Each Kit Contains:
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Bag of Plaster of Paris, enough for one impression.
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Clear Plastic Container for mixing and storing.
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Detailed Instructions.
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Record card for Baby's Name and Date
Celebrate the Holidays!
Baby's First Christmas (Red-Traditional)
Baby's First Holiday (Blue-Non-Traditional)
There is no better time to capture a baby's lasting impression
than the holidays.
Order early, complete the kit, and hang on this years Christmas Tree in time for all your friends and family to view.
How to Make a Perfect Impression
Our kits offer you an inexpensive way to preserve your child's tiny hand and/or footprint in a special material mold that will last a lifetime.
We have been selling our Baby's First Impression Kits for over 10 years and our customers have let us in on many of their secrets for using and displaying a finished impression.
To get a good impression rub some baby oil on your baby's hand and/or foot prior to making the impression, this will help keep the material from sticking and aid in the clean-up process, this will also insure a more detailed and uniform look.
It may be easier to obtain the child's footprint then it will be for the handprint. What we suggest is: taking the impression while the child is asleep, this way it will be much easier to manipulate their hand or their foot into the casting material. A fully awake child may give problems such as, they will not open their hand or they will curl their toes. A sleepy child is much easier to handle. It will also help if there are two people working on this project, one to hold the plaster container and the other to guild the child's hand or foot into the prepared mixture.
Once the mold has been made and the curing time is finished you can either leave the finished impression in the clear container or you can gently break away the plastic container leaving you with a perfect circle mold. If you prefer to use the impression for hanging all you need to do is insert a plastic drinking straw at the top of the mold after your child's hand or foot has made its impression. Once the material has cured and the impression is ready to come out of the container, remove the straw.
You will be left with a perfect hole that a satin ribbon can be fed through to make a hang loop. To personalize the impression with your child's name and birth date, do so before the plaster has dried and cured.
Take a toothpick and write the name and date into the plaster while it is still soft, you can also use tiny beads to spell out the name and date.
Curing time will depend on several factors, such as humidity and temperature.
Following the instructions here and the instructions that will be sent with the kit(s) are a MUST for a perfect outcome. Not following these instructions may result in a less than perfect impression.
Remember to order more than one kit if you want to give a cute gift to other family members; such as, the Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles.