Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:25     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


Whereas we will happily indulge our children as they delight in showing us their “haul”‘ of said junk because we’re not miserable control freaks.


My kids have actual toys so cheap crap doesn't interest them.


My kids have wonderful afternoons playing with Amazon boxes!


Amazon is worth boycotting.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:25     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


Why would you toss pencils, play dough, stickers? A small pink plastics heart person sure...but there are things that are not trash.


Most of it is knock off crap. The pencils don't sharpen well, the crayons are too waxy abs the color doesn't stay on the paper, etc.
Name brand play dough, sure, add it with our collection, but most of the stuff is junk.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:17     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


Whereas we will happily indulge our children as they delight in showing us their “haul”‘ of said junk because we’re not miserable control freaks.


My kids have actual toys so cheap crap doesn't interest them.


My kids have wonderful afternoons playing with Amazon boxes!
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:15     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


Why would you toss pencils, play dough, stickers? A small pink plastics heart person sure...but there are things that are not trash.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:13     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


Whereas we will happily indulge our children as they delight in showing us their “haul”‘ of said junk because we’re not miserable control freaks.


My kids have actual toys so cheap crap doesn't interest them.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:12     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


This is the answer. The kids don't care or use it so just toss it.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:11     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:Oriental trading has really cute mini heart shaped notebooks and Valentine pencil things. I would much prefer that to sticky hands or slime. Always love stickers too! My kid will pass out a little card with a small snack attached (probably gummies as a treat)


Those little notebooks are useless and go in the garbage the next day.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:10     Subject: Classroom valentines
Just a card. All the cheap toys/pencils/crappy crayons go straight in the trash.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2026 09:06     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


Whereas we will happily indulge our children as they delight in showing us their “haul”‘ of said junk because we’re not miserable control freaks.


Np. My kids like this stuff for a hot minute. I indulge them too. Then off to the trash.

Whatever is fine, OP! Don't overthink it. You won't please everyone in a big class, and you don’t need to.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 23:33     Subject: Classroom valentines
And my kid came out of her room with like 50! Fun pencils (unused) before college. I dropped them at the elementary school. They were thrilled.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 23:07     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


Whereas we will happily indulge our children as they delight in showing us their “haul”‘ of said junk because we’re not miserable control freaks.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 21:50     Subject: Classroom valentines
Oriental trading has really cute mini heart shaped notebooks and Valentine pencil things. I would much prefer that to sticky hands or slime. Always love stickers too! My kid will pass out a little card with a small snack attached (probably gummies as a treat)
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 21:42     Subject: Classroom valentines
pencils
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 21:24     Subject: Classroom valentines
no trinkets, please and definitely not anything that sticks to the wall. pencils, erasers, stickers, food. or just the card.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2026 17:46     Subject: Classroom valentines
Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter. The junk is all going into the trash as soon as it gets home. The only things we don't toss are the snacks they might eat later or throw in the lunch, like the fruit cups.


In kindergarten if you'd tried to throw away stickers I'd been given, I'd have fought you. I would have lost, what with being five years old and all, but I'd have gone for it. How dare you. MY stickers. Not yours, MINE.