https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 18:10:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2509405 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:24:43 +0000 petitenoisette 2509405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: Haha, I love this! Maybe our dog will "accidentally" get a hold of some of LO's stuffed animals.</p> <p>I am anti-stuffed animal. I just don't get the allure of having tons (and I know my daughter might feel differently and I remember having tons growing up but that's sort of why I'm not into it!). It's not so bad yet but in-laws seems to be giving her them regularly. She does for some reason love the one she got from FIL for Easter so we'll keep that one for now :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2509390 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:18:32 +0000 808love 2509390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to be this only ONE stuffed animal person. Yah, that didn't happen. We donate and I still have a hundred. Most are in in a hammock hanging in the corner. Some are in a giant ugly cardboard box waiting for their next house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2509147 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:40:57 +0000 jape14 2509147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got DS a monogrammed bunny last year for his first Easter and won't be getting him anymore bunnies in the future. (He's 19mo.) MIL got him a bunny that may end up our dog's thanks to @LBee: and her genius idea!</p> <p>I did also get DS a panda bla bla doll for his basket this year bc his version of the word panda is so cute that I want him to say it all the time. He has a pretty large menagerie going in his crib right now -- fox lovey, giant Elmo (sometimes the backup Elmo joins in so then we have "two Melmos"), a dog, a raccoon pillow thingy, a jellycat elephant, and now the panda. So, when the twins are toddlers, they too may decide they want to fill their cribs with stuffed animals and then they'll get used! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2509146 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:40:07 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2509146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: me too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2509136 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:32:43 +0000 ShootingStar 2509136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: It may be that as the twins get older you'll get less and less stuff for them. DS is two now and the stream of gifts is definitely smaller than it once was. </p> <p>I basically have a giant garbage bag full of stuffed animals that need to be given away. Most were never even played with, he never had much interest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2509118 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:18:41 +0000 LovelyPlum 2509118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do the same-pack them away and bring them out the next year. She loves unpacking the decorations and find old friends again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2509110 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 08:10:31 +0000 PinkElephant 2509110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do what @skipra: mentioned for all holiday themed toys (stuffed and otherwise) - pack them away with the decorations and bring them out each year. It makes them new and fun again, they can double as decirations, and it's easy to see/keep track of what we have, because I store in large clear Sterilite containers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508474 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:46:30 +0000 OldpuebloJenn 2508474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All Easter animals (bunnies, ducks, lambs) get packed away in the Easter box. She gets more and more excited each holiday as she knows there will be holiday specific stuffed animals to play with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508467 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:39:27 +0000 rattles 2508467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: yikes! That's a lot! I like your storing plan, if there's room. I store our Christmas themed ones too, and it's nice to have kid-friendly and interactive decorations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508461 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:37:05 +0000 rattles 2508461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: oh okay, I read the "I'm assuming I'll always get bunnies" as your plan to buy them. Maybe it won't be an issue then? My girls got them as gifts from family their first Easter but didn't after that. We're 6 Easters in (combined) and only have 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508460 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:36:55 +0000 skipra 2508460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: I bought LO1 a stuffed bunny for his first Easter. He is 3.5 and we have about 8 Easter-ish stuffed animals now. It seems they just accumulate even if you don't buy them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508459 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:36:50 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2508459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, on track to have way too many stuffed animals &amp; DD is only 10mos. :shocked: She even got the same bunny again this year that the grandparents put in a basket for her last Easter before she was even born. Lol. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508458 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:35:03 +0000 BSB 2508458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: Oh, that's a good idea! I'll just pack them away with our seasonal stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508455 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:33:54 +0000 BSB 2508455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: Are you directing your question at me? This is our first Easter with the twins so I bought stuffed bunnies well before we got gifts from family. I don't think I'll buy bunnies in the futures since we already have them, but it won't prevent other family members from buying them for our kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508450 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:31:02 +0000 rattles 2508450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why would you continue to get them bunnies every year if they already have one? It seems like the problem could be solved by not creating it in the first place. As for getting too many stuffed animals in general though, I totally agree. Our police station takes gently used ones to distribute to kids in traumatic situations. Maybe look into that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508447 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:29:59 +0000 skipra 2508447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pack them all away with other Easter stuff. I do the same thing with all the holiday specific stuffed animals and toys. It's fun for the kids to play with them as the holiday approaches and makes our house feel a little more festive, I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508444 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:28:25 +0000 LBee 2508444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We may or may not give them to the dogs. </p> <p>Don't judge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508442 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:27:32 +0000 BSB 2508442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: Yup, we have a lot of stuffed animals. It also doesn't help that if I see any whales, dolphins or shark stuffed animals, I'll buy them. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508428 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:19:34 +0000 DesertDreams88 2508428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How about what to do with stuffed animals in general?? My 2 month old already has two full boxes of stuffed animal gifts... I have no idea what a 2 month old is going to do with them.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508400 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:55:27 +0000 BSB 2508400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I was thinking to redistribute the Easter baskets so people don't have to keep buying new baskets each year. </p> <p>Not sure how others feel about me regifting baskets, but I could tell giftees to reuse the baskets they gave my kids. Especially some of the ones that are personalized. I doubt my kids would notice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508394 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:52:25 +0000 Foodnerd81 2508394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put a stuffed Bonnie that she got last year back into her Easter basket this year. She doesn't mind yet. :silly: </p> <p>Right now we just keep piling the stuffed animals up but eventually I don't know. We also now have about ten Easter baskets. My mom usually sends us a basket so I'm going to give her the empties to reuse next year at least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-do-with-all-the-stuff-animals-from-easter#post-2508375 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:42:42 +0000 BSB 2508375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm assuming, I'll always get stuffed bunnies (or stuffed animals) every Easter. What do you do with them? At some point, you'll have too many bunnies.</p> <p>This is only our first Easter but maybe I'll get in the habit of donating them. Maybe it will be a good tradition to start with the kids.</p> <p>ETA: I only got two bunnies from family, but I did buy some stuffed bunnies for the twins this year. </p>