Picture the scene, your sister's baby?s first birthday has arrived and you want to buy something special but you are stuck for ideas, you have thought about buying an item of jewelry a baby bracelet perhaps or clothing maybe a nice new dress or suit, but as you know the trouble with these items is that the baby will soon outgrow them.

Another idea that you have had is an investment fund but what with inflation such a gift would be worthless as time goes by. There is however one present that will always be frozen in time, one that is not only unusual but will last a lifetime and be a precious treasure. The perfect birthday gift is a baby?s ink footprint kit.

A baby?s ink footprint kit makes a perfect gift and is sure to be a most welcomed surprise to the loving parents. These kits can be purchased from some high street retailers or online.

This sweet gift will allow the proud parents to preserve a piece of the baby's first year by capturing a perfect impression of their child's tiny foot. The better kits come with a nice little baby specific frame in which to place the finished prints. You will find kits with several types of frame, some of which allow two or three photos to be placed inside together, parents can place a ?first birthday? photo or hand print as well as the foot print, or all of these items together and the frames also come in different colors, pink for girls and blue for boys..

There are several different types of footprint kits on the market, two of which are the "footprint frame plaster casting kit" and the "baby ink footprint kit".

The Footprint frame plasters casting kits.
These kits usually include step-by-step illustrated instructions which show you how to create a 3D plaster cast image of the baby?s foot, the casts do not require baking and will dry out in less than an hour. The plaster in most of these kits is colored and therefore you will not need to paint it, just be sure to buy one with the correct color i.e. pink for girls or blue for boys. Once dried the plaster cast can be mounted into the supplied glass fronted frame box, a good size to look for would be 12" x 15" inches, also remember to check that there is hanging hardware included. There is nothing worse than giving a present that has no batteries so to speak so be sure to check that the frame has the appropriate hanging accessories.

Baby ink footprint kit
The baby ink footprint kit is equally as easy to use, here you simply press the baby?s foot into the ink and then onto the supplied paper, the special ink used is easy to clean off with a baby wipe and a drop of baby oil. Warning do not attempt to use ordinary everyday ink for this, doing so could be a health risk to the baby. The kits come with special non toxic ink that is safe for new born babies as well as older children it will not stain their feet or cause any skin irritation although we do recommend that you seek medical advice before using if a child already suffers from any kind of skin complaint.

The baby's ink footprint image is perfect for scrapbooks, photo albums, framing and home-made birth announcements. They can also be scanned into a computer and by using specific software can create all sorts of items.

This is a birthday gift that you will not go wrong with.

? Zhang Sui Liang 2006

 

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