8 ways to pin your Remembrance Day poppy

Keeping your poppy pinned to your coat or shirt can be a challenge, as Ottawa Morning host Robyn Bresnahan shared Thursday. Here are ways to help keep that poppy on.

Robyn Bresnahan, host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning, asks for help keeping her poppy on

CBC News · Posted: Nov 05, 2015 10:35 AM EST | Last Updated: November 5, 2015

There are creative ways to make sure your poppy does not fall off. Twitter provided eight examples for Robyn Bresnahan, host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)

Keeping the Remembrance Day poppy pinned to your coat or shirt can be a challenge, as experienced by Robyn Bresnahan, host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning.

I would like someone to invent a poppy that actually stays where it is supposed to.
—@RobynBresnahan

Her frustration resonated with others, too.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> I've lost 3 in a week
—@CapitalOttawa

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> I hear you. I'm 0 for 2 so far. Seeking a new one today.
—@ElynJonesCBC

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> As a kid we loved collecting all the lost poppies; now as an adult I cling desperately to my one poppy.
—@CynthiaDunlavy

Twitter provided eight ways to solve the dilemma.

1. Push the pin back.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> someone showed me if you push the pin back through the poppy, it stays put. Haven’t lost a poppy since!
—@MsLamby

2. Use clay or Play-Doh.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> I put a tiny bit of clay or play dough over the tip! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/teachertips?src=hash">#teachertips</a> 😊
—@acraftymom

3. Use a Canada pin.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> this might work....and very Canadian... <a href="https://t.co/tmr2dAxqbW">pic.twitter.com/tmr2dAxqbW</a>
—@MarcotheLuck

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> just put a little Canada flag pin the middle.
—@outwardmom

4. Use tape.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> I roll a piece of electrical tape around the end of the needle.
—@Milnoc

5. Use backs of earrings.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> I use an earring back
—@temptrish

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> I've used earring backings to keep poppies in place. Just put an earring backing on the pin!
—@mourning_dove_3

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> All they need to do is provide a transparent plastic or rubber type earring backing on the poppy pin.
—@mourning_dove_3

6. Use eraser from lead pencil.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> take the eraser off a lead pencil and use it as a stopper.
—@OttawaJay

7. Replace poppy with poppy pin.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> heavy duty pin on ones are great! Got them at the army half marathon. <a href="https://t.co/rZU2MP01hy">pic.twitter.com/rZU2MP01hy</a>
—@Aussie5Heron

8. Replace the poppy with a poppy sticker.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> I'd like to see the poppy sticker catch on.
—@NFB_Jennifer

The Royal Canadian Legion also has the poppy sticker, which can be helpful for many elementary schools. ((Robin Rowland/CBC))

In the end, having to buy multiple poppies might not be the worst thing as one person points out.

<a href="https://twitter.com/RobynBresnahan">@RobynBresnahan</a> Would be a serious loss of revenue for the Legion. You lose. You keep buying. You keep paying.
—@bernieshinder

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