Digg
Newsvine
del.icio.us
Reddit
Facebook
TwitterThe company responsible for the little stick figure mommies, daddies, kids and pets is genius.
I thought about buying some for my mom van, but I feel like that’s so cliché. After all, I already wear the patented mom track suit on the weekends.
I’m not sure if there are stick figure parodies out there already, but if there are, don’t tell me. I’ve created my own. I know there is a huge market for it, and people would buy these up in a heartbeat.
Below is my initial product line.
Since I did not major in art, and for good reason, I’ve taken the liberty of including captions.
A baby happily playing with an electrical cord after yanking it from an outlet.
A mom breathing fire because no one ever listens to her.
A son who believes he is a vampire — no, really, he does.
A teenage daughter and her meathead boyfriend whom she idolizes.
A heavily medicated neighbor who always has a smile on her face and cookies to share. (Note: This is NOT indicative of my neighbors. I actually love my neighbors. But the stories I’ve heard from other moms…)
A dad contemplating how he went from a player to a coach who now drives a minivan.
The forgotten family pets.
A son going through a phase (at least that’s what we hope).
An acid reflux baby.
So now comes the moment of truth. Would you buy any of these? Would you slap them on your rear window? Do you have any other stick figure ideas you’d like to share?
I’m open to expanding my product line.
Heidi Woodard is married with three children. Read her Thursdays on momaha.com
Copyright ©2012 Omaha World-Herald®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, displayed or redistributed for any purpose without permission from the Omaha World-Herald.
RSS Feeds
Posted by: Moobs on 01/26/2012 @ 6:49 am:
I think you might be on to something here …. you might want contract an artist .. hehehee
Posted by: Ashli b on 01/26/2012 @ 7:53 am:
Sign me up for two refluxers and a fire breather. Throw in a custom geek dad and I’m good to go. Very funny ms. Woodard!
Posted by: Amy Grace on 01/26/2012 @ 8:20 am:
Love these! And hate the real ones!! In fact, I can’t stand stickers of any sort on cars. My husband and I have a joke that the more stickers you have on your car, the worse your driving is. Since you are clearly so talented in the arts, I might reconsider.
Posted by: Ryan on 01/26/2012 @ 9:12 am:
Great stuff Heidi.
Posted by: mom2lulu on 01/26/2012 @ 10:18 am:
love it!
Posted by: Melissa C. on 01/26/2012 @ 11:01 am:
Mine would have a glass of wine in my hand, for sure. How do you depict eating ice cream in the bathroom?
Ashli wants a toddler with a Sharpie in his hand.
Posted by: Ashli B on 01/26/2012 @ 9:44 pm:
Melissa, only if Heidi can create for you a child with a trashcan or some sort of clear box on its head;). I feel like this product line has endless possibilities. I think your dad figure should also be wearing argyle socks.
Posted by: Lisa Andrews on 01/26/2012 @ 11:09 am:
Very funny! I see a new business opportunity here…I’ll talk one fire breathing mom, one coach dad, and one lonely pet…Lol. Maybe add a toe-tapping, arms-crossed mom.
Posted by: Kathy Joyce on 01/26/2012 @ 11:19 am:
Love it. You need one to counter “My child is an honor roll student” bumper sticker. A kid with a report card that has all F’s. The mother with a glass of wine. Also, I think your teenagers in the adored boyfriend should probably be naked and in bed.
Posted by: Sheila on 01/26/2012 @ 11:35 am:
I recently saw a car with mom, dad and baby zombies on it. Awesome!
Posted by: Emily on 01/26/2012 @ 11:36 am:
I’ll take one dragon mom, player to coach dad, a
Son who thinks he is a falcon and an acid reflux baby who drinks liquid gold for formula. Love it!
Posted by: Jessica H. on 01/26/2012 @ 12:02 pm:
So funny! And accurate.
Posted by: amy on 01/26/2012 @ 12:12 pm:
i want one of the momaha mom w/octupus arms next to a husband asleep on the couch watching tv while the kids are pulling each other’s hair out! ; )
Posted by: Josie Loza on 01/26/2012 @ 12:26 pm:
Amen! The acid reflux baby is hilarious. I’ll also take one of a mom in curlers, slippers and a bathrobe dropping her kids off at school.
Posted by: Bill Schlueter on 01/26/2012 @ 1:00 pm:
You underestimate you artistic ability. How about a mom/dad “stuffed” into their old athletic clothing.
Posted by: Heidi Woodard on 01/26/2012 @ 1:23 pm:
Oh, Schlueter, you know me too well! Or a mom attempting to squeeze back into her homecoming dress? I was just reminiscing the other day about shopping at 5-7-9. You probably don’t remember that store. I haven’t yet located the 8-10-12 store…
Posted by: Pam on 01/26/2012 @ 1:04 pm:
Love them! Could you please add annoyed mom sitting in her Jeep honking horn and threatening to leave without him while son going through a phase stick figure casually puts on his shoes and checks his cell phone? Son stick figure will also include bubble that says “Your work needs to understand that you have kids” and the bubble on the annoyed mom says “Have fun walking to school-LOLOLOL” as she drives away. Once you have those complete, you just created my last Tuesday morning.
Posted by: June on 01/26/2012 @ 1:35 pm:
LOL
Posted by: ALicia on 01/26/2012 @ 1:30 pm:
Absolutely!
Posted by: Amber on 01/26/2012 @ 1:58 pm:
I love these, and I would buy them!
Posted by: Shelisa on 01/26/2012 @ 2:02 pm:
Firebreathing mom w/ wine glass in hand (for the flames of course), one ignored dog, a potty training daughter (how peed on the toilet 3 minutes before she pooped in her underwear) , a husband who half asses every home project only responds to the kids after they’ve said DAD 8 times and a boy who loves Legos and thinks my phone is his personal video game player…..if you’re taking custom orders!
Posted by: Heidi Woodard on 01/26/2012 @ 2:31 pm:
You called him out on his home projects?! Bahahahaha! I wish I could say I can relate. Oh wait, I totally can.
Posted by: Lisa F. on 01/26/2012 @ 2:20 pm:
I love it! I would need the husband chained to his computer, me eating cookies and maybe put the dogs in a baby carriage cuz they are our babies now!
Posted by: Anonymous on 01/26/2012 @ 4:04 pm:
OMG…those are hilarious! The mom breathing fire is totally me!
On another note, I have noticed that some of these family stickers are REALLY detailed – with the kids’ names on them, the numbers of their jerseys, etc. If you’re sporting a bumper sticker with your kids’ school on it, isn’t that alot of pretty private information? Maybe I’m paranoid, but I’ve just wondered.
Angie
Posted by: Emily on 01/27/2012 @ 9:42 am:
I’d love to see a dad playing video games or a D&D dad…That would go great with the octopus armed mom metioned by Amy. Oh, and the baby with the plug is so spot-on!! Love these!
Posted by: LOL!! on 01/31/2012 @ 11:08 am:
Love this!!!! Hilarious!!!