Pin Trading?

[Smydovro]

Hi everyone,

We are taking our first trip to WDW in Sept/Oct and I thought it would be fun for my ds's to have some pins for trading. Need to know 1) where is a good place to get these 2)how many should they start with 3)how should they carry them around?

Sorry if I sound like a total newbie but I am

 

[mtdewhead]

We started our kids on this last year and they loved it! Most of the shops carry at least some pins and there is a huge pin shop at Downtown Disney. We bought them a start up lanyard that they wear around their neck, at one of the stands. The start up packs usually come with a lanyard (there are different ones like Mickey, Tinkerbell, etc.) and four pins, two to keep and two identicals to trade away.

My kids love to trade with cast members. The managers at the hotels always have great pins it seems and are more than willing to stop what they are doing to trade with a child. Cast members who are wearing a green lanyard will only trade with a child, black lanyards will trade with adults and kids.

You can also ocassionally try www.disneydirect.com to see if they have another sale on pins. (they just ended on on May 31, I think). Have fun, but be careful....it's addictiing!!!

 

[disgirl52]

Watch out if you wear the lanyards. My pins backings kept falling out so i kept them in a backpack and if I saw a cm I wanted to trade with i pulled my pins out. You could also buy the metal backings.[/FONT]