Review (4/5): Thin Plastic, But Useable for the Creatively Minded
I bought these for my daughter, who is turning 11 soon and requested more cat ear headbands on her birthday list. So there were actually a couple of selling points on these. They come in different colors, so she can pair them with her outfits by color, and they are pretty much a blank canvas. I toyed with the idea of crocheting different styles of triangles as ears to go over them, but then I decided. Nope. This is totally going to be the gift that keeps on giving, because I'm going to let her decide how she's going to embellish them and use her own creativity. So I like that these can be modified.
So the thing is, these are plastic. Really thin, brittle style plastic. I can tell you right now, these things are going to break easy. They come small, I was able to get it on my head, but as a grown woman, the cat ears then sat more like a bow on my head then ears. But technically, if you use your imagination, you could see it. I wouldn't expect these to last more then a single use or three for a grown woman's head because I think the pressure from distorting the shape out enough to fit will lead to breakage, probably sooner rather then later. For a child, probably you'll get more life out of them if they don't play rough while they're wearing them because the size will be a better fit for their head, which will put less pressure on the plastic. My little angle was rolling back and forth on a peanut ball and smashed a metal cat head band into the floor and broke an ear off at the weld points...and that puppy was metal. Yippee for super glue! Except, plastic doesn't really go back together with that much structural integrity I'm thinking, if you can get it to go back together at all. So based on my past experience with similar types of plastic, these are going to need TLC or a very prim child to survive for wearing more then a time or two.
So, I think if you're just planning these are party favors, etc. or are going to be very gentle, or are thinking the "create your own" aspect as worth the ride, I think these are cool for the price point. If you want something that's going to survive your child running around the play ground playing queen of the jungle gym more then once...maybe go for something else.