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I picked this up at our local Right Start last month and my 3 year old LOVES it. He calls it his special "popsicle thing". This is one of those must-haves for any parent. It also doubles as one of those "why didn't I think of that?" inventions. The only downside is that your child still has to lift out the ice cream cone to eat it, which can lead to some spills.

I can't get on board on this. Looks like a napkin could do the trick and ultimately take up less space in the land fill.

Oh come on... that's what the wrapper is for!

But... but... trying to catch the drips before they drop is the best part!

Heh. I posted this because watching my three-year-old try to eat an ice cream cone at a glacial (no pun intended) pace in 30-degree weather almost killed me last weekend. The cone finally got so soft from melting ice cream that it imploded. Ice cream everywhere, plus a preschooler who refused to accept that his cone? It was dead. Many tears ensued. I keep thinking a Dripstik might have prevented the carnage. I also keep thinking that the manufacturers should have gotten their hands on some more grisly photographs than the ones they use in their marketing. :)

Ahh...unneccessary....how does this jive with the whole consume less and/or more wisely....?

Sorry to you naysayers, this is genius!!! My kids (and husband) are addicted to popsicles and there are drip stains all over my house. There will be a home in my cabinet for a Dripstik or two.

Aren't kids supposed to eat in the kitchen? Why would you give a kid a popsicle and then let him/her roam around inside the house?

Back porch or kitchen table. Kids like boundaries.

I could see this helping with the consume less concept, oteach1. Sure you could use the wrapper or a napkin, or you could make your own popsicles and use this to catch drips and not waste paper products. So it could be useful for someone.

I don't know, it seems awfully big for a single-use item. As a kid we always had homemade popsicles and the little plastic tupperware handle caught some drips, and we had to eat them in the kitchen or outdoors anyway.

Nope. Silly single use item.

Clickchick, my 4 year old and I both roam the house with our snacks *and* clean up after ourselves.

But half the fun of being a kid is getting drips all over you and making a mess!

yea! more plastic for the landfill that solves a nonexistant problem. huzzah!

Actually, now that I think about it, this would be great for the hubby. For some reason, he never developed a drip-saving technique.

What a first-world solution to a first-world "problem." If cleaning your kid after an ice cream treat is so much of a problem you need to BUY a single-use item, that's just ridiculous. This is why our earth is dying - products like this.