Make your poppy stay in place

I originally posted this how to a few years back when Lilo had just started school but it’s a good reminder with Remembrance Day coming up.

It’s neat with Lilo in school now coming home taking about the things she has learned. She started talking about poppies and remembrance day last week. And she kept pointing out everyone who was wearing poppies. So I realized that we needed to get some but the problem with them is the stick pin that’s in them and falls off easily and can poke you.

I first used wire cutters to cut the pin short (since I like the look of the silver pin on the front of the poppy)

Then I found some of my brooch backings (you can get these at the dollar store) and glued them on.

I used my glue gun but it didn’t hold, it fell off Lilo’s jacket after a game of tag on the way home from school. So I used a strong glue like E6000 and that worked to keep the pin back in place.

Now you can pin to kids jackets without them getting poked and on your jacket so you won’t lose it.

Then I made one for my leather jacket – one that I didn’t have to poke a hole into my jacket.

Same as above, I cut the pin to the poppy. Then I glued a magnet to the back (you can get these at the dollar store, too) – the glue also held the pin in place and I therefore didn’t need to glue the back flower centre in place. I used another magnet on the other side of the collar and they stick together so the poppy will stay in place. I tried it on my husband’s thick leather jacket collar and it stayed in place too.

So much better then poking holes in your expensive jackets.

On November 11th, please take a moment to remember those who have fought for our freedom.