have a pug), dog bones, dog paws, and misc dog stickers with dog houses and sayings, and we got a police theme since my husband is a police officer, with police car stickers, traffic cones, radar guns, night sticks, and sayings...anyway just thought I would share those ideas since they are different than sports. Larson <horse-galsbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: Hey y'all. Here's an idea. If you have a craft store or WalMart with a craft section , look for that sticker maker thingie. I think the brand

is Xylon or something. Several mention it is hard finding stickers for boys.. maybe with the sticker maker you could look for boys magazines or inexpensive picture books and make your own stickers! Or look in the scrapbooking section of EBAY!

Re: decorating The stickers still peel right off with the mod podge and any residue left behind comes right off with alcohol. Take a trip the craft store and you'll see TONS of stickers. I've always been jealous of all the cute flowers and such avaiable for little girls. All I can find for boys is sports... Good luck!Sheila, mom to , 18 months, DOCband>> My little girl has a DOCBand and I am curious as to how to decorate > it. I am not a very crafty person so this has been alittle hard for > me. Also, if you put mod podge over you stickers will you still be > able to remove you stickers? any help would be wonderful! Thanks!!> Need Mail bonding?Go to the Q & A for great tips from Answers users. Don't be flakey. Get for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Search movie showtime shortcut.

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we have only 2 wks behind us but we found the clearback stickers everyone recommends stuck great, we had the cheap ones from dollar tree and they stuck without even starting to peel for over a week, we only took them off b/c they were fading (not sure if it is the cheap stickers or that is an issue in general) and had lines that were completely without color from being banged. But we had also planned to change out stickers every 1-2 wks anyway. Next we opted to paint using the water based acrylic they recommend. We did 2 layers of blue and then a layer of modge podge to seel it and b/c they said you can usually peel it off when done if you do that. We painted it Friday night and I took it off today. It was already nicking within a couple hrs and by this morning stickers were peeling off (same stickers we previously used on the unpainted band) and taking the paint with them and there was a gouge in the paint on his forehead. So next time I think a 2nd layer of mod podge over the stickers maybe??? I want it to last at least a week but want to be able to remove it and change colors too. We took it off today and put just the stickers back on. I also read on the boards on the CT site that ppl have decoupaged tissue paper on and it was also removable but held up better than acrylic paint. Basically a layer of mod podge then the tissue paper smoothed on then another layer or 2 or more (never tried it myself) of mod podge is how I decoupage on glass so assume it is the same. I am going to try that next as the neat thing of that is you can get patterned tissue paper. I am going to try camo probably. I was going to have it airbrushed but I like to be crafty and so I like changing it often so decided to hold off on that. Plus I want something completely non toxic and fume free.

You can see pictures of his unpainted and painted at www.joeysmanicmelon.blogspot.com

On 8/18/07, Ginger <gkeator@...> wrote:

Does anyone have any suggestions on what type of paint to use to decorate the DOC band? I was also wondering if stickers would peel off easily or is it better to just paint it.Thanks.Ginger

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Hi,

I used a primer on the helmet before I painted. There was one spot

I missed and the paint definitely didn't stick as well on that

spot. I would highly recommend a primer (I got mine at Home Depot

by the spray paint). I taped off the foam edges with painters tape

and stuffed an old towel on the inside and sprayed away. When it

was dry, I painted the entire helmet with acrylic craft paint

(available at 's). I alternated one coat of paint and then

one coat of acrylic (also available at 's). I had a total of

three coats of pain and three coats of acrylic. It made it super-

durable and it barely chipped (it actually only chipped a little

where it was shaved a little at one of the adjustments). After the

six coats of paint/acrylic, I added stickers and put three more

coats of acylic over the top (allowing each coat to dry before

adding the next). It looked great!!!

P.S. I used a " satin " finish acrylic so it wasn't super-shiny. I

liked the very slight sheen better than a high-gloss finish.

You can check out my daughter, , in the files section...purple

helmet with " Bug " on the front.

Good luck!

Lori

Mom to , 7 1/2 months

DOC Band grad July 07

>

> Hi all!

>

> We're ready to decorate now that things have settled down a

little. Can

> anyone fill me in on what kind of stickers to use or if we paint,

what

> kind of paint and sealer to use. We have lots of s around,

kind

> I find everything I need there. Please fill me in on this,

Skylar's had

> his band 3 weeks now and it looks so plain. I would love to

spruce it

> up a bit.

