Safety Tats help parents keep track of their kids
SEATTLE -- Would you let your kid be tattooed with your cell phone number to make it easy for them to call you if they get lost?
Sure, but of course, these are not normal adult tattoos; they're stick-on, removable stickers for kids. And they really work.
They made it easier for a local mom to find her kids when they got lost at the Seattle Center.
The Pacific Science Center is a big place. It's not all that hard to lose track of the kids. especially when it's one mom and two very active and inquisitive daughters who can't wait to explore all the exhibits.
That's what happened recently when Brandie Booth took her kids there.
"I was explaining dinosaurs to one of my daughters and she went to play with a sand thing they have here. And all of a sudden she realized, 'Where is mommy?'" said Booth.
Mommy quickly found 5-year-old Indyanna. Then it was 8 year-old Tea's turn to wander off.
"And it was time to go, and I am looking for my daughter, and I couldn't find her. And the next thing you know, I get this call and it's my daughter looking for me," Booth said.
Again, the mother and daughter were quickly reunited.
Booth was lucky, but she also had something going for her -- the kids' colorful stickers with their mother's cell phone number printed on it. So when staffers at the center found the kids, the were able to call her.
Booth said she'd explained the tattoos to her daughter.
"I did. I said, 'This is in case you got lost. It has my phone number, and I'll have my phone on me,'" she said. "The kids think they are really, really cool."
Michele Welsh is the mother of this invention. She came up with the idea after taking her three kids to an amusement park on Memorial Day.
"I became so nervous we needed to leave. It's too crowded, and I said, 'I can't take it.' I took a deep breath, and instead I took a ball-point pen out of my purse and wrote my mobile number right on their arm," she said.
And quicker than you can say, 'That's a great idea,' the Safety Tat was born.
Remember, these are temporary tattoos. The kids think they're cool, and they know how to use them.
"You have to show it to the staff, and they will call my mommy," said Booth's daughter, Tea.
You can get safety tats online. The smallest pack start at $8, and there are many cool colorful designs. They come two ways -- blank with a pen or pre-printed with your phone number. There are also ones for kids with allergies.
Sure, but of course, these are not normal adult tattoos; they're stick-on, removable stickers for kids. And they really work.
They made it easier for a local mom to find her kids when they got lost at the Seattle Center.
The Pacific Science Center is a big place. It's not all that hard to lose track of the kids. especially when it's one mom and two very active and inquisitive daughters who can't wait to explore all the exhibits.
That's what happened recently when Brandie Booth took her kids there.
"I was explaining dinosaurs to one of my daughters and she went to play with a sand thing they have here. And all of a sudden she realized, 'Where is mommy?'" said Booth.
Mommy quickly found 5-year-old Indyanna. Then it was 8 year-old Tea's turn to wander off.
"And it was time to go, and I am looking for my daughter, and I couldn't find her. And the next thing you know, I get this call and it's my daughter looking for me," Booth said.
Again, the mother and daughter were quickly reunited.
Booth was lucky, but she also had something going for her -- the kids' colorful stickers with their mother's cell phone number printed on it. So when staffers at the center found the kids, the were able to call her.
Booth said she'd explained the tattoos to her daughter.
"I did. I said, 'This is in case you got lost. It has my phone number, and I'll have my phone on me,'" she said. "The kids think they are really, really cool."
Michele Welsh is the mother of this invention. She came up with the idea after taking her three kids to an amusement park on Memorial Day.
"I became so nervous we needed to leave. It's too crowded, and I said, 'I can't take it.' I took a deep breath, and instead I took a ball-point pen out of my purse and wrote my mobile number right on their arm," she said.
And quicker than you can say, 'That's a great idea,' the Safety Tat was born.
Remember, these are temporary tattoos. The kids think they're cool, and they know how to use them.
"You have to show it to the staff, and they will call my mommy," said Booth's daughter, Tea.
You can get safety tats online. The smallest pack start at $8, and there are many cool colorful designs. They come two ways -- blank with a pen or pre-printed with your phone number. There are also ones for kids with allergies.