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You know those plastic handles on the roof of the car? The one’s you grab onto when your designated driver makes a sharp left turn and your beverage of choice goes flying onto the dashboard? The ones your grandma never ever lets go of? We’ve heard them called everything from "Oh (expletive)" grips to "Terror Handles". The car manufacturers say they are to facillitate entry and exit from the vehicle but those of us with spouses who like to drive, know better.
Well there is finally a use for these handles that does not have to do with whether the light was actually yellow or red.
This clever product from Kicky Pants is sure to keep babies and toddlers busy, as well as toys off the floor, meaning a much quieter ride and less reason to be afraid! Very easy to install, you just stretch the Auto Mobile from door to door in the back seat, velcro-ing the strap around the aforementioned ceiling handles.
They come with 3 rings (but, you can add more with Linkadoos, if you wish) that you can hang your child’s favorite toys from to create stimulating back seat scenery. The traveling mobiles I had with my kids were always kind of cheesy, I love the idea of creating my own with whatever the child is most interested in at the time.
The Auto Mobile will help you to create perfect back seat entertainment for newborns and toddlers. Kicky Pants is also an an eco-friendly clothing company that has a fabulous selection of bamboo fiber clothing that is high quality, stylish, and very, very soft.
And now for your confession and a chance to win it – we are giving away one Auto Mobile in Blue with Brown Dots!
Tell us in the comments:
1.What do you call your car handles?
2. What favorite toy your child won’t leave the house with out?
One lucky winner will be chosen on Friday July 25, at 11pm.
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July 19th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
We call them Oh sh!t grips. And my daughter will not get in the vehicle without her crayons. Thanks so much for the opportunity.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I thought we were the only ones who names our car handles…we call it the Hail Mary bar. My boys love thier matchbox cars and go everwhere with them.
Thanks so much for this giveaway.
July 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
for when hubs is driving or teaching the kids…oh crap is the nice handle…or hold on for your life handle
\the favorite toy the young ones like is the etch a sketch
July 21st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Awesome!
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 am
We call the handles “oh S**t bars!” The kiddo used to never leave the house without something, anything… no matter where we were going, now, not so much but I expect that to change with baby #2 coming any day now!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:23 am
Oooo, I’d love to win this!
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
We car our car handles hooks! My daughter WILL NOT leave the house without her little teddy bear, that used to be mine. LOL.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
1. I call them “Hanger Handles”. I always thought they were for hanging clothes or suits or somethin;) hehe
2. My child will not leave the house without his little play keys that look very real and make the sounds of a car driving away!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
We’ve always called them “Flip Grips.” And my daughter does not leave the house without at least one doll. She usually picks a different one each time.
gkstratos@y ahoo.com
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
we call them handles.the kids must have their ninendo ds.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
LOL…just handles…our granddaughter will not leave without her American Girl Doll
THANKS
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
“Uppers.” Yeah, I know that’s pathetic.
We never leave home without sippy cups! EVER!
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
we call it the thinges her toy horse
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
we call it the thinges her toy horse
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:58 am
We call them the “hang on” bars. My daughter takes her “bankie” everywhere. We’d be in big trouble if we left it behind.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
My son calls mine the closet (because I usually have an extra set of clothes hanging from it). My youngest doesn’t have a favorite toy she loves them all. However my oldest son use to take a stuffed Baby Bop everywhere we went.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
We call them horses (hang on to your horses)lol My son always takes his teddy bear everywhere.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
I call it ‘the handles’ haha. My son won’t leave home without SOME sort of racecar, haha, but I have a baby due in October so I’d love to win this for him!
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
we just call them handles-our granddaughter will not go anywhere with out her favorite stuffed teddy bear
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Well, we called our handles “oh sh!t” handles until our 2 year old learned the word, we now call them “oh goooooodness” handles and in a small southern toddler voice, you can hear “oh goooooooodness, mama” in the back seat of the car, often.
Our son will not leave the house without, “John America”, a little yellow plane. On a beach trip to Florida we took our 2 year old son into a beach shop so he could choose one souvenir. Instead of picking, shells, buckets, or anything beachy, he picked out this yellow airplane. He went to grab it one day so we could leave the house and I asked him, “what’s that planes name?” Out of no where he says, “John America”. Not sure where this came from, we don’t know anyone named John and I guess he has just picked up America from hearing it.
Anyway, we laugh all the time when we leave the house and say, “don’t forget John America”.
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Well, we called our handles “oh sh!t” handles until our 2 year old learned the word, we now call them “oh goooooodness” handles and in a small southern toddler voice, you can hear “oh goooooooodness, mama” in the back seat of the car, often.
Our son will not leave the house without, “John America”, a little yellow plane. On a beach trip to Florida we took our 2 year old son into a beach shop so he could choose one souvenir. Instead of picking, shells, buckets, or anything beachy, he picked out this yellow airplane. He went to grab it one day so we could leave the house and I asked him, “what’s that planes name?” Out of no where he says, “John America”. Not sure where this came from, we don’t know anyone named John and I guess he has just picked up America from hearing it.
Anyway, we laugh all the time when we leave the house and say, “don’t forget John America”.
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Well, we call them the Oh S#!t Handles..
And I can happily say that we dont have a toy that we cant leave home without..
We just found out we are expecting, so that is soon to come!
Thanks for the contest!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
We just call them handles. My daughter will not leave without her Laugh & Learn Puppy.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:27 am
I guess we just call them the hanger thingies but now I’m wishing I call them something fun like I’m reading about in the comments. Oh well.
As for the toy that must come with us, it’s a star rattle that has a different type of linky toy shape coming off each of the star’s points.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:17 am
We call it the hang-on handle. My kids bring whatever baby is their favorite at the moment (baby being their fav. stuffed animal of the moment). Older kids-ipod.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:56 am
We too are unoriginal and call them “oh sh*t” bars. I have often used those exact words while grabbing on for dear life driving through the snowy mountains. Now that we have a little one, it’s definitely time to come up with a new name!
We cannot leave home without our binky. No toy attachments yet (he has a few favorites) but I have already been advised that when he does attach to one, go buy 3 of them in case you ever lose one.
July 24th, 2008 at 7:14 am
never called them anything in fact dont think I have ever used them in a sentence – my grandson wouldnt leavae the house without a match box car!
July 24th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
We call them the “oh sh!t” handles, too, but I guess when our son’s old enough we’ll have to thing of something less risque.
Right now, he won’t leave the house without his blanky my sister made him, and his little purple elephant from his jungle mat, that you pull down & stretch out it’s string and it climbs back up. Hard to describe, but he just loooooves it
July 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
We call them dry cleaning holders.
He loves holding blocks.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
They are ‘Oh Crap’ handles and we can’t leave without the Dora sippy.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Handles.
This is a clever idea!
July 24th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Handles.
This is a clever idea!
July 24th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Handles.
This is a clever idea!
July 24th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
We call them Hooks. We don’t go anywhere without hand-held video games.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Jesus bars!
Beanie Babies
theyyyguy@yahoo.com
July 24th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
We just call them handles! My daughter never goes anywhere without her teddy bear.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
My kids call them brakes. When they think I am driving too fast, they pull on them and say they are putting on the brakes. My son will not leave home without his Elmo boombox.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:55 am
We call them either “oh Sh!t” handles or just hanger bars – right now, we never leave without a pacifier.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:10 am
we call them thingys and my son wont leave the house without his incredible hulk doll
July 25th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Handle thingies
His big dump truck
July 25th, 2008 at 11:45 am
1.What do you call your car handles?
Handles.
2. What favorite toy your child won’t leave the house with out?
Scott the baby doll.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Our handle is nicknamed “JAWS” and the favorite toy is the magic 8 ball with the magic slate/dry board. many thanks SW
July 25th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
We call the handles,The Raft
Can not leave without blankie and doll
CharlieGurl57@aol.com
July 25th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
What a great idea! Make sure you only install soft toys though so people don’t get hit in the head! I guess I call them “handles”. I’m boring, what can I say.
We have no favorite toys that leave the house because I keep toys in the car. I have travel magna doodles, hot wheels and a squeeky soft rattle toy for the baby
July 25th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
1. I have it on good authority that those handles have come to be called the “Oh Sh*t Bar” by most young men. I use to hang the items I got out of the dry cleaners from them on the way home but don’t remember calling them anything.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
We don’t really have a name for it. My daughter always has to take a doll.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
.What do you call your car handles? Handles. 2. What favorite toy your child won’t leave the house with out? john deere teether
July 25th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
1. don’t have a special name for car handles
2. teddy bear
July 25th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
We call them “Oh S**t grips” but since my son is picking up words now we will be changing that. I like the oh goodness bars a person posted earlier. I will have to use that instead. As long as my son has a car with him he is good. It usally doesn’t matter which one. He switches favorites.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:39 am
we also call them the oh shit bars, although i guess that will be changing now that our little one is copying everything that comes out of our mouths! i never leave the house without this silly little plastic lion toy that came from some circus toy set…out of all the things, such a funny toy for her to love!! it was her first animal sound, we were driving around one day and she was holding on to him and started saying “ahhraahhhr.” priceless…
July 28th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
We call them dry cleaning holders… b/c that’s typically all we use them for. We have a baby on the way, so I’m interested to see what toy they won’t be able to live without.
August 18th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
We call the “Oh sh!t grips”….at least my hubby and I do
Let’s see… my daughter grabs as many stuffed animals as her little 3 year old arms will hold. I am constantly cleaning them out fo my car. Hey, whatever works!