Recommendations for Blackout Curtains That Actually Blackout the Light?

We got the black Eclipse ones and haven't had a problem since. Actually, I probably better go buy another set since we found out we're pregnant again and baby #2 will need them.

The ones Walmart sells work fine.

I have PB kids blackout curtains in both my kids room. Pink polka dots in my daughter's room and they are great. They make the room like night even in the middle of the day. Expensive but I got mine on sale and with a coupon so it wasn't too bad. If you are fortunate to have one of the outlet stores near you they have them there too.

If you have a sewing machine, get some blackout lining at a Fabric store like JoAnn's and sew the pink curtains to the lining. Much cheaper.

Just buy the blackout material at a fabric store (it is white and totally blacks things out) and sew/hot glue gun/attach it to the back of your current curtains. It works GREAT.

I got some from Home Depot, they even cut them to size but if you have them cut make sure you are careful opening up the little cells because the blackout paper tries to separate from the blind. Anyway I got it for my kids so they would sleep in on the weekends, bad mom, I know. It could be noon and you can't see your hand in front of your face in there.

I bought ours at Home Depot. They work great.

A friend of mine just tapes aluminum foil to the window.

I bought taupe colored ones at Costco for the MBR. I could totally see how how pink ones would glow pink.

Naturally, if you want black, then buy black. Otherwise, the rubberized back still allows some bright light through.

I made this same mistake...but who would have thought....mine were tan and they didn't do any good. I bought chocolate brown ones though, tacked them to the wall instead of using the curtain rod...and its black as night in our bedroom now. I know...not the prettiest thing...but my husband works nights and we had to do something. Right now that's working.

I have the Eclipse in both my kids rooms and they work great. The trick is that the black-out has to overlap past your walls when hung to maximize covering the most light possible. My kids rooms can be pitch black during the day for naptime. Do not just hang them just inside the window. Hang the drapes high and attach the black-out behind. Make sense? If not, write me back.

We bought some on Overstock in beige and they work really, really well. I think they have other sizes, too, but this is them:

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Grommet-Top-Thermal-...

IKEA has blackout curtains.

Go to Walmart and buy a roll of that black material that goes in a garden to block out the weeds from growing. Several of my friends that that on the inside side of the glass in their windows. It works really well. Otherwise you have to take into consideration that there is space between the curtain rod and the walls and the curtains. Unless you cover the glass there will be light coming in around the edges no matter what sort of curtains you put up.

In child care we were required to darken the classrooms at nap time yet still had to be able to see the face of a child laying on a cot across the room. The room had to be 60% darker. We used mini blinds and put them inside the window frame instead of on the outside close to where the curtain rods were attached. This method allowed very little light to filter through. We could still see all the kids but the room was quite a bit darker.