>

> Thanks

> Sherri

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I did find that the clear backed faded and I never thought to use

the dollar tree ones.

> >

> > Does anyone have any suggestions on what type of paint to use

to

> > decorate the DOC band? I was also wondering if stickers would

peel

> > off easily or is it better to just paint it.

> > Thanks.

> > Ginger

> >

> >

> >

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> " We find these joys to be self evident: That all children are

created whole,

> endowed with innate intelligence, with dignity and wonder, worthy

of

> respect " -----Raffi

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We've used stickers on my son's helmet and I love it! The stickers usually stay on 1-2 weeks, sometimes more. We like changing up the theme every couple of weeks; it keeps it fun. If you want it to stay on longer you'd probably have to put some kind of clear coating over it- I put his name on the front in stickers and covered them with clear nail polish and it has stayed put for over 2 months. The stickers usually do stay on well while sleeping, although as he rolls around in bed sometimes the edges get pulled up. The paper-backed stickers are harder to get off than the clear backed ones but I use GooGone on it and that takes the sticky residue right off- it hasn't been a problem. I've bought most of my stickers at s in the scrapbooking area. Good luck and have fun with the decorating! , mom to , 7 1/2 months Brachy, in Hanger helmet for 3 1/2 months

<jssckrnz@...> wrote: My daughter Brooklyn was cast for her Starband today…what a traumatic 30 min L! We choose the solid pink because many of the transfers appeared distorted or stretched in pictures. I've browsed the adorable photo gallery and see that many of you personally decorate your child's helmet. I'm looking for tips and suggestions as to the best

method to decorate. Do stickers stay on while sleeping etc.? Also if I wanted to peel them off and change "themes" is that hard to do, will it leave a sticky residue? What about the few I saw with rhinestones…do they fall off? Painting? Thanks for the help! , Brooklyn's mommy WI

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Another decorating idea we've heard and plan to use for our daughter

is using BOWS. We are going to put a piece of velcro on her band

and put a velcro piece on the back of lots of different bows then

just stick one on to match her outfit...easy and very cute I

think!

>

>

> My daughter Brooklyn was cast for her Starband today…what a

> traumatic 30 min L! We choose the solid pink because many of the

> transfers appeared distorted or stretched in pictures. I've

browsed

> the adorable photo gallery and see that many of you personally

decorate

> your child's helmet. I'm looking for tips and suggestions as to

> the best method to decorate. Do stickers stay on while sleeping

etc.?

> Also if I wanted to peel them off and change " themes " is that

> hard to do, will it leave a sticky residue? What about the few I

saw

> with rhinestones…do they fall off? Painting? Thanks for the help!

>

> , Brooklyn's mommy

>

> WI

>

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I would make sure the bows can't come off and become choking

hazards. And if you do undo them at night and naps, then consider

the sheets on your daughter's crib so the band doesn't stick in

certain places. I've seen the bows and they are cute...I'd just be

careful with them too.

lisa

PS: We used stickers and they didn't come off. I changed them

about every week. The paper ones leave more residue and are harder

to take off than the clear BUT I was still able to make the band

look decent and cute. I cleaned and scrubbed the residue off with a

dry paper towell and alcohol (alternated). I did that until I got

the band clean enough to apply new stickers without it looking bad.

> >

> >

> > My daughter Brooklyn was cast for her Starband today…what a

> > traumatic 30 min L! We choose the solid pink because many of the

> > transfers appeared distorted or stretched in pictures. I've

> browsed

> > the adorable photo gallery and see that many of you personally

> decorate

> > your child's helmet. I'm looking for tips and suggestions as to

> > the best method to decorate. Do stickers stay on while sleeping

> etc.?

> > Also if I wanted to peel them off and change " themes " is that

> > hard to do, will it leave a sticky residue? What about the few

I

> saw

> > with rhinestones…do they fall off? Painting? Thanks for the

help!

> >

> > , Brooklyn's mommy

> >

> > WI

> >

>

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We had Hanger - but also did the plain pink. I wanted to do rhinestones - but then realized she was rolling around so much I was afraid they would pop off and she could choke on them.

We used alot of differnt stickers - changing them as they wore or started to look shabby.

The vellum and clear stickers work the best - the paper stickers absorb water and fall off fairly quickly - we used dragonfly ones but had to replace then frequently. We did not put any sealer over the stickers - I found it wasn't needed and it made switching the stickers easier.

HTH!

