About Thumbuddy
Thumbuddy to Love is a positive tool that teaches children how to stop thumb sucking.
Thumbuddy to Love™ is a storybook and thumb puppet available in 2 different characters, Fireman Fred for boys and Ballerina Sue for girls. The storybook is read often by parents to teach children to stop sucking their thumbs or fingers. The thumb puppet is worn anytime, including bed time. Each book comes with a weekly success calendar and stickers. Thumbuddy to Love™ is meant for 3 to 6 year olds and we encourage you to introduce Thumbuddy at an early age to help stop thumb sucking. The packaging that it comes in can be re-used to put collectibles in such as crayons or coins.
Product Packaging
You can download and print these Certificates of Congratulations
once your child accomplishes his or her goal!
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| Certificate for Girls | Certificate for Boys |
A display stand is available for Dental offices and Stores.
About the Creator
Thumbududdy to Love™ was created by Andrea Van Ness, a former thumb sucker. After her mom tried everything, including bitter tasting thumb polish (which by the way has chemicals), it was her grandmother that made her a thumb puppet. It was the positive experience of the thumb puppet and her kind words that encouraged Andrea to stop thumb sucking.
When researching the available thumb sucking products for her son, she was surprised by the lack of friendly, positive teaching tools on the market. She created Thumbuddy to Love™ with the intention of providing a fun, positive learning tool for children . . . then took it one step further and wrote the Thumbududdy to Love™ books (Fireman Fred and Ballerina Sue) along with matching character thumb puppets and created the first positive teaching tool of its kind.
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About the Artist
Karla Trapp illustrated both Thumbuddy to Love books and the thumb puppets are based on the drawings. Karla Trapp, MA, is an Art Therapist and has a private practice for children. She is also an artist, and you can see more of her work at www.art-alchemy.com. She lives with her husband and her 2 boys in Denver, Colorado.
