04.24.07

Today at The 2007 JPMA International Show we met...
Dripstik (A JPMA Innovation Award Product Finalist)

When I was a kid, every Saturday evening of the summer we would pile in the car and head off to church. While the service itself was less than exciting (with the exception of the altar boys ringing their chimes), what came afterward has become one of my fondest memories from my childhood.

The reward for sitting so quietly and attentively during mass was…an ice cream. And not just any ice cream but rather a cherry dipped cone from Dairy Queen with the magic swirl on top! Humm… how do they swirl the top? Anyway, the folklore legend in my house was that the swirl was magical because when you ate it, you could make a wish…and boy did I love to make lots of wishes as a kid. But during my trips to Dairy Queen my wishes were shared. You see, at the time I was the youngest of three and a tiny little girl so to help me with treat (and to prevent me dripping in the car), my daddy would take the first bite. And it was a big bite too; he was able to swallow the magical swirl in one gulp. I just knew that he was making a wish for both of us!

Well, my days of pint sized swirl wishing have ended but I have made sure that the traditional has been passed on the next generation...a wish for everyone. Thanks Mecinna Price, inventor and mother of 5, we now have a super cool and super functional ice cream mess eliminator called The Dripstik. This unique product has cups that surround each end catching the drips from ice cream or Popsicles…no more sticky hands and messy clothes. The handle is just the right size for little hands and is created with an amazingly solid "center of gravity". It is inevitable that an ice cream cone or Popsicle placed in the care of a kid will melt. But with the Dripstik they will not melt on your kids, in your car or on your newly upholstered sofa.

The Dripstik is just $4.99 and available in fun colors; bionic blue, mellow yellow, outrageous orange and keen green. Or buy all 4 colors in the Dripstik gift set which also includes an ice cream scoop, children's recipe to make your own ice cream. Yumm…I am already planning my ice cream party!

Make your children's wishes come true: share some time with them, take them out for an ice cream and never again worry about the mess because the Dripstik has got you covered!