How to Decorate Your Own Potty Seat
Decorating a child's potty can be a fun activity for you and your little one to do together. It will make him feel like he is part of the whole potty-training process. He'll enjoy making the potty his own, and likely will point out what he did each time he uses it. This way, there's no need to buy more expensive, character-themed potties; just buy a basic one in a color your child likes and add her own unique touches.
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Instructions
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Putting some pizzazz in potty training
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Buy an inexpensive potty seat. Ikea is one place to look; it sells potties in six different colors for $3.99 each. You may want to buy one for each floor of your home.
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Think about your child's interests. Does she like flowers or trucks? Is he into trains or teddy bears? Have your child join you in the project.
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Carefully write your child's name ("Elizabeth's Potty") in fine-line, black permanent marker along the upper, inner back wall of the potty, where she'll see it each time she comes into the bathroom to use it. Write in block letters so your child can easily read it, or use calligraphy or cursive if you want a more artistic flair.
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Have your child help you decorate the outside of the potty with stickers that follow your child's interest. You can find these easily at any education or arts store, or any Target or Walmart. Use different-colored permanent markers to fill in blank spaces with drawings, particular if you are artistically inclined and can draw a pretty good, say, Mickey Mouse, Tinkerbell or dump truck. You can also draw letters and numbers.
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If you want, decorate the inside of the potty with drawings, letters or numbers - done in permanent, waterproof marker. Who knows? It may entice your child to go to the bathroom if you tell him to try to "hit" the letter "A" at the bottom of the potty.
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Tips & Warnings
If your little girl is a tomboy and you're more of a girly-girl, don't cover her potty in flowers and princesses. Use trucks and trains if that's what she likes. Also, think about the mix of the potty color and the colored markers. Everything will show up well on a white potty.
If you can't find nontoxic permanent markers, put your child in charge of the stickers and you handle the drawing and writing. You certainly don't want to look over to find your daughter has a black Sharpie in her mouth!