Jen and Luli - 24 months

Left tort - Right Plagio - Hanger Band Grad - CA

http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/jens5th/

Decorating

My daughter Brooklyn was cast for her Starband today…what a traumatic 30 min L! We choose the solid pink because many of the transfers appeared distorted or stretched in pictures. I've browsed the adorable photo gallery and see that many of you personally decorate your child's helmet. I'm looking for tips and suggestions as to the best method to decorate. Do stickers stay on while sleeping etc.? Also if I wanted to peel them off and change "themes" is that hard to do, will it leave a sticky residue? What about the few I saw with rhinestones…do they fall off? Painting? Thanks for the help!

, Brooklyn's mommy

WI

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I found some cool holographic (?) stickers from stickerpotomus at 's and they have been on for almost 3 weeks. Only one has come off, at the nap of the neck because it kindof crinkeled when I put it on. You can see it under our plagio babies K for Keenan. Kami Kiley 3 Keenan 5 months, 3 weeks Doc bandlka_236 <lka_236@...> wrote: I would make sure the bows can't come off and become choking hazards. And if you do undo them at night and naps, then consider the sheets on your daughter's

crib so the band doesn't stick in certain places. I've seen the bows and they are cute...I'd just be careful with them too.lisaPS: We used stickers and they didn't come off. I changed them about every week. The paper ones leave more residue and are harder to take off than the clear BUT I was still able to make the band look decent and cute. I cleaned and scrubbed the residue off with a dry paper towell and alcohol (alternated). I did that until I got the band clean enough to apply new stickers without it looking bad.> >> > > > My daughter Brooklyn was cast for her Starband today…what a> > traumatic 30 min L! We choose the solid pink because many of the> > transfers appeared distorted or stretched in pictures. I've > browsed> > the adorable photo gallery and see that many of you personally > decorate> > your child's helmet. I'm looking for tips and suggestions as to> > the best method to decorate. Do stickers stay on while sleeping > etc.? > > Also if I wanted to peel them off and change "themes" is that> > hard to do, will it leave a sticky residue? What about the few I > saw> > with rhinestones…do they fall off? Painting?

Thanks for the help!> > > > , Brooklyn's mommy> > > > WI> >>

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Thank you to everyone who replied. It looks like I am going to just

have to abandon the spray bottle idea. However, if anyone doesn't

plan to decorate their band it is a great way to get the inside

really clean and it still dries very quickly. I am just going to

have to slow down and be more careful with the outside of the band

now. However, slowing down is hard with twins!

, we go to Ginny. She is great! We have also seen the

others. They all seem to be very knowledgeable and helpful. We

really like the Oakbrook location and my sister just moved 1/2 hr.

away in Batavia, so that has been a big help to our travel time and

expense. Congrats on your son graduating in 3 weeks! I can't wait

until we have only a few weeks to go. Although it has went really

quickly so far...

Thanks again everyone!

Landon, 4 yrs.

Ian, 6 mths., right plagio/brachy, left tort, DOCband

6 mths, right plagio, left tort, DOCband

> >

> > Hi Everyone-

> > I am new to the group and this is my first post. I have been

> > lurking for a few weeks and I can't tell you how helpful you

have

> > all been to me. My twin sons, Ian and , are being treated

at

> > the CT in Oakbrook, IL. We live in Indiana, so it takes us

around

> > 3.5 hours to travel to CT each week. They were banded 2 weeks

ago

> > and despite some red spots and heat rash the first week, they

have

> > been doing very well and we are already beginning to see

> > correction. has right plagio and left tort and Ian has

> right

> > plagio and brachy and left tort.

> >

> > I have finally gotten the chance to decorate the twins' bands.

I

> am

> > using stickers and mod podge. I decorated 's last night

and

> > after applying the stickers, applied a thin layer of mod podge

and

> > let dry. The problem occured when I was trying to clean the

band

> > later that night. I spray the alcohol on with a spray bottle

and

> > use a toothbrush to scrub away the stink,however the alcohol

tends

> > to run onto the outside of the band when doing this. This

wasn't a

> > problem when the bands were not decorated, but I noticed that

the

> > mod podge became sticky again and began to run when it was

touched

> > by the alcohol. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how

did

> > you prevent it from happening. Did you apply a varnish over the

> mod

> > podge?

> >

> > Thanks for any help that you can provide and thank you for this

> > group!

> >

> >

> > Ian, 6 months, brachy & plagio, left tort, Doc Band

> > , 6 months, plagio, left tort, Doc Band

> >

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