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post #21 of 30
8/28/10 at 11:09pm
you're darned tootin' it's ok! I owned a resale shop for 6 years, so my kids don't expect anything else. We shop resale or freecycle for EVERYTHING first - before resorting to "new".

--janis
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post #22 of 30
8/29/10 at 11:11pm
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It's environmentally friendly to reuse. If they're high quality toys, they'll last a long time.
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post #23 of 30
9/4/10 at 8:41am
The way I see it, if you condition your children to expect that Christmas/Birthday= new/expensive, then thats what they want to see. If they know that gifts come in all manners of used/new/loved/homemade etc. then the expectations are open to be happy with an array of different things.
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post #24 of 30
9/4/10 at 11:40pm
The past few Christmases have definitely been a mix of Ebay, Craigslist and new for all three of my kids. So in principle I have no problem for clean, unbroken used toys!

In this case, I think you could go one step further and make it extra special by making it a gift from your husband to his son, special toys passed down. That is the best kind of present, imo.
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post #25 of 30
10/10/10 at 3:05pm
What is the penguin look like? I'm curious because my mother gave away a penguin to Goodwill...
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post #26 of 30
10/10/10 at 3:14pm
DS not only expects used things as gifts, he will very loudly shout out, "MAMA!!! TREASURES!!!" when he sees a free pile on the side of the road. He calls The Salvation Army thrift store, the "toy store" and he gets completely overwhelmed when we go into a regular Toys R Us type of store. I love that he is learning that used is the norm for us. He has so seldom received a toy in its original wrapping that I think he would be confused if he received one that way.
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post #27 of 30
10/10/10 at 4:58pm
You can present them in a really special way. Make it magical!

I love cowboys and indians. I have a huge box of them mixed with old army men, and my daycare kids love those. The kids are older, but they can spend hours setting them up and playing.
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post #28 of 30
10/10/10 at 5:41pm
My kids get used toys (from Goodwill, from my mom's stash of my old toys, from relatives and friends) every Christmas. I don't know if they've noticed yet, but even if they did, I don't think they'd care.

Last year I found DS the most awesome set of oversized plastic dinosaurs, for $1. They're his favorite toy. He plays with them every.single.day.
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post #29 of 30
10/10/10 at 9:37pm
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Originally Posted by PenguinGirl View Post
What is the penguin look like? I'm curious because my mother gave away a penguin to Goodwill...
http://www.thejunglestore.com/Gift-C...y1LL!-27728836
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post #30 of 30
10/10/10 at 9:38pm
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Originally Posted by PenguinGirl View Post
What is the penguin look like? I'm curious because my mother gave away a penguin to Goodwill...
And I'm happy to report that all of dd's gifts this year will be used. She wanted a lot of playmobil and playmobil replacement parts.
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