One man's trash is another man's Triceratops

Posted 5 months, 20 days ago by BooZoo

Stuffed animals I don't want?

5 Votes Clean them and re-donate them as you've been doing

4 Votes Offer them to us, (I, BooZoo, Will pay for shipping if I find one you want)

1 Votes Make them into purses and sell them behind an Arby's dumpster

1 Votes Other (Comment)

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What a find!

If you've followed me for a bit you know that I love dumpster diving, been doing it for years now... Not that I am endorsing it, you know, always do a shit ton of research into something before you jump into it because of the dangers and such... But with that out of the way, look what I found!! (:

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Thrift store dumpster that always throws out their stuffed animals, This dude is a "Pillow Fort XL Dinosaur" And they have a lot of the smaller, weighted, variants online, but I'm having a bit of trouble finding a listing for the jumbo one:
(Such as this big boy)

This big boy didn't do anything wrong he was completely clean and brand new with tags! HE'S HUGE!!! Omg I can't imagine this being in a landfill somewhere!

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Banana and foot for scale of this big boy, I've been complaining of cold feet while sleeping for a bit now, and I slept with this big guy on my legs last night after his bath and it sure did the trick this cold winter! (:

He's the perfect foot warmer for many nights to come! I ALSO FOUND THAT RED QUILT IN THE DUMPSTER?! It's a "puff quilt" and it's handmade! :D

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The dinosaur boy next to two other of my dumpster finds, well, the mousey girl I made out of a kids beanbag I found in the same dumpster, and the rabbit (I named him Lobotunny) was upcycled (I gave him new eyes and a new mouth and turned him into a purse) after I found him covered head-to-toe in God-knows-what... But he's all better now! How therapeutic to give these dudes a second chance ^^

These dudes are just a small fraction of stuffed animals I find in the dumpster, I recently also found a wolf, monkey, handmade rabbit, dog, squish mallow leopard, And I'm always finding new ones... What should I do with them? I don't leave a stuffed animal when I see one, because they have feelings too... ): Plus, I feel like it's almost the same as littering when something like this is thrown away when it can be reused!

So what should I do with the stuffed animals I DON'T want? Of course, I'm keeping dinosaur, rabbit, and mousey, but I get in... so many! I've been donating them after deep cleaning and fixing any holes, but maybe there could be something else I do with them?

Comments

GEIGERGEARZ

DUDE….. KIND BABY…. I LOVE HIM..

BooZoo

I LOVE HIM TOO!!! :D Trashie the Triceratops... No, Not trash... TREASURE!

FiOfVengeance

honestly making them into purses does seem cool! you can even open an etsy shop!

BooZoo

Ah yes, opening an Etsy shop only selling the FINEST actual garbage! (:

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BooZoo

Me too!! :D A fine addition to my stuffie collection!

SqueeBat

Oh gosh, what a baby! I see a lot of "adoption" Twitters that clean up and resell discarded plushies and some that weight and scent them. Could be a fun way to get them new homes!

BooZoo

Adoption Twitters?? Now that's my first time hearing about that! I know I could pull off making a weighted and/or scented plush... That sounds like a great way to recycle these cuties! Thanks for the idea! I'll check it out!

SqueeBat

Off the top of my head, I know I watch LilSproutCare (and have several of their weighted and scented plushies) and Oakley's Plush Rescue. I know I watch a few others, but their names escape me. I thought about cleaning up and rehoming plushies myself, but I get WAY too attached haha!

TwistedRaven

TRICERATOPS!! Stuffed animals are so fun but it’s so so sad to see them thrown out. I dont try to find ones too often but I’ve found a lot scattered around. I think donating them is fun but turning them into purses would also be fun ^^

BooZoo

I've had stuffed animals for as long as I could remember remembering (: I can't stand to see their cute little faces all sad and whatnot around trash, horror! I'm most likely going to see what to do with them on a case-by-case basis depending on the animal!

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BooZoo

Sadly my biggest dumpster find in thrift stores is stuffed animals. Especially the types of stores that only seem to care about designer clothes, I feel like they can just re-donate them because I couldn't find a single reason why these dudes were thrown out! No smell, no stains, brand new with tags... I cringe at the thought of things like this clogging up some landfill, especially something as cute as this!

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