Kids have a lot going on these days. From sports and music lessons to camps and field trips, it seems that kids are constantly on the go. No matter what activities their children are involved in or who they entrust to care for them, parent’s primary concern is their children’s safety. Color wristbands are an economical, efficient and effective way to help parents, chaperones and guardians keep track of kids.
Color wristbands come in a variety of vibrant, solid colors for superb visibility and identification. Kids love the fun colors and get excited to wear them. Parents love that the colors are so bright that their child can be identified from a long distance. Since color wristbands are waterproof and non-transferable, they’re practically impossible for kids to damage or lose. They can take multiple days of rugged wear and tear.
In addition to the fun colors, you can customize wristbands with logos, special sayings and even bar codes. There are an endless number of activities and events for which color wristbands can help identify kids and match them with their parents. One of those happens to be a favorite summer pastime: swimming.
The pool is a popular place for kids to be during summer break. While helping lost children locate their parents or a guardian is a secondary responsibility of lifeguards, it does distract them from their main duty: assisting people in trouble in the water. Implementing the use of color wristbands can help lifeguards focus on their primary responsibility. Each lifeguard station can have a flag of a certain color hanging on it. The color corresponds with a batch of color wristbands, which they give to a group of kids to wear. This lifeguard station is their “home base.” If they get lost, they look for the life guard station that matches the color on their wrist.
Birthday parties are another ideal opportunity to put color wristbands to use—especially those parties in which parents drop their kids off for two or three hours and then return to pick them up. They might have another family member or friend pick their child up. Color wristbands can be numbered with a matching numbered tear-off stub, which is given to the parents. At the end of the party the parent or an entrusted guardian can pick up the child with the numbered color stub that matches the numbered color wristband.
Active families can benefit from color wristbands on any outings where there might be large crowds. Baseball games, the zoo, mall, movie theater—these are all venues that would be happy to provide color wristbands on which permanent marker can be used to write the parent’s cell phone number and a message that says, “please call if you see this child unattended.” Just in case a child wanders off or gets lost, security or even a kind stranger with a cell phone can quickly and easily call the parents to help reunite them with the lost child.
At camps, color wristbands are an excellent way to indicate kids at that have special dietary needs or food or medication allergies. As examples, red color wristbands could indicate food allergies, while blue color wristbands indicate medication allergies. A green color wristband could mean the child is vegetarian or vegan.
Color wristbands are also a great way to divide kids up into groups at camp. These groups could be age, cabin number, skill level, activity rotation schedule—anything. Want to add a bit of fun? Imprint logos, slogans, dates, or funny images onto color wristbands. By doing so, you will not only promote the camp, but also accomplish some effective advertising. To help cover costs, you might consider selling some “advertising space” to sponsors. Kids will continue wearing that cool color wristband for several weeks to come. They will show it off to their friends, who will talk non-stop to their parents about the message and image they saw on that color wristband—and about how much fun their pal had. Word-of-mouth advertising does wonders for business. Customized color wristbands also serve as a wonderful keepsake for kids to remember their adventurous week away at camp.
Color wristbands are an exceptional aid in matching kids up with their parents. Parents want their children to experience life—learning and enjoying as much as they can. But, they also want to keep them safe and protected. Color wristbands help parents accomplish both of these goals.
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