Nail Polish Out of a Beanie Baby?

If you look on Ebay, there are a number of them for sale. They range from $5.99 to $10.51. This is if you want to buy her another one. I find most things that are hard to find there.

This is a wonderful opportunity to teach a lasting lesson, assuming that your daughter did "help" paint the kitty. So often in our lives we do things that "sound good at the time" and end up regretting our actions. How you respond to her situation can either (1)help her understand that there are consequences to her choices or (2)teach her that there will always be someone there to "fix" her choices. If you choose to leave the paint alone, you will be able to use this situation as a reference point for many years to come when she has tougher situations to work through. The kitty's paint will be a reminder to her of a time that she did what "sounded good at the time" but didn't stop to think about how she would feel about it later. Believe me... there will come a point when you can no longer "fix" a situation. Learning this lesson while she is young will help her to be a problem solver as she grows up. Anyway, wouldn't you rather her learn from a painted kitty choice if that means she might not have to learn from a much bigger wrong choice later...

Hi M.,

My name is Pam I am a represenative with a company called Melaleuca. Have you heard of them yet? We have a great product that removes nail polish stains without the caustic chemicals in it. I would hate for you to use a store bought remover and have your child inahaling the toxic fumes. I teach moms how they can have safer products in their homes without spending any new money. I would like to share a testimonial with you about our product called Sol-U-Mel and invite you to take a look at our company website. www.melaleuca.com
This is the testimonial.
Pam

Sol-U-Mel saved the day!
My niece is a hairdresser. She had $80 black slacks that she accidentally spilled red nail polish on. The polish went all the way down the leg. After 4 months, my sister asked if Melaleuca had anything that could fix the slacks. I put full strength Sol-U-Mel on the stain and let it sit. About 1/2 hoour later I could scratch it off. I applied more Sol-U-Mel let it sit a few more minutes and all of the polish was off. No shadow, no oil stain, just perfectly clean slacks. (My sister was literally screaming, she was so shocked!) My 1 yr old also colored her Baby Gap nylon pants with a permanent marker. I thought the pants were ruined, but I just kept washing, drying and having her wear the pants anyhow. The stain was really set after several months. I got the idea to try Sol-U-Mel

Melaleuca.com has a product called Sol-u-Mel which won't hurt the beanie baby, but it will get fingernail polish out of carpets, so I would think it would do a great job with other material things! It's non toxic, so it won't hurt you or the child. If you can't find a representative of these products, email my ____@____.com

I agree with MIchelle S and Lorie B. What they wrote was my first reaction when I read your question. By NOT fixing the toy or buying her a new one, this is a great lesson for her to learn and she is not too young to understand this. This will help her learn responsibility for both her actions and her belongings. If she is always rescued, she may never learn these types of lessons or about consequences. This is a great way to help her start to learn from her actions. Whenever she sees the beanie baby with nail polish on it, it will be a subtle reminder of what kind of consequences her actions can have, and that sometimes they are long term. I like what Michelle S. said about how sometimes things that may seem like a good idea at the time, actually are not and this is a good lesson for her to learn. Thanks for sharing your situation! Best wishes, and keep us updated.

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I am anxious to hear any solutions. G.

That will be tough without ruining the color of the beanie I would try just a small amount of nonacetone nail polish remover on one tiny area just to see if it comes out and if it does without causing the color to bleed then i'd say try to remove all of it.Just a thought i'd try it myself.

The best thing I've found for nail polish removal is: Motsenbocker's lift off 3, which got nail polish out of my carpet super easily. I had to order it off the internet, so it took a couple of days to get here, but it was a lifesaver.

My girlfriends daughter spilled hot pink nail polish on their brand new carpet early one morning!! She used acetone nail polish remover to blot it out. It did a pretty good job. I think the key is to blot instead of rub so you don't spread the nail polish around.

I agree with Michelle S. I do think that this is a great teachable moment! The price (in actual dollars) is not so high but if she really cares about that beanie baby she will remember that there are things in life that are not always fixable.

Although you might be able to find a way to remove this polish, I think the better idea is to let your daughter live with this bad choice and to have it as a reference to look back on later. All you need to do is sympathize with her that you agree that it is sad that she chose to do that. She will know that in the future she will have to be more careful with the things that she cares about and stand up to friends who sometimes pressure you into doing things that you know are wrong.

Good Luck!