Beanie Babies what to do with them now?

[Fire14]

I work at a nursing home and we actually have some that were donated and they are attached to the pull cords, that the residents pull if they need assistance. Much easier for them to pull the beanie, then trying to pull the end of a small cord. We wash and or replace them periodically.

So check w/local nursing homes, too.....

we have some residents that have beanie type animals on their pull cords. I might have to bring in a few million to work.

 

[SeeDisney]

Think about donating them to the troops over in Iraq and Aghan. There's so many impoverished children over there and they'd cherish them.

 

[Tiffer]

I sent ours over to several of the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The soldiers liek to carry them around to give to the children. These little gestures go along way in improving relations between the troops and the locals. Plus it means so much to child who has so little I sent these in care packages that I sent to the troops that included stuff for them as well.

What a FABULOUS idea! Do you have an address? I would love to do this.

 

[Danemom]

I have been looking for one that looks like Princess Hollie the Yorkie !!!! Does anyone know if there is a Yorkie Beanie Baby ??????

Yep, it's called "Yapper".
stuffedark.com has a couple other stuffed yorkies

 

[Shagley]

My Mom just called her local Police station, and they said that they would be THRILLED to have them. I will be taking my beanies down there later this week. Thanks for starting this thread, otherwise my beanies would just be sitting in the closet for a few more years.

My beanies have been in a basket in my closet for the last few years, tucked way back in the corner out of the way. This spring, my cat was having a fit in the kitchen window, and when I went to see what was going on, there was a squirrel outside on the fence a few feet from the window just taunting her. She was soooo mad . A few hours later, I heard a lot of clunking noises in the living room. When I went in there, she had my squirrel beanie baby, and was beating the daylights out of it. She is a small cat, so that beanie was at least half her size. She would have had to get into my closet (which is usually closed), crawl over a shoe rack and under a dresser to the far back corner of my closet, and dig through a basket of about 75 beanies to find the squirrel and then haul it out of the closet. Apparently she was mad enough at that squirrel to go through all that effort

 

[travlnman1]

i actually have some beanie babies i paid nearly 100.00 for. OMG WAS A FREAKING BANANA'S OR WHAT!!!


now they are worth, hmmm...2.99 MAYBE.

Lesson learned. dammit.

I just cant part with them tho...who knows maybe in 20 yrs they will be worth 3.50.

Umm..I hate to admit it but I was the same way as nurseypoo was.
I have hundreds of $$ wrapped up in these things.

I can't give them away just yet either

DH built a plate shelf around the top of DD's bedroom and painted it a bright color and now all the beanies are on a high shelf going around my DD's room.
That way you can see them or take them down to play with but they are always out of the way!

 

[PaulaSue]

Our local SPCA takes them and resells them to raise money for the animal care.

 

[parrotheadlois]

What a FABULOUS idea! Do you have an address? I would love to do this.

Here's the link to the home page for Beanies for Baghdad. Then if you click on archives for December 2007, several addresses are there.

I chose Capt. Dutton.

My nephew is in the picture with the Viper unit. He was recently transferred to FOB Warrior, which is where Capt. Dutton is, so, I send my beanies there.

You'll see a list of other items they welcome as well.

It's a great thing to do to try to get the little kids to see that we really are good people

http://www.beaniesforbaghdad.com/

 

[cirquelovers]

Thank you for the link. My son thinks this is really neat and would love to send away his never played with beanies to some children who would love and appreciate them.
Thank you so much!! I think this is a wonderful program and we are excited to be able to help!

 

[lady_hlh]

An older woman in our neighborhood gave them out at Halloween instead of candy. My DD was so thrilled to get a white cat beanie buddy instead of more candy.

 

[Cindy B]

An older woman in our neighborhood gave them out at Halloween instead of candy. My DD was so thrilled to get a white cat beanie buddy instead of more candy.

Thats a cute idea.

 

[gladstoneganderfan]

My beanies have been in a basket in my closet for the last few years, tucked way back in the corner out of the way. This spring, my cat was having a fit in the kitchen window, and when I went to see what was going on, there was a squirrel outside on the fence a few feet from the window just taunting her. She was soooo mad . A few hours later, I heard a lot of clunking noises in the living room. When I went in there, she had my squirrel beanie baby, and was beating the daylights out of it. She is a small cat, so that beanie was at least half her size. She would have had to get into my closet (which is usually closed), crawl over a shoe rack and under a dresser to the far back corner of my closet, and dig through a basket of about 75 beanies to find the squirrel and then haul it out of the closet. Apparently she was mad enough at that squirrel to go through all that effort

Too funny!

 

[Minnie_me]

You can donate them to your local ambulance service/firefighters.

When we had a bad car accident last year, the EMTs gave my DDs each a little beanie baby to hold onto in the ambulance. My 6-year old, who had a concussion and had to have a CAT scan and other scary things NEVER let it go. And while she and I recovered in bed for the next few days, she held it constantly. It was also a blessing for my 10-year old, because she was FINE but terrified at what was going on all around her.

We saw one of the EMTs soon after the accident, and she told us that a local teenager donated hundreds of her beanies to them. They give them to kids who have just lost everything in a housefire, and much more.

 

[parrotheadlois]

Thank you for the link. My son thinks this is really neat and would love to send away his never played with beanies to some children who would love and appreciate them.
Thank you so much!! I think this is a wonderful program and we are excited to be able to help!

Oh good, I'm glad. Those little kids have nothing - and are really appreciative of getting anything (and it makes them like our soldiers - a win/win situation!!).

 

[Jakesmom504]

I too have over a 100 of them that I foolishly spent a ton of money on!!! My brother is going to Iraq on Feb 3rd but I'm saving them and I figure each time I send him a care package, I'll send some in there too and hopefully it will keep the shipping costs down!

 

[raestr]

I bought a box of Beanie Babies on Ebay. If averaged about $1 per Beanie. I picked out the ones that would work for various birthday parties I plan to have for my children (farm, jungle/zoo, etc.) and the rest I use for my Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes every year. If your church participates in Operation Christmas Child, you could donate them to go in the shoeboxes. My mom's church does Operation Christmas Child on a more assembly line basis. People just donate things (socks, toothbrushes, toys, candy, etc.) and the church members distribute all the items among 150 or so shoeboxes.

Anyway, just an idea.

 

[rockyroad]

I have 200+ Beanie Babie bears. They've never been played with and everyone has their originals hang and tush tags. They just sit there and stare at me. I, also, can't make myself give them up.

Me too.
I'm keeping mine.
The ones I have, I liked and I still do.
And I firmly believe that they are coming back eventually.

The Ninja Turtles did.
And so did My Little Ponies, and Rainbow Brite, and the Power Rangers and Glo Worm and Hello Kitty and Polly Pockets.

Wait and see.