I killed two boxes of Little Debbie cakes

carseatcoach · May 2, 2010

tonight, doing skeleton demonstrations at a church festival. Kids watched, then brought their parents over to watch. It was good. I heard a few kids telling their parents they thought they needed a booster. :thumbsup: (They did.)

ketchupqueen · May 2, 2010

Where'd you find your skeleton?

carseatcoach · May 2, 2010

At a Halloween store, last Halloween.

SafeDad · May 2, 2010

Somewhere there's a video of me putting a whole Little Debbie holiday hexagon in my mouth at one of our holiday parties. Then one of the guests had to one-up me by putting two in his mouth...

ketchupqueen · May 2, 2010

I looked at everywhere that carried Halloween stuff last year and didn't find anything suitable. Wonder if I would have better success online.

sunnymw · May 2, 2010

I'm not... understanding.

Video? Picture? Something???

Mae · May 2, 2010

sunnymw said:
I'm not... understanding.

Video? Picture? Something???

:yeahthat:

... Why'd you kill two boxes of Little Debbie cakes, and then have kids asking to be in boosters? :scratcheshead:

Judi · May 2, 2010

To show where the seat belt rides and where in should!

carseatcoach · May 2, 2010

I know the skeleton demonstration has been discussed here before and I *think* someone might have posted a video at some point, but basically the skeleton demonstration shows why kids should stay in booster seats even if they are no longer required by law.

I have a Lego car seat (as in vehicle seat, not child safety seat) with a shoelace lap belt. I also have a Lego backless booster. And I have a skeleton with a hollow abdomen, and I put a Little Debbie Strawberry Shortcake (which is like a Twinkie but has red goo as well as white goo inside) in the skeleton's abdominal cavity.

I sit the skeleton in the "booster" seat, which positions the "lap belt" across its hipbones, and I pull the belt to simulate crash forces. Nothing happens. Then I take out the booster seat and reposition the skeleton, and the lap belt is crossing the abdomen. I pull to simulate a crash, and the belt cuts through the cake and goo oozes all over.

This really helps kids (and parents) *get* why it's important to use a booster, even if state law allows otherwise, if the vehicle belt is riding up on the abdomen and not low on the hips/thighs.

KQ, it was "Spirit of Halloween". It's a really ugly skeleton, so I dress mine up a little. This year I'm going to buy a few extras, because they do get gross, and I think mine might need to go through the dishwasher or something now, and I don't know how it will hold up. If I can find them again, and if we remember, I'll get you one. It's a perfect fit for the twinkie-cake.

Judi · May 2, 2010

You take you out of the wrappers?

celtic1885 · May 2, 2010

chickabiddy - that is absolutely brilliant! I definitely need to do that with some of the people around here...........

thanks for the explanation, I'd missed the previous threads.

carseatcoach · May 2, 2010

Judi said:
You take you out of the wrappers?

Yes, the ick and ooze factor really gets the kids' attention. (Sigh.)

Celtic, I absolutely cannot claim any credit. I read about it here.

ketchupqueen · May 2, 2010

I went to Spirit of Halloween but all they had were huge ones or tiny keychain ones, the others were sold out. Maybe next year I'll get there earlier. What is yours made out of (plastic I'm guessing), and what size do you use?

carseatcoach · May 2, 2010

It's plastic, and it's about 18"? 20"? I'm not good at guesstimating and it's in the car now (it was 90 today so after a few hours of outdoor demonstrating I just left everything until tomorrow, lazy me).

ketchupqueen · May 2, 2010

Ha, ha, I don't blame you.

I'll just have to check earlier in the season next time, or check online I guess!

Mae · May 2, 2010

That's genius. Seriously.

lil.miss32 · May 2, 2010

Rep to whomever (whoever?) finds that video!

sunnymw · May 2, 2010

Totally awesome!!

Judi · May 2, 2010

This thread has good links.

http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=95791

lil.miss32 · May 2, 2010

Well poo, I don't have permission for that page.

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