Stupid WWYD -daycare related

[cricketwife]

DS is supposed to bring "his favorite farm animal." All he has that fits that are Little People animals. I don't want to write his name on any of the animals. 

Would sticking his name on tape work? Is the tape going to come off? 
Or I could send a farm book in. (Not what they asked for)
Should we "forget?" 

I just REALLY don't want to lose a little people animal bc of this. He plays with them tons at home. At the same time, he learns a lot at daycare and I want to be participatory. 
 

[Deleted]

Send a Teddy Bear. Your farm is special.

[curbsideprophet]

I would jus put tape on it. We have done this when daycare has asked for items. We always get them back.

[meij]

Tape should be fine. I always wrote kids names on painters tape and stuck it to anything they brought in and it would stay on.

[cricketwife]

Oct 12, 2015 19:00:56 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Print off and color?

I would just do small initials on the bottom or last name. Why don't you want to? Resale? Future kids?

Resale, lol. I'm so cheap. 

[cricketwife]

Oct 12, 2015 19:02:45 GMT -5 oceanspray said:

Can you just send something that won't matter if it gets lost?

The only thing we have that I don't care about is a book. That's the issue. 

[whiskeyandwine]

Do you have any of the pretty tape Erin Condren people use?

I's daycare uses that instead of names. Sadly his color is black. I decided against asking for a new color to avoid looking crazy.

[cricketwife]

Oct 12, 2015 19:03:28 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

Send a Teddy Bear. Your farm is special.

Ha! " Blue bear" is even more special than the farm animals. 

[anna7602]

I would put a name label on it (I have some tiny ones meant for smaller objects) and Goo-gone the heck out of the item after peeling off the sticker later.

[cricketwife]

Oct 12, 2015 19:05:55 GMT -5 whiskeyandwine said:

Do you have any of the pretty tape Erin Condren people use?

I's daycare uses that instead of names. Sadly his color is black. I decided against asking for a new color to avoid looking crazy.

No Erin Condren tape, lol.

it sounds like masking tape should stay on. I'll just do that.  We really don't have tons of "stuff" in our tiny house so things like this are always kind of a pain. We only have things that "bring us joy" 

[karinothing]

I never level label. I live on the edge.

[feistypants]

If you write on it with sharpie, rubbing alcohol should take it right off.

[Deleted]

You can sharpie off with alcohol, nail polish remover or hell it'll probably fade in time.

Check the stuffed animal bin. Every kid has a stuffed something that would qualify. Sheep? Lamb? Bunny?

[cricketwife]

Oct 12, 2015 20:34:17 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

You can sharpie off with alcohol, nail polish remover or hell it'll probably fade in time.

Check the stuffed animal bin. Every kid has a stuffed something that would qualify. Sheep? Lamb? Bunny?

That's really good to know about the sharpie.

I used to feel really good about not have too many toys.  Now I just feel inadequate and like I'm depriving my child. We don't have a stuffed animal bin. He has his precious "blue bear" and his dog that was his father's when he was a child. Clearly, I'm doing parenting all wrong. 

[anna7602]

Oct 13, 2015 5:04:01 GMT -5 cricketwife said:

Oct 12, 2015 20:34:17 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

You can sharpie off with alcohol, nail polish remover or hell it'll probably fade in time.

Check the stuffed animal bin. Every kid has a stuffed something that would qualify. Sheep? Lamb? Bunny?

That's really good to know about the sharpie.

I used to feel really good about not have too many toys.  Now I just feel inadequate and like I'm depriving my child. We don't have a stuffed animal bin. He has his precious "blue bear" and his dog that was his father's when he was a child. Clearly, I'm doing parenting all wrong. 

No to the last sentence (can't bold on my phone). Clearly, you're not related to a bunch of people who keep buying your kid toys and stuffed animals over your claims that you don't need any more.

[cricketwife]

Oct 13, 2015 5:15:12 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

Oct 13, 2015 5:04:01 GMT -5 cricketwife said:

That's really good to know about the sharpie.

I used to feel really good about not have too many toys.  Now I just feel inadequate and like I'm depriving my child. We don't have a stuffed animal bin. He has his precious "blue bear" and his dog that was his father's when he was a child. Clearly, I'm doing parenting all wrong. 

No to the last sentence (can't bold on my phone). Clearly, you're not related to a bunch of people who keep buying your kid toys and stuffed animals over your claims that you don't need any more.

The one advantage of not having any local family is we are the only ones who do the toy buying.  Usually, this is a plus, but not on "farm day" at daycare, lol.  

[badtzmaru22]

I would just send a little people animal, and maybe sharpie some initials on the bottom. Sharpie does come off. You're not doing anything wrong! Just please don't "forget". Having your kid potentially feel left out isn't worth whatever the resale difference between a full set and one missing animal is. Our daycare is always really good about keeping stuff like this safe- they know they're requesting something out of the ordinary. It'll be ok.

[MamaMaui24]

Tape with initials definitely works.

In the future, we've found that sending pictures is really great. But of course takes planning ahead to take picture and get printed.

[speckledfrog]

Just do the tape. You're making this harder than his has to be. They are probably just going to use them at circle No teacher wants to let the whole class play with their home toys all day long.

[Ashley&Scott]

I use washi tape or scotch tape to label toys for show & tell.