WAGA-TV reports that PattyJo Marsh and her husband, Jacob Edwards, tattooed themselves and six children using a plastic pen body with a needle made from a guitar string connected to an electric motor.

Five children got a cross-like tattoo on their hands and a sixth had “mom and dad” inked on his arm.

The pair were arrested after the biological mother of two of the children complained the tattoos wouldn’t wash off.

“I’m their mother,” Marsh said. “Shouldn’t I be able to decide if they get one?”

Under Georgia state law, children under the age of 18 cannot get tattoos and no tattoos can be given by anyone other than a licensed professional.

Marsh and Edwards are charged with three counts each of illegal tattooing, second-degree child cruelty and reckless conduct. Both bonded out of jail Friday.