Anonymous wrote:This is the same kind of junk that's in birthday goodie bags.

so candy instead?

Anonymous wrote:This is the same kind of junk that's in birthday goodie bags.

+1 this is why China now owns many of our best companies. What a sad trade we made.

This is the same kind of junk that's in birthday goodie bags.

I’m a guru at this: small dig hearts with gemstones kit, mini canvas w paint, mini volcano experiment all on Amazon for less than 20$

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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.

Because the pencils are trash with erasers that don’t even work. Junk, all of it.

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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.

Except most kindergartners forget about the stickers in a nanosecond. They can admire them for a day then it’s gone the next and they never ask where they went.

When I was a kid everyone just did valentines. A few kids would also do some candy but it was not a candy-centric holiday. You'd get 20 valentines from classmates plus maybe a handful of chocolate and candy hearts. No plastic junk, and no giant bag of 20 kinds of candy or junk food.

My favorite part of valentines day when I was in elementary was making our "mailboxes" out of shue boxes or tissue boxes. And then "delivering" out valentines to each kid in class.

I always thought of it as a paper holiday, where you exchange notes and cards.

Anonymous wrote:I love to get goldfish or fruit snacks that have valentines theme. They even have a To and From written on the back. It’s not junk and my kids love snacks.

Sadly my kids school district is anti food so we have to send in junky plastic. Thanks schools

Your school requires you to send in junky plastic?

My kids' schools never objected to handmade paper valentines, or the boxed ones you can buy at the store. I didn't actually realize that there are schools that require you to send in either junk food or junk plastic.

Anonymous wrote:I love to get goldfish or fruit snacks that have valentines theme. They even have a To and From written on the back. It’s not junk and my kids love snacks.

Sadly my kids school district is anti food so we have to send in junky plastic. Thanks schools

I love that food is banned. Keep it simple.

Anonymous wrote:I love to get goldfish or fruit snacks that have valentines theme. They even have a To and From written on the back. It’s not junk and my kids love snacks.

Sadly my kids school district is anti food so we have to send in junky plastic. Thanks schools

You can just get paper cards from Target. Less plastic junk, less waste.

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Anonymous wrote:Tattoos
Crayons
Colored pencils
Water bottle stickers
Croc charms
Playdough
Chip bags
Goldfish
Fruit cups


Last year I sent orange Fruit cups and made a tag that said "orange you glad were friends"

No kid wants a "fruit cup"

Really? I see them at their lunch tables all the time enjoying them

That's their lunch. Would you want someone to give you part of your lunch for Valentine's Day? Here, Jessica, have a bowl of cottage cheese, happy Valentine's Day!

Lol. Turkey sandwiches for Valentine's Day!

Omg yes I'd love this

I love to get goldfish or fruit snacks that have valentines theme. They even have a To and From written on the back. It’s not junk and my kids love snacks.

Sadly my kids school district is anti food so we have to send in junky plastic. Thanks schools

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tattoos
Crayons
Colored pencils
Water bottle stickers
Croc charms
Playdough
Chip bags
Goldfish
Fruit cups


Last year I sent orange Fruit cups and made a tag that said "orange you glad were friends"

No kid wants a "fruit cup"

Really? I see them at their lunch tables all the time enjoying them

That's their lunch. Would you want someone to give you part of your lunch for Valentine's Day? Here, Jessica, have a bowl of cottage cheese, happy Valentine's Day!

Lol. Turkey sandwiches for Valentine's Day!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tattoos
Crayons
Colored pencils
Water bottle stickers
Croc charms
Playdough
Chip bags
Goldfish
Fruit cups


Last year I sent orange Fruit cups and made a tag that said "orange you glad were friends"

No kid wants a "fruit cup"

Really? I see them at their lunch tables all the time enjoying them

That's their lunch. Would you want someone to give you part of your lunch for Valentine's Day? Here, Jessica, have a bowl of cottage cheese, happy Valentine's Day!

Anonymous wrote:DD is in K; her school will celebrate valentines. People are allowed to give candy and non-candy items in the classroom card exchange. I am considering:

Roll of stickers, give 5-10 to each kid:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F99MJ44G?smid=AX43SBHAMRULZ&th=1

Sticky heart:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DJ6Z39W5?smid=AFT0BPYNYQ1M1&th=1

Other ideas for non-candy items?

Just get the candy, OP.