Originally Posted By oneroberta Thank you to whoever put the bug in my ear regarding trading pins at DL... I have become obsessed.... I went ebay crazy and now have close to 100 pins for myself and my 2 little boys.... That brings me to my idea.... My boys always want to buy their friends gifts where ever we go ... Since I went a little (okay alot) crazy on pins I am making up trading cards on the computer that say " Traded especially for you at Disneyland by Matthew" that way he has, lets just say 30 pins and he can trade them for pins for his friends as well as himself.... put them on the card and voila a souviner, I think he might really get into this because he will see a Cinderella pin and say "oh Mommy, Hannah loves Cinderella" then he has something to bring home and its a resonable $$$ I got most of my pins for around the $2 to $3 mark...
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Great idea! My daughter and I both have a couple of hundred pins now. I'll warn you, it gets very addicting. We are both really trying to cut back now and will only get 1-2 of our most favorite pins when we visit the park. Another way to get nice pins is to wait until Disneyshopping.com has their annual pin sale, the prices are drastically reduced then!
Originally Posted By oneroberta mickeynewe> ??? Really Disney shopping- ooohhh.... So let me ask you what do you do with all your pins?
Originally Posted By atinkfan oneroberta, We use our Disney pins as regular push pins on our cork bulletin board. Or let me say, we use my son's pins as push pins. My own Disney pins stay on my lanyard all year long and I hang it in my closet until the next trip. (My son is big into trading. I on the other hand am a bit more stingey, I buy pins to keep...no trading for me!)
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Be sure if you are wearing your lanyard that you buy the locking pin backs. We have lost more than one pin off our lanyards with regular rubber backs. Definitely worth the investment! What a cute idea for the cork board tho! Very clever!!
Originally Posted By joeysmommy oneroberta- I totally understand the addiction thing. I was always outbid on the Disney pins-probably by you! : ) great idea for souvinears!! Also, a CHEAP souvinear to give is the 8x10 autographed photo of the characters. If you stay at DLR and tell the front desk it is someone's birthday they will get them a free autographed photo of their favorite character. Along with balloons and a birthday button. They usually say "To My Pal XXXXX". But on mine they didn't put a name, so I photocopied it with photo paper and gave them to all the kids' friends with a Mickey lollipop. I suppose you could request that they do not put a name on the photograph, and just have the characters signature. ATINKFAN- Cute idea using your pins as push pins. That way you can see them everyday and think of your next trip to DL!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad For some unknown reason, around here (Atlanta) the kids seem to always bring those suckers/lolli pops for each other..you know the ones that are the shape of a Mickey Head? They come like 6 or 8 to a pack, joined by a piece of tape on long sticks. I think pins are way cooler. This one little boy bought my daughter (7 years old the both of them) a Cinderealla Costume with shoes!!! My god I thought it must have cost a fortune! I felt like making her give it back, but my wife said we have to be gracious and keep it. She said that I will probably feel the same way when "some boy" gives my only daughter an engagement ring. OMG she isn't dating untill she's 30!
