Erm try turning it over for a left foot.....

Eyes are getting worse, I thought the picture was of a Kit Kat

i always use a carpet powder such as shake and vac to put footprints in

I'm surprised at all the bah humbug negativity going on here, other than being mean and stomping on the tree which amused me greatly, my children are young and full of the joys of Santa coming. My wife makes shortbread with our children for Santa's snack, we leave a carrot for Rudolph and he also gets a great big mug of whiskey to keep him warm inside on the cold winters night. In return, Santa writes a little letter thanking them which is sprinkled in his magical Santa dust (glitter) and a trail is left to the front door etc. In the morning they rush down to see if he has been and they usually find a wee bit of cookie and crumbs, the carrot has gnaw marks left by Rudolph and the mug is empty. They haven't made the connection why daddy has a thumping head though, but boy is it great to see them so excited by it all. Something I never had as a child growing up by a single parent on a very low wage, so lighten up people, its a 50p item that has the potential to add sparkle to the illusion that Santa has visited using his Santa key that's left under the front door matt :wink:

Personally, I like the shake n vac idea but we will just use the special glittering Santa dust which also vaccumes up nicely

i always use a carpet powder such as shake and vac to put footprints in

Couldnt find this in my store

Yes I understand that. We use edible glitter that trails to the front door. No need for footprints to be left, dirty or otherwise, as the magic "Santa dust" is what helps his sleigh to.. Er.. fly so fast.
Why is there none outside ? It got washed away in the rain/ blew away in the wind or maybe covered by the snow ? Fat chance as every Christmas for the past decade at least where we live, has been wet with not a sign of snow anywhere to be seen !!

I don't think it is Bah Humbug, just that in their efforts to capitalise on this part of the Christmas ritual the retailers have produced a product that's use is simply likely to confuse all but the very youngest child.

What you do with tinsel and a letter is totally "believable" for a child, not quite so inverted flour/shake and vac footprints IMHO :wink:

As I said earlier, we always put the carrot on a plate with the rum on the floor the night before (latterly wood flooring) surrounded by the flour the kids sprinkled and in the morning there are footprints in the flour, an empty glass and gnawed carrot. :smiley:

Nice thinking outside the (penalty box). I like it! Some think this stuff is going a bit far, but making the effort keeps the magic alive. I was thinking of leaving some reindeer poop on the garden slabs, any suggestions for that? :smiley:

Still not getting this white flour or talc method.... it usually rains on Xmas and Xmas morning, why would their be unmelted snow. I don't want to confuse my kid, or be put to the sword on whats that daddy? Thats not snow? Snow melts.... has to be black/brown to simulate a dark dirt and mud colour that boots or hoofs would leave. At least the hoof prints can go on the garden slabs!

Or alternatively... Ooooh Daddy, Santa wears muddy Nikes and he's taken our TV and Blu-ray player...

Which should melt as soon as reached UK, not mentioning your house.

Pound land has the pine shake & vac with boot stencil - got them last year, smelt great & looks like snow !

this is the inverse of a footprint?

makes zero sense.

This item is horrendous.

Some of the comments on here are painful! Literally painful! I think this is great so heat added. Definitely a good find that lots will use on Christmas Eve/morning to leave some snowy boot print on the floor to create se excitement that Father Christmas has been!

Best add a bit of yellow snow to the boot print, courtesy of Rudolph and his posse :smirk:

Santa is supposed to come from Lapland where there is always snow ?

Would this work in mud?

For my kids the whole point of the footprints and hoof prints was to prove that Santa and Rudolph had actually been. Therefore we put the carrot and glass of Rum in the middle of the wooden floor/lino and the kids sprinkled a couple of feet wide all round the carrot and Rum with plain flour. So in the morning, voila!!! ... The glass is empty, the carrot is gnawed and there were tell tale boot prints and a couple of hoof prints in the flour. The boot and hoof print courtesy of a dampened boot and half an apple/pear/potato slightly remodelled, the dampness lifting the flour and leave great prints.

The boot print on sale must surely leave kids wondering what floury or shake and vac inverted footprints are doing in the living room?

I'm waiting for a picture of a camel toe.

Not well said!

Well said

Totally agree, there will be some really exciting and 'logical' non-denominational Winter festivals happening this year :disappointed:

He doesn't exist neither do his footprints

Amen to that! This place is full of miserable people that enjoy taking the fun out of everything

I'm struggling to work out if you seriously dont understand this or if your just having a laugh??

You dont press the stencil into the snow outside to leave an inverse footprint, you just sprinkle talc or whatever through the stencil inside to leave a footprint mark when you remove it...

Why would you sprinkle flour AROUND a boot???

I must be losing it...

Eyes are getting worse, I thought the picture was of a Kit Kat

Hear hear

I'm surprised at all the bah humbug negativity going on here, other than being mean and stomping on the tree which amused me greatly, my children are young and full of the joys of Santa coming. My wife makes shortbread with our children for Santa's snack, we leave a carrot for Rudolph and he also gets a great big mug of whiskey to keep him warm inside on the cold winters night. In return, Santa writes a little letter thanking them which is sprinkled in his magical Santa dust (glitter) and a trail is left to the front door etc. In the morning they rush down to see if he has been and they usually find a wee bit of cookie and crumbs, the carrot has gnaw marks left by Rudolph and the mug is empty. They haven't made the connection why daddy has a thumping head though, but boy is it great to see them so excited by it all. Something I never had as a child growing up by a single parent on a very low wage, so lighten up people, its a 50p item that has the potential to add sparkle to the illusion that Santa has visited using his Santa key that's left under the front door matt :wink:

Personally, I like the shake n vac idea but we will just use the special glittering Santa dust which also vaccumes up nicely

If only I had something around the house already that could make a print like this... like, a shoe or boot.

it's not a child's novelty though, is it?

it's an adult novelty, and for that reason I've asked them to remove it from the website.

(the free option is to sprinkle some flour round an actual boot)

Use with reindeer poo for an authentic effect

White powders like flour and talc etc are not realistic though? In the unlikely event there has been snow, snow melts and does not look like powder on the carpet. My 6 yr old is not daft and would be confused and see through it. Has to be something dark, that is cleanable and easilly hoovered and won't leave a mess.

Just waiting for a deal post on the reindeer foot now for the garden, if there is such an item?

Nice idea! Shame they only have the right foot though :disappointed:

:wink:

Use talc and a shoe, Cold for this landfill.

might buy one of these for the dog's blanket to smear poo into... see how she likes it

Is there a particular reason to use this over just putting a boot on and walking around the place?

I had a pair of these when my kids were young. We did a trail of footprints with Shake and Vac that they could follow. It was brilliant and they would get really excited when they saw the footprints. :smile:

Gonna cost about £4 to put these across the carpet.

Ooh my local, might pop in later when I go to argos shortly, thanks

Talcum powder and easily hoovered up

Any one got any tips for using this that avoids a really messy, carpet that simulates footprints but can easily be cleaned up? Is there some sort of spray can people use with this?

I am mean so will just put my muddy work boots on and stomp around the Christmas tree.

Such a good idea!