Help your child connect with a Guardian, learn what it represents, and share that learning in everyday life. You do not need to teach a formal course or assemble a kit.
Find a school team, support a library, or rally around public safety. Adults handle the fundraising; children can enjoy SmartSlaps without a donation or public account.
Adults manage teams and fundraising links. Children have no sales quotas.
Start with a Guardian available through your program. Explore the full directory together without assuming every character is currently available by mail.
Explore the Guardian directoryCheck the SmartSlaps against your confirmed household request. Let each child choose from the available Guardians. Get permission before placing one on a notebook, binder, or another personal item.
Open the Guardian directory and learn about your child's character. Ask what caught their interest and what they would like to learn next.
Help your child practice a short explanation. Sharing is voluntary and belongs in a safe, adult-approved setting. No child needs to approach strangers or produce donations.
Ask your child to explain one thing their Guardian represents and choose one small, practical way to use that learning this week. Talking, drawing, or writing are all options.
One adult requests the household quantity and Guardian preferences. Do not send children's names, birth dates, photos, or a separate request for every sibling.
We send the SmartSlaps. Parents, educators, and community partners access the instructions and program resources online. Requests are reviewed and fulfilled as funding and inventory allow.
Physical delivery includes the confirmed SmartSlaps and a brief printed guide to the online instructions. Decorative boxes, individual wrapping, laminated guides, and a full printed packet are not the standard delivery.
A child can participate fully without a scan, a donation, or a public post.
Learning, communication, responsibility, and community connection come first. The envelope QR opens instructions. Existing SmartSlap codes keep their established learning or support destinations.
Questions or difficulty using online instructions? Contact SmartSlaps. Our existing parent safety pledge and privacy promises continue below.
A letter to parents, from parents. Before we ever printed a single sticker or launched a single page, we asked the same questions you would ask for your own child: Is this safe? What happens when someone scans it? Who gets my child's data?
SmartSlaps participation does not require student accounts, cash handling, or fundraising quotas. Adults choose suitable activities and supervise children.
Our family founded SmartSlaps. We want parents to understand the program before deciding how their children will take part.
As a foundation built by a family, and advised by our own two children, Ava and Ricky, we understand that your child's safety is your absolute highest priority. Before we ever printed a single sticker or wrote a single line of code, we asked ourselves the same questions you are asking right now.
The sections below explain the information in our sticker QR codes, our participation rules, and the role of adult supervision.
You have a right to know exactly what happens when a community member points their phone at a SmartSlaps Guardian sticker.
The QR code on your child's sticker does not contain their name, age, grade, or photo. It opens the learning, instructions, or support destination assigned to that code. It does not automatically identify a child, select a recipient, or credit a challenge team.
A standard SmartSlap scan opens its assigned page without identifying a child. An adult chooses the intended recipient and uses the team’s own link when team credit is needed. Keep children’s identities out of public fundraising pages.
SmartSlaps stickers are high-quality vinyl only. They do not contain RFID chips, GPS trackers, or Bluetooth beacons. The platform does not track a child's physical location.
We do not collect student email addresses, we do not require student logins, and we will never market third-party products to children.
Children can learn and talk about their Guardians in supervised settings. They are not asked to sell products or solicit donations.
SmartSlaps eliminates the need for children to knock on strangers' doors to sell products or ask for support.
Children do not need to approach people about SmartSlaps. Adults should supervise activities and decide where sharing is appropriate.
We recommend stickers be placed on laptops, notebooks, or water bottles used in supervised spaces, rather than on the back of a backpack where they could be scanned outside the student's awareness.
Fundraising should not be a burden on your family's time or a liability placed on your child.
All transactions happen securely through a donor's own smartphone. Children do not carry cash, make change, or manage deposit envelopes.
There are no sales quotas, no fundraising punishments, and no pressure if a sticker is never scanned. If the sticker simply reminds a child of their civic duty, it has already done its job.
Adults manage fundraising pages and donations. Children can use the stickers, play the games, and join learning activities without raising money.
Read the privacy policy or contact us with questions.
Read how sticker QR codes work, what participation involves, and who handles donations.
SmartSlaps is built to protect student anonymity, avoid unsafe fundraising practices, and keep kids out of cash handling and active solicitation.
Children do not need a student account, a donation, or a fundraising target to participate.
These answers cover common questions about SmartSlaps participation.
No. The QR code does not contain your child's name, grade, age, photo, or personal profile. It opens the learning, instructions, or support destination assigned to that code. For team credit, adults use the team’s own fundraising link and check the intended recipient before giving.
No. SmartSlaps stickers are vinyl only. They do not contain GPS, RFID, Bluetooth, or any hidden tracking technology. The platform does not track a child's physical movements.
No. SmartSlaps is designed for passive engagement, not active solicitation. Students are not expected to knock on doors, approach strangers, or act like salespeople.
No. Transactions happen digitally through a donor's own smartphone. Children do not carry money, make change, or manage collection envelopes.
No. Participation is voluntary. There are no punishments, quotas, or pressure systems if a sticker is never scanned. The goal is civic connection, not burdening children.
No. We do not collect student email addresses, we do not require student logins, and we do not market third-party products to children.
We recommend placing them on laptops, notebooks, or water bottles used in supervised environments. We discourage placement where a sticker could be scanned outside a student's awareness.
Children are not asked to sell products, handle cash, or approach strangers. Adults supervise activities and manage any fundraising.
Contact us if you have a question about participation.