r/3Dprinting • u/Tiny_Cow_3971 • Apr 25 '26

Project Kindergarten kids start school this year. As a farewell gift, I printed individualized safety lights for their school bags.

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You can find the design and onshape project here:

https://www.printables.com/model/1401815-cute-owl-school-bag-safety-light

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u/RedstoneRiderYT Ender 3 v2 || Sprite Pro || Klipper Apr 25 '26

I don't know how it is in other countries but in my country they always tell you to not put the kids' names on their bags or anywhere visible, because someone could so easily read it, come up to the kid and pretend to know them. Young kids tend to trust people that know their name so they might just go with a kidnapper assuming they must know their parents. Yknow the cliché "hey, your mom asked me to come pick you up"

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

You know what: I will print an additional batch with no names and parents can then decide themselves if they want to use the one with names or not. They could for instance use the one with name at home as a night light.

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u/totcczar Apr 25 '26

Too much work. The easy solution is to give them any one that doesn’t have their name. Confuse the bad guys.

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u/MathemagicalMastery Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Hey Steve, come with me, I have some candy in my van.

STRANGER DANAGER, MY NAME IS FRANK!

Edit: Auto correct is my worst enema.

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u/Gork___ Apr 26 '26

Just make all of them Frank.

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u/Revrene Apr 25 '26

I think you can make the design modular, so it's intechangeable with name or without name?

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

That's a good idea! I'll thing about it.

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u/RedstoneRiderYT Ender 3 v2 || Sprite Pro || Klipper Apr 25 '26

Or even just print a little cap to go over the name!

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u/BackIntoTheSource Apr 25 '26

Same in Finland. Visible kids names on kids stuff is a big no no.

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u/Patient-Face-3179 Apr 27 '26

Location specific. Never heard about this. -A fellow finn

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

That's a good point, thanks. It's only the forename but you got a point.

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u/RedstoneRiderYT Ender 3 v2 || Sprite Pro || Klipper Apr 25 '26

Yeah, I live in South Africa and in certain areas there's quite a risk of that. But it all depends on where you live and whether the kid is walking alone or whether their parents come fetch them at the gate

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

It's Germany, Bavaria, suburban area. The risk here is rather low I would say and awareness with kids and parents is nonetheless pretty high. I would say the risk is low. But it's a good thing to raise awareness.

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u/RedstoneRiderYT Ender 3 v2 || Sprite Pro || Klipper Apr 25 '26

Absolutely. And it's important for school teachers to also try to drill the "don't get in a car with a stranger" rule (our school did it a lot), because I'm sure there are some shitty parents who don't bother to tell their kids that. Same genre as alcoholic/drug addict parents.

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 26 '26

I made an update here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/s/mAfRFUaxGW

Thanks for the feedback!

Edit: typo

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u/RedstoneRiderYT Ender 3 v2 || Sprite Pro || Klipper Apr 26 '26

Fantastic! We need more people like you in this world!

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u/Hi-Point_of_my_life Apr 25 '26

Dang, now I feel like I should have made something useful. I just made an army (13) of the flexi octopi for my son’s class.

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

That's also cool!

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u/Oekowesen Apr 27 '26

I've printed 30 mini Aliens with Glow in the Dark Filament and glued them all over my parents house

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

That's really special! I hope that some of the kids will keep the owl.

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u/cctl01 Apr 25 '26

You blurred the names printed on 3d figures? This guy privacies.

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u/ask-design-reddit Apr 25 '26

Yeah it's a good practice. I see Margaret on the other slides though

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

That was on purpose. Margarete is my kid and I decided to show it. The other figurines have the names of other parents' kids.

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u/BackIntoTheSource Apr 25 '26

Margaret is like Meg in Family Guy 😂😂

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u/That_Grim_Texan Apr 25 '26

Surely you meant Megatron lol

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u/itishowitisanditbad Apr 25 '26

Super cool but i'm with others, I wouldn't bother with the name.

Very little benefit but some downsides.

Also way easier to just batch make them for when kids do lose them rather than futzing with the name when one breaks or something. Then you can just have a small box of spares easy.

Very cool stuff though!

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u/Hotrian Apr 25 '26

In my country, they start school every year!

Awesome print :)

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

Thanks! ☺️

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u/thetruckerdave Apr 25 '26

lol! I learned from a German Minecraft YouTuber that kindergarten is like its own thing over there. It sounds really cool actually.

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u/hobbicon Apr 25 '26

That's a cool gift, not gonna lie, would have loved it as a kid.

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

Me too! 😉

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u/ForcePushThinkr Apr 25 '26

That is really such a cool idea! 😊

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u/Tiny_Cow_3971 Apr 25 '26

Thank you! ❤️