S/O Stuffed animals

fancynewbeesly · April 2014

So in reference to the other toy post where the mom took her children's toys away, what do you do with stuffed animals?

They seem to multiply. Daily. Like rabbits. We have a bunch in her room, but in the spare room I have just been tossing random stuffed animals that somehow she got/was given/nothing special ones. She doesn't notice they are gone.

Do you throw out stuffed animals? I don't think any place accepts them as donations--do they?

We are trying to get away from toys that are harder to keep germ free/clean (toys that can't be easily sprayed/wiped down/etc) Pretty much "soft toys"---obviously she has a lot, but some of them just NEED to go.

Any ideas?

notreallyirish · April 2014

I have what I call toy purgatory. Toys he doesn't care about or that I hate get hidden. If he doesn't ask about them for several months, off they go. He really has no interest in stuffed animals, so I've donated tons.

joyfullyfound · April 2014

We have a big decorative canvas bag in her room that I keep her stuffies in, and when it starts overflowing I donate the ones she/I like the least. We haven't had a problem donating them... they're always in great condition.

AimeeL85 · April 2014

Stuffed toys should be illegal. There are way too freakin' many, everywhere, and I think every parent hates them.

We have some in the toy room, some in each kid's room, even some in our master bedroom at the moment. I need to go through and get rid of a bunch but I don't know what to do with them. I don't know of any place that takes used ones as donations. Even my mom, who sells kids' items on consignment, doesn't take them at her store because they don't sell.

AimeeL85 · April 2014

joirish said:

I have what I call toy purgatory. Toys he doesn't care about or that I hate get hidden. If he doesn't ask about them for several months, off they go. He really has no interest in stuffed animals, so I've donated tons.

Totally doing this.

fancynewbeesly · April 2014

AimeeL85 said:

Stuffed toys should be illegal. There are way too freakin' many, everywhere, and I think every parent hates them.

We have some in the toy room, some in each kid's room, even some in our master bedroom at the moment. I need to go through and get rid of a bunch but I don't know what to do with them. I don't know of any place that takes used ones as donations. Even my mom, who sells kids' items on consignment, doesn't take them at her store because they don't sell.

This is my issue--and very few of them are "brand new" with tags. Mostly because Reese has OCD tendencies, and can't handle any tags on ANY stuffed animals--she has them come off immediately. So no tags, and used---I just can't see a donation place wanting them.

Rink08 · April 2014

We recently donated a few bagfuls to Purple Heart Pick Up. I just had to set up a pick up online, label the bags, and put them on our porch on the day it was scheduled.

Lindsay9911 · April 2014

Oh I feel you!! Stuffed animals are taking over our playroom! It doesn't help that my grandparents buy those huge holiday themed animals for my kids EVERY.STINKING.HOLIDAY.

My girls love them though!

AimeeL85 · April 2014

Lindsay9911 said:

Oh I feel you!! Stuffed animals are taking over our playroom! It doesn't help that my grandparents buy those huge holiday themed animals for my kids EVERY.STINKING.HOLIDAY. My girls love them though!

MIL showed up with a MASSIVE bunny at DS' birthday party, wasn't even a birthday gift, just some random thing she grabbed at BJs. I still don't know what the hell to do with that thing. Like really, you were a parent yourself, why would you do that to me?

jnksmom · April 2014

We have way too many at our house too. It's ridiculous. I would check with fire, police, and ambulance. Ours take used stuffed animals if they are in really good condition and give them to children who have to ride the ambulance, are in a car accident or a house fire.

magentawarped · April 2014

We actually had to tell my FIL to stop buying stuffed animals. He gave DD six of them for her last birthday. Six! And she gives not one fuck about any of them except the handful on her bed.

hokies94 · April 2014

joirish said:

I have what I call toy purgatory. Toys he doesn't care about or that I hate get hidden. If he doesn't ask about them for several months, off they go. He really has no interest in stuffed animals, so I've donated tons.

I do something similar. Toys/stuffed animals they don't play with get taken away when they're not home and put in my closet. If they don't ask for them I get rid of them. I've yet to find any place to donate stuffed animals. Do you have places around you that take them?

Cherryblossoms07 · April 2014

I go through them like all the other toys. If the kids don't play with them they get tossed in the donation box. I hate clutter!

I have never had a problem donating them with the rest of our stuff.

JeffandLeslie · April 2014

This might sound crazy but do you think an animal shelter would take them as dog toys? The post about the dog getting the extras made me wonder.

nonoemily · April 2014

We also put stuffed animals in the toy purgatory. We have one box for stuffed animals and they have to all fit in there, or someone needs to move out.

DS actually does play with them, though. He loves animals. This week he is obsessed with his bunnies and elephants. He also loves birds. He mostly has really small ones, which is nice.

A few months ago I took DS to my friends farm to buy sheeps milk. I thought he would like to meet the lambs. They were cute and wanted to play, but they were really loud and he got scared. Baby lambs made my son cry! So I bought him a tiny lamb stuffie and he carries it everywhere. He will tell you all about it, though- lambs are noisy! Lambs hurts my ears!

Chapter79 · April 2014

We give them to a local church. They use them for the small kiddos in the nursery.

shortstuff15 · April 2014

AimeeL85 said:

Lindsay9911 said:

Oh I feel you!! Stuffed animals are taking over our playroom! It doesn't help that my grandparents buy those huge holiday themed animals for my kids EVERY.STINKING.HOLIDAY. My girls love them though!

MIL showed up with a MASSIVE bunny at DS' birthday party, wasn't even a birthday gift, just some random thing she grabbed at BJs. I still don't know what the hell to do with that thing. Like really, you were a parent yourself, why would you do that to me?

My MIL has decided that each of my kids needs a huge animal. So for their first holiday, they get a life sized animal. I hate it but my kids actually play with those ones, so I can't get rid of them. We have about a million stuffed animals, but they are the only toys allowed in the bedroom so we keep them. I have one of those toy hammock things that they all go into.

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