I bought a bed canopy for each of my daughers...these are the ones that are made out of a netting type material and hang from a round hoop. I was taking them out of the bags to hang up and saw a warning on the back of the pakcage that says they are flamable and to keep away from open flame and sources of ignition. My insticts tell me this is not a good thing to hand above my children's heads...what do you think? am I being paranoid?

By Eve on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 07:14 pm:

Hmmmm, gosh I never thought about that! Well, I guess I would question if you are very careful with pajamas, pillows, sheets, stuffed animals, blankets. I would say to follow your instincts on this one. I imagine that it would be fine. If it's going to nag and nag at you, I would put it over a chair in their room instead. That's a bummer! Who would have thought?

By Yjja123 on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 07:31 pm:

But in reality isn't everything else flamable too? The sheets, pillows, comforters, etc?
I think it would be fine but if you will not be comfortable by all means put it somewhere else.

By Bobbie on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 08:19 pm:

I agree. Most everything in the room is flamable. Are they burning candles in their rooms or something that would make it high risk? If not I would say there isn't any more risk than they normally are under. Go with your feelings on it. But personally I don't see it making any higher of a risk..

By Conni on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 08:39 pm:

You know, I was totally paranoid for yrs about our home/children/fires... We had a group of people over in January and one of the husbands was a fireman. It dawned on me while he was here to ask him about all the things that I obsessively worry about. LOL Anyway, he said what it all boils down too is making sure your smoke alarms work!! He said that is what saves lives--the smoke alarms.

So if it were me I would hang them up and let the girls enjoy them. But make sure all your smoke alarms have new batteries outside their rooms. Oh and dont burn candles around them like someone else mentioned.

By Marg on Wednesday, March 31, 2004 - 08:40 pm:

The worse thing is stuffed animals! Someone gave dds a huge polar bear (at least 4'). Oldest dd threw up on it and there was no way to clean it, so eventually I took it and put it in the burn barrel, POOF, a big ball of fire and it was gone it about 10 seconds, scary!

By Colette on Thursday, April 1, 2004 - 06:08 am:

If you are worried, you can buy a spray that makes material flame retardent.

By Janet on Thursday, April 1, 2004 - 11:27 am:

My dd wants one of these in the worst way...I love them, but I KNOW our kitty would love it even more! LOL