Safety Tat - review and giveaway!

As a child I remember hearing horror stories of friends being lost for the day when they visited a festival/event with their families, and I also remember seeing tents set up specifically to aid in re-uniting families during such happenings.

In this day and age of cell phone [with nearly every family in possession of one], why aren't we taking advantage of this technology?

Husband and wife team Bob and Michelle invented Safety Tats for this purpose: a 'temporary tattoo' that you write your cell phone number [or home number] on, a Safety Tat allows your child to accurately inform their rescuers of their guardian's contact information.

To be honest, when I first received these [before I even opened the package], I didn't think I'd be able to say anything about them that I couldn't say about writing on a bandaid. Oh, how I was wrong:

-These stay on. I've been wearing one for a week in a high friction place, and it's still securely fastened. I just peeled it off in honor of this review, and it came off easily- very similar to a bandaid, but a bit less painful.

-The included pen is very easy to draw with, has a fine tip, does not smudge or smear [at all!] and is permanent. The information you write on the Safety Tat is as clear a week later as it was when you wrote it.

-This is no bandaid. Not only are the Safety Tats so thin they feel like skin [they retain heat the same way and repel water], but they don't cause irritation. I've worn bandages for a couple of days and the skin might pucker or get irritated and itchy [I've got sensitive skin], but absolutely nothing happened with my Safety Tat. Nada. I only remembered I was wearing it when I walked past a mirror on the way to the shower!

The only downside I've come up with is the price- $9.95 for a set of 6 seems like it may discourage regular use. I looked at the selection on their site, and it appears the packages I was sent are the smallest ones- packages of 30 are only $19.95, and 60 are $32.95!

I personally will be keeping a stash in my medicine cabinet for the summer months especially; we attend numerous events, and my child's safety has no price limit.

Bob and Michelle have offered three of my readers a package of Safety Tats!

To enter answer either [or both!] questions:

1.) Have you ever experienced being separated from your child in a crowd (or you yourself separated from your family as a child)?

2.) What other designs would you like Safety Tat to develop next?

If you answer both, leave an additional comment stating you did to gain a bonus entry.

For additional entries you may:

- Follow me on Google friends

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- Grab my button [three bonus! leave three comments]
- Post about this giveaway elsewhere: on your own blog, on a contest site or a linky... Make sure your entry is the first one at that location and leave me a link... two bonus per post! [limitless]

- Tweet this giveaway- once/day for extra entries [be sure to leave me each individual link to your tweet]. Tweet this: "Win a package of Safety Tats on Household Treasures- three winners! http://bit.ly/GumWd "

Contest open to both US and Canada until July 11th at 6pm PST.