You’ve met Puppy before. He’s the one who got a new nose. He’s my daughter’s best stuffed friend. I get really nervous when we take him on trips. I can’t imagine what life would be like if he got lost.
Right before our San Diego trip last year, I made fabric tags for Puppy and his little cat friend Gnocchi. It was a last minute idea. I cut out small rectangles of muslin and applied fray check to the edges. When they were dry, I used a fabric marker to write “If found, please call” with my cell phone number. Then I hand stitched the corners to each stuffed friend.
It was my intention to make something soft so it wouldn’t poke my daughter at night. Of course, now she sleeps with a hard, plastic penguin, too. Kids! I wound up stitching a label to Pengi’s leg for this trip. When everyone gets home safely, I snip the stitches and save the labels for next time.
Does traveling with your child’s “special friends” make you nervous? How do you ensure their safe travels?
That’s a great idea! My youngest has a tiger that he loves deeply, and absolutely can not sleep without. I’m always tense when we travel, imagining we might lost Tiger somewhere along the way… :)
This is such a great idea!!! My daughter has a Mama Kitty that she loves above all else. She would be devastated if anything happened to her, and I’m always nervous when we pack her for a trip.
I linked to your project on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/great-idea-identification-tag-for-a-favorite-stuffed-animal/2011/07/03/
–Anne
Being the over worrying sort, I like this idea but don’t like the idea that someone now knows I am not home. It’s not that hard to reverse look up a cell phone number.
Linda, maybe you could use your email address instead? Not as immediate as a cell number, but still contact information.
They don’t know you are not home; they just know Puppy is not home!