Things You'll Need:
- Inexpensive potty seat
- Stickers
- Nontoxic permanent markers
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Step 1
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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Step 2
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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Step 3
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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Step 4
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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Step 5
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.
