Day 39 - Kid Offal

Today's selection is an array of kid junk that DH and I have been picking up and setting aside for ProjectTwentySix. It's amazing what just floats around a house!

1. Fake flower
2. Fake flower
3. Baby comb
4. Hair clip, dirty and never used anyway
5. Broken dollhouse bed
6. Jack
7. Jack
8. Oreo game piece - game gone at last summer's garage sale
9. Silly Band
10. Broken beads
11. Hanger that doesn't match the rest
12. Broken wind-up mouse toy
13. Magnet from Belle set
14. Quasimodo finger puppet
15. Sticker sheet from a long-ago sticker book
16. Minature Barbie playing cards
17. Pony wig
18-20. Stencils for another toy gone at last summer's garage sale
21. Baby bottle that liquid leaked out of
22. Marker lid
23. Pencil grip
24 -25. Perler bead guides
26. Outfit for long-gone paper dolls.

Katie

Day 36 - Hair Stuff, Cartons, & Random Toys

I little bit of organizing out in the garage turned up these egg cartons (1&2) and plastic containers (3-9). They must have fallen behind our *extra* barbeque