As mothers, we encounter many cute products and others that are useful but may seem a little over the top. For example, there are two very distinct camps of people who will and will not use “Baby On Board” signs on their cars. For whatever reasons, some mamas love ‘em, others – not so much.
I kind of felt that way about those sticker families that go on cars. They’re cute and all but I just didn’t think they were my thing. Secretly, I may have thought they were a bit too “Sunshine Family”, if you know what I mean.
But that all changed when I had my sixth baby and had to upgrade my vehicle to a 9-seater Suburban. I went out and bought those little family stickers the very next day.
The reason? I didn’t want people to think I was driving a ridiculously huge gas-guzzling vehicle around town with only one or two kids in the back. Those stickers were my disclaimer – I needed to drive that monstrosity of a truck. I was not simply driving it around because I liked sticking it to the environment.
What I did learn was that those sticker things are fun. My kids loved picking out their own sticker character, reflecting individual interests and personalities. The other interesting point is that we seem to have provided some entertainment to the general public. Whenever I return to my parked vehicle, there is a small crowd around the back of it and I’m greeted with that age-old question: “Do you really have that many kids?”
I got mine down at the local craft supply store (www.michaels.ca) but I know they can be purchased online at www.familycarstickers.us
10 Responses to Car Peeps
I have always wanted a set of those stickers but never got around to ordering them. With our next van purchase I think I will get some for kicks.
Love yours!
Too cute! Maybe if/when we get a van.
I love ours, we got them in Disneyland – we even got them for the dog and cats – all with mouse ears – we drove to Disneyland from Canada and I felt I needed that on my car after that LOL.
PS I envy you your family size, I always wanted a bigger family – 6 is nice! I have two and was, I guess, ment to only have that many but I always thought I would have 8 (as a little girl LOL).
I wish I had them. Wish I had them, may be for Christmas my Husband will surprise me!
very cute.
I’m beginning to see alot of Mini vans, in my area, that has these types of stickers on them. Cute!
I keep thinking that I want to invest in some of these stickers but I want a bigger vehicle for it also.
I must admit, I much prefer those stickers to the generic baby on board sticker. I think they really represent my family and I love that you can keep adding as your family gets bigger.
I can totally see your reason for putting them on your SUV. I probably would too if I had 6 kids and a big vehicle. Generally I’m from the “not a fan” camp though. I did however see a car that had 4 sets of different sized flip flops on it the other day and actually thought that was cute.
The thing is, they’re not cheap when you end up having to buy a lot of them. But they were surprisingly fun and I genuinely was thrilled that it was such a fun activity for the kids. And Jaime – I have no plans for having to buy more to add. LOL!