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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 10352" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>several years ago when I was working in restaurants and very very poor....my mom insisted all of us each buy gifts for each other-----and well, I could not afford it......well, where I worked we got cottage cheese in these big containers with lids, kinda like you get at grocery for home but bigger. I got this idea- I hot glued yarn on the lid, LOL LOL......and used a sharpie and drew a face......on the side of the container....</p><p>Inside I put a flashlite and batteries, matches, a couple Bic lighters, some candles, some energy bars. a deck of cards.......</p><p>I named my creation with some cutesy name (I forget what right now) and made a little card tag thing to hang on the back of it....something about how the critter was their new family member to sit on a kitchen counter or linen closet shelf to be ready for them when there was a power outtage. - at which time he would become their BEST friend. </p><p>LOL, I was so self impressed, thinking his shape and size would be easy to find in the dark......and cute enough to not have to be hidden.....so handy? </p><p>I made one for mom and each sibling. Alas, my family was NOT impressed at all. :-(</p><p>They dismantled the critters as part of post Christmas cleanup and shoved their flashlites in a drawer. - threw the rest away. :-(</p><p>That was MANY years ago.......almost 20 years ago......</p><p>Mine however still sits on my kitchen counter. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 10352, member: 1697"] several years ago when I was working in restaurants and very very poor....my mom insisted all of us each buy gifts for each other-----and well, I could not afford it......well, where I worked we got cottage cheese in these big containers with lids, kinda like you get at grocery for home but bigger. I got this idea- I hot glued yarn on the lid, LOL LOL......and used a sharpie and drew a face......on the side of the container.... Inside I put a flashlite and batteries, matches, a couple Bic lighters, some candles, some energy bars. a deck of cards....... I named my creation with some cutesy name (I forget what right now) and made a little card tag thing to hang on the back of it....something about how the critter was their new family member to sit on a kitchen counter or linen closet shelf to be ready for them when there was a power outtage. - at which time he would become their BEST friend. LOL, I was so self impressed, thinking his shape and size would be easy to find in the dark......and cute enough to not have to be hidden.....so handy? I made one for mom and each sibling. Alas, my family was NOT impressed at all. :-( They dismantled the critters as part of post Christmas cleanup and shoved their flashlites in a drawer. - threw the rest away. :-( That was MANY years ago.......almost 20 years ago...... Mine however still sits on my kitchen counter. :-) [/QUOTE]
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