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Conference moira::parenting

Title:Parenting
Notice:Previous PARENTING version at MOIRA::PARENTING_V3
Moderator:GEMEVN::FAIMANY
Created:Thu Apr 09 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1292
Total number of notes:34837

1266.0. "Ceiling stars for nursery" by NETRIX::"[email protected]@exchange" (Gael Dussault) Thu Mar 27 1997 08:34

I will be travelling to China in May to adopt a baby girl -- I have
been having alot of fun decorating the nursery. Recently I saw
another baby's room that had stars and constellations on the
ceiling. You need to turn on a light for only a second or so
to activate them. They stay very bright in a dark room for about
15 minutes. Beautiful. Have have seen the cheaper "kits", but these
appeared to be made of some heavy plastic material that you stick
to the ceiling. Does anyone know where I can purchase something
like this. My daughter will never have been outside or have
stimulus of any kind in the orphanage - so I think something like
this would make a nice addition to her room.
Any ideas?

gael
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1266.1WRKSYS::ALONGIThu Mar 27 1997 08:444
There is a store at the Woburn Mall called Toys Etc.  They have a little
glow in the dark room with all kinds of things to stick on the ceiling or
hang from it.  There is stars and constellations and also some creepy bugs
and skulls and things of that nature that my son loves.
1266.2The Whiz or Nature CompanySHRCTR::CAMPBELLThu Mar 27 1997 08:499
    The Whiz in Westboro has them, too.  I've also seen them in a few
    different Nature Company stores.  You can get a variety of star sizes,
    or packages with one type.  They stick on the wall/ceiling with
    something that's supposed to come right off.  I haven't done much
    investigating, except that I did buy them for my daughter's stocking
    at Christmas on a whim -- now we have to redecorate the whole room
    to match!
    
    Diana
1266.3Didn't stick too wellALFA2::PEASLEEThu Mar 27 1997 10:104
    I bought some from the Nature Store.  Unfortunately, they didn't stick
    on very well.
    
    Nancy
1266.4SUBPAC::SKALSKIA reclined state of mindThu Mar 27 1997 10:1515
    
    
    		We bought the heavier plastic starts that come with a 
    	sticky sort of putty that attatches them.  I would say stay
    	away from these as the putty sticks great to the cieling but 
    	not the plastic stars.  End result is I now have little blobs
    	of dough on my sons cielng and less stars.  I would try the
    	peel and stick kind or use some other method of stick-um.
    	
    	PS	It does look nice after the lights go out.
    
    
    							Mark
1266.5Ceiling starsNETRIX::"[email protected]@exchange"Gael DussaultThu Mar 27 1997 10:2211
 Thank you all for responding. It appears that the stars I saw
had been up there for years. Perhaps the Woburn Mall looks like a
place where I can actually see the various choices - but it would
be nice to find someplace closer to home. Would still appreciate
input from other folks - thank you very much.   

Gael



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1266.6Ceiling starsNETRIX::"[email protected]@exchange"Gael DussaultThu Mar 27 1997 10:3311
 Thank you all for responding. It appears that the stars I saw
had been up there for years. Perhaps the Woburn Mall looks like a
place where I can actually see the various choices - but it would
be nice to find someplace closer to home. Would still appreciate
input from other folks - thank you very much.   

Gael



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1266.7we have silver sprinkles in our room tooNAC::WALTERThu Mar 27 1997 10:529
    
    I don't have stars on the ceilings but when we bought our home two
    years ago we noticed after moving in that they had those silver
    sprinkles on the ceilings of two of the bedrooms.  At the time I
    thought it was a bit weird but my son loves them and thinks that they
    are the kings of the past looking down at him.  Shades of too many
    Disney movies...
    
    cj
1266.8FABSIX::R_DOZOISjustice will prevail...Thu Mar 27 1997 12:535
    YOu can find the star and plants at The Learning Express stores...
    They have two stores here in MA...Greendale Mall and Solamon Pond
    Mall...  They are a sticky cloth type...
    
    Renee
1266.9fwiwNAC::WALTERThu Mar 27 1997 13:245
    There is also a Learning Express in Acton on 2A at the Donelans,
    ex-Triple A shopping plaza.
    
    cj
1266.10If they fall...SAPPHO::DUBOISHailstorm Project LeaderThu Mar 27 1997 15:036
I would be careful in putting them up in a baby's room.  My children have
some in their room.  They are heavy (so maybe there are better kinds) and
they occasionally fall off.  You wouldn't want one to fall off in the 
baby's crib and have the baby choke on it.

     Carol, the spoilsport
1266.11Try Walmart!?PASTA::UMBRELLOThu Mar 27 1997 15:2213
    We have them up in our sons room - we also painted the ceiling a 
    deep blue to match the color of the sky.  It came out great - my
    husband did the actual job!  We had heard that these stars and
    planets occasionally fall off so we glued them.  They've been up for
    about a year now and not one has fallen off.  I saw them at Spencer
    Gifts which is in the Searstown Mall in Leominster, but I think I
    ended up getting them at Walmart for alot cheaper.  Around $3.00
    a package and I think they were around $6.00 for the same size at
    Spencer Gifts.
    
    Enjoy!
    
    /Karen
1266.12congratulationsSUBSYS::SPERAMon Mar 31 1997 11:3011
Congratualations on the adoption.

I have adopted two children from Eastern Europe.
Don't worry too much about her not having enough to 
look at. Everything will be so new to her. Sunlight 
may be a new experience...a window, a car ride, a bird,
a flower. You will discover wonder in everything if you
look through her eyes. And beign held for a feeding and 
rocked in your arms will be her best stimulation.

Good luck.