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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 155328" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>I'm afraid I'm not going to be ANY help to you as the owner of 443 beanie babies, 38 beanie buddies, 3 more 18 gallon totes full of stuffies and a teddy that is patched and as old as I am - and he doesn't tell any of my secrets to this day! He's in the will - he goes with me. </p><p></p><p>My Mom had the same problem with me when I was little - huge allergies,but larger love of stuffed animals. (apparently I am not cured). Lol </p><p></p><p>BUT - (swallows lump in throat) I KNOW for a fact that nearly 500 beanies had to be worth something. And offered to donate them to a kid with cancer who was asking the community for help. His parent said "Thanks but we're looking for big ticket items." I was crushed - Did she have ANY idea how much that many beanies were worth? - So back in the totes they went. And will stay. </p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as playing with them ? Why not a nice rug - and drag a box at a time out? Let her play with them and before you put them back in the box tell Duckie - OKAY....If you had to pick 5 favorites which would they be? Put them in the box. And put the rest in a 'new' box. Each time she gets a box of stuffies out - before they get put away - she has to tell you her top 5 and the rest? Go in that NEW box. When you have gone through all the totes dump the 'new' box out and tell her to pick 5 out of that - put the rest back in the new box, each with a hug and a kiss and have Duckie tell all her stuffies that THEY have been chosen to go to (orphanage, red cross for disaster victims, cancer ward at a childrens hospital, victim's advocate at police station for sexually abused and battered kids) Then let her say her goodbyes and wish the stuffies well as they make another child who doesn't have ONE single animal - VERY HAPPY. </p><p></p><p>This teaches so many lessons it's just layered with love - especially from the heart of a child. </p><p></p><p>If she has THAT many - you may want to call the local paper - and have them do a story on places that need/want stuffies and how caring and generous Duckie was. I understand about keeping them - really. lol </p><p>Our local places like above - have told me they have a need for teddy bears not beanies - lol. </p><p></p><p>Curse of the beanies. Maybe Ebay? lol </p><p></p><p>Cripes now I sound like I'm in slave trade. haha.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 155328, member: 4964"] I'm afraid I'm not going to be ANY help to you as the owner of 443 beanie babies, 38 beanie buddies, 3 more 18 gallon totes full of stuffies and a teddy that is patched and as old as I am - and he doesn't tell any of my secrets to this day! He's in the will - he goes with me. My Mom had the same problem with me when I was little - huge allergies,but larger love of stuffed animals. (apparently I am not cured). Lol BUT - (swallows lump in throat) I KNOW for a fact that nearly 500 beanies had to be worth something. And offered to donate them to a kid with cancer who was asking the community for help. His parent said "Thanks but we're looking for big ticket items." I was crushed - Did she have ANY idea how much that many beanies were worth? - So back in the totes they went. And will stay. As far as playing with them ? Why not a nice rug - and drag a box at a time out? Let her play with them and before you put them back in the box tell Duckie - OKAY....If you had to pick 5 favorites which would they be? Put them in the box. And put the rest in a 'new' box. Each time she gets a box of stuffies out - before they get put away - she has to tell you her top 5 and the rest? Go in that NEW box. When you have gone through all the totes dump the 'new' box out and tell her to pick 5 out of that - put the rest back in the new box, each with a hug and a kiss and have Duckie tell all her stuffies that THEY have been chosen to go to (orphanage, red cross for disaster victims, cancer ward at a childrens hospital, victim's advocate at police station for sexually abused and battered kids) Then let her say her goodbyes and wish the stuffies well as they make another child who doesn't have ONE single animal - VERY HAPPY. This teaches so many lessons it's just layered with love - especially from the heart of a child. If she has THAT many - you may want to call the local paper - and have them do a story on places that need/want stuffies and how caring and generous Duckie was. I understand about keeping them - really. lol Our local places like above - have told me they have a need for teddy bears not beanies - lol. Curse of the beanies. Maybe Ebay? lol Cripes now I sound like I'm in slave trade. haha. [/QUOTE]
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