Customer Reviews

Pearhead Babyprints Desktop Frame, Mahogany

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

I remember doing something like this when I was a kiddo and wanted to capture a memory of our newborn. This kit was so simple! The "dough" is ready-to-go in a foil pack and all you do is warm it up in your hands. Then you roll it out and smush the foot into it. The best part is if it doesn't come out well you can do it over and over until you get one you like :o) (Imagine with a squirmy infant this might take a few tries). It takes about six hours to dry on top - then you flip it over and it's dry in 24 hours. Doesn't leave any goo on your hands or make a mess. Lastly - there was enough dough to do the hand too and if your kiddo is a newborn they'll both fit in the frame with no trouble.

Hello, I am a customer service representative for Pearhead, Inc. and I recently read through the comments regarding our Babyprints kits. I'm glad to see all of the nice comments, but more importantly I appreciate the comments from those who seemed to have had a problem with the product. We have taken steps to correct these problems through improved instructions and quality control. However, I urge anyone who is having a problem with any of our products to contact us at service@pearhead.com as we will be happy to assist you in anyway. We are confident that every customer will get a finished kit that they will love forever.

Sincerely,
Pearhead Customer Service

I recently received this as a gift for the birth of my new daughter. I had purchased the keepsake box for my other daughter and was so happy with the results that I was excited get another one. I followed all the directions and was able to easily make an impression of my newborn's foot. Well, as it was drying my 2 year old found it and broke it into a gazillion pieces. I was devastated and thought I would have to buy an entire new kit. I decided to give customer service a shot to see if i could buy replacement clay and was told that they would send replacement clay out to me immediately, FREE OF CHARGE!!! Can you believe it!!! It was even my fault. Needless to say I will continue to buy from this company and will rave to all my friends about them! THANKS PEARHEAD!!!!

I read the other reviews of this product before ordering it and before attempting to make the foot casting. The material for casting is great - it's like a lightweight foam material that is already mixed and ready to go (Another kit a friend bought me required you to mix ingredients). The material in this Babyprints kit stays moist so you can re-do footprints until you get them right. And I completely bypassed the adhesive included in the kit and instead used a hot glue gun to mount the footprint in the frame. Also, I don't think it mentions this in the product description, but included in the kit are 3 mats - 2 have 5x7 cut-outs and one is for a 4x6. It's nice because you have more options on picture sizes. I actually ended up using the 4x6 for the footprint side because it displays it really nicely.

I bought this and did my son's footprint. It is very simple to use and looks wonderful afterwards. When I was shopping for an impression kit, most of the ones I found looked very cheap, but this one looks great and is of high quality. I'd recommend this kit to anyone.

This was the best impression kit that I have ever used. The frame is beautiful and the mats are good quality. The best part is the molding compound... It's not sticky! You don't have to wet it down! Minimal clean up. The only reason that I didn't give this set 5 stars is that I think that (...)price tag is just a little too high.

This product is so easy to use. The plaster is already prepared and ready to use out of the package. There is really nothing to set up, so there's no wasted time. The plaster stays wet long enough to redo the footprints as necessary. It looks great when put together.

I got one of these for hand print and one for footprint--there really isn't room to do both. The product was easy to roll out and prep. It will take two people to get a really good impression--one to hold the appendage and one to press the clay and it is best done while baby is asleep. I recommend replacing the adhesive for the imprint with better quality double stick tape--mine kept falling down.

I bought four frames as Xmas gifts and can tell you it's been an uneven experience. By no means am I a crafty mom, the main reason I bought the product was because it's not only "easy to use," but it doesn't look cheap. The frame is lovely, and I appreciate the molding?/cutouts that will frame the actual photo/print.

The first try was a mess, and it took a few frustrating tries for the lightbulb to go off and get a successful imprint. The rolling pin is useless as the clay stuck to the thing immediately. So I flattened it out to a reasonable dimension w/ the palm of my hand. Then I stuck my kid's hand into the clay, and the clay stuck to her hand terribly, ruining the imprint every time I tried to remove her hand. Frustrating! Why did it stick to her hand while not sticking to mine as I rolled it....? Aha! Slightly dense, I know, but it finally occured to me that I should roll it on her no-longer-willing hand a little bit before sticking it into the clay for the umpteenth time. Moderate success! Exhausted, I put off the other 3 prints for the next day.


Feeling wiser and more confident, I set out to complete the project the following rainy afternoon. Seeing the stuff, my kid knew what was up and tried to hide behind her dad. Happily, the following two imprints breezed by with nary a cry nor a curse. Success within my grasp, I confidently ripped open the fourth and final package and met what nearly became my Waterloo. The stuff stuck to me bad. Words can't describe the panic-inducing mess as I struggled to free myself of this thing that was like wet bread dough and taffy rolled into one. What had happened? Was I really so arrogant? Couldn't the gods let me have this one win? For the entire length of time it took for my fella to win an online Halo match I struggled. Concerned, my child offered to help me, but I would not sacrifice my offspring to this horror. If I went down, I wanted my kid to live the rest of her life knowing her mommy's sacrifice every time she saw the empty shadow box on the wall. I finally managed to scrape the stuff off my hands--I guess after 20 minutes' worth of air time, it finally hardened into something that was almost manageable. Afraid of being trapped again, I put a light coating of olive oil on my hand to flatten out the clay. Fearing for my kid's psyche, I did the same for my daughter, and I must say the image was the best one yet. I don't know if any discoloration will result, but I figured I might have the kid paint them when ready.


Easy? Sometimes, but this product is definitely not for the weak. You've been warned.

Decent product. The frame is nice, just a regular frame. The "putty" is really sticky and a bit hard to handle. I did not have much trouble but I can understand the frustrations listed in other reviews. I was able to get 1 hand and 1 foot print on the putty. I let it sit in some tinfoil for about a week and the material is still soft, but the impressions have not changed as some others have mentioned.

For those who buy this, some tips.
-Wash your hands well.
-Any spec of dust WILL STICK TO IT (do not let it fall on the carpet like I did).
-When getting the putty out of the foil, use the putty itself to get it off the packaging (kind of like using tape to remove any tape residue left on a surface... if that makes sense).
-For a flat surface, i just wrapped tinfoil around the piece of glass from the frame (careful not to break the glass).
-The roller worked well for me to flatten the putty.
-I didn't need to knead the putty, I just rolled it into a cylinder and flattened it with the roller.
-If you mess up, DO NOT PANIC. Just start over. This is suppose to be fun.
-The putty takes a long time (days) to "dry/harden". I left it on the tinfoil COVERED (if you don't cover it, dust will get onto it... trust me) for like 1 week and it's still a little soft.

I've read in other reviews that there are better products out there. Someone mentioned Target. This is the only time I've used something like this so I don't know. This worked fine for me. Hope this helps.