Ideas on how to show off pins n the parks - OTHER than lanyards?

[_frazzle]

Hiya! I'm an avid Stitch pin collector. I've got 13 lanyards full of pins so far, and I decided that on my first trip to Disneyland (I used to work at WDW, but had never worn more than 3 lanyards at a time) I'd proudly display all of them! Well, other than a aching neck at the end of the day, I found I lost around 4 pins even though they had the lock backs on them. Is there any other way of wearing your pins, or maybe some custom ideas you have? I've seen people wearing the vest, but I've found that vests don't really look too nice on me

Any ideas are welcome!

 

[tsa]

Last trip I saw a both father and a son wearing a "fishing hat" (we call them bucket hats here). The hats were filled with pins. I thought it was a great way to display. My DS ended up putting his on his "geek pack" (AKA fanny bag ) He kept the traders in the bag and displayed the ones he was most proud of. It worked sooooo well that we had to go buy my fashionista 12 yo DD a geek pack for our next trip.

By the way my DS10 LOVES LOVE LOVES stitch pins. Are there better places than others to find them??? Thanks for your help

 

[baseballmom51]

well both my ideas were mentioned. A vest would be best, but even then you could possible lose one or two when getting on and off rides. We have also used the hat idea. My son loved it, but it can get heavy by the end of a trip.

Maybe you could make a sash ....

or just do the hat and showcase different pins on different trips.

 

[carrie1626]

I have my own Blue-jean sleevless vest and wore pins on it when I vacationed in November. Won't be doing that for my upcoming Aug trip though.