What ink do I need to buy for fingerprinting in Wedding guest book?

[Rocksie]

I am getting married soon and have seen an alternative to guests signing the wedding guest book. They add their fingerprints using ink pads and then draw on the fingerprints to turn them into characters.

See #9 picture in this link to get a better idea!www.somedaysay.blogspot.co.uk

When I've been searching for ink I didn't realise you could get different types. I need ink that doesn't stain or smudge as don't want guests clothes ruined or my guestbook full of smudged fingerprints :)

Any experts out there?

I wouldn't say I'm an expert, but we had a finger print tree at our wedding and we just bought some little ink pads from a local craft shop. I don't know if you have a Hobbycraft near you but they would sell something similar.

Quick search online finds -
www.hobbycraft.co.uk/papercraft/stamping-and-embossing/ink-pads

There's probably something on Ebay too.

We provided wet wipes to clean fingers and made sure a little bin was handy to put them in.

Sounds a bit grim to me to be honest. Who wants inky Fingets when wearing their lovely new expensive dress?
Yes yes to wipes and you need to test the inks and wipes to make sure it 100% comes off very easily. If not, could be cause of lots of aggro...'remember the wedding we went to when I ended up covered in ink...'

Should have finished by saying, it's your day and of course you must do what you want, not what miseries like me say.
Have a great day.

I'm with Chocolate - I'd be looking for the co-ordinating pot of cheek swabs for "provide a DNA sample of our day".

If you really want fingerprint cuteness, you should do it - but, bet folk raise a quietly questioning eyebrow and you land up with rainbow marks on your frock.

A doodle book?

Baby wipes get most craft ink pad ink off fingers but try first!! Also provide some tissues so they can dry off after using the wet wipes.

If you want the prints to last forever then you need archival quality inks but are probably limited in colour and fingers may be harder to clean.

Are you arresting them?

Haha - is this a real thing?

You will have a book full of thumb prints turned into willies, and everyone will have ink all over their clothes

Thanks for the replies

Don't get it I'm afraid. sounds fun for 4 year olds on a wet Wednesday, but not for a wedding.

This sounds like a fun idea to me. Don't know why some people are so down on it. Pretty sure most adults are grown up enough to not put an inky finger all over themselves especially if you have wipes right there!

Fingerprints is my job so if you want the good stuff try Tetra Scene of Crime or WA Products for ink. They sell wipes too that'll get the ink off no probs . Link to ink: Ink. Heres some wipes: Wipes