Baby Steps was originated in 2001 by Bets de
Wet, following an episode of the TV program,
“Believe It Or Not”, in which she had seen a
mould being made of an engaged couple’s
clasped hands. This fascinated her to such
an extent that she started to do research on
the material required doing the same.
Finally she found the material, and as it
was quite expensive, she decided to
experiment on something smaller than
grown-up’s hands. Instead she used her
granddaughter’s doll and with the resulting
tiny little hands and feet, the idea for
Baby Steps was born. Since then we have made
thousands of sets for customers all over
South Africa with this innovative idea, you
will always be reminded of how small your
newborn’s hands and feet were at birth. A
photograph can never portray it with the
same reality. And perhaps when your baby
turns 21, you could give it to her/him to
remember those tiny hands and feet which now
fit in a number 7 or 10 shoe, whichever the
case may be. It’s unbelievable!
Another option is to make a cast of one of
your newborn’s feet and to add a new cast
every year on his/her birthday for the next
six years or until he/she goes to school. In
time, all the casts are mounted in one big
frame, with a plaque for each cast to
display the date on which that particular
mould was made.
Or, how about making moulds of mom or dad’s
hand with the newborn’s hand in it, or
grandmother’s praying hands or even
grandfather’s work-callused hands? If you
just got engaged or married, eternalize your
clasping hands, mounted on a wooden stand
and sealed with a see through cylinder.
If your frame-set or mount is well looked
after, it could last for a very long time to
be passed down from generation to
generation.
