When you are buying children’s bow earrings the first things you want to think about are quality and safety.  Buying quality earrings ensures you are getting value for your money and as always, your child’s safety is necessary.  Avoid earrings with any lead or cadmium since both are toxic.

Before you start shopping, the first question is whether your child is ready to have their ears pierced and to keep track of the earrings.  Even if you do not feel your child is quite ready for pierced ears, then you can find a wide variety of clip earrings so that your child can enjoy the look of earrings.

Some of the different types you will find are gold bow earrings, bow stud earrings, silver bow earrings, and diamond bow earrings.  All of these come in designs that are directly on the ear lobe or designs that dangle below the ear lobe.  Which one you choose will depend on your child’s age and activities.  For younger or active children, you will want to avoid earrings that dangle or that stands out from the ear.  For elementary school children, you may be able to choose something that stands out or dangles but keep in mind your child’s fashion sense and age appropriateness.  Middle school to high school opens up a world of opportunities.  The only concerns you will be concerned about at this point are safety and style.

When shopping for silver jewelry or silver bow stud earrings in particular, you will want to consider designers and quality.  Before you buy anything, you will want to be prepared with which designers you will consider.  The available selection is simply overwhelming at most department, accessory, and value stores.  You could end up picking up something at random when you do not know what you are getting.  The stores are supposed to screen quality, but recalls are becoming more and more common.

The other option is specialty store or internet shopping.  You have more quality with what you are getting that way.  Now, you may feel you have jumped into a pool way over your head when you see all the options.  Do not panic.  You can search by what type of earring you are trying to match or what metal you want.  You can also specify lead and cadmium free in your search.  To start you off here are a few good designers:  The Jewelry Vine, Love ivy, Juicy Couture, Children’s Earrings Guide, The Princess Store, and Etsy.com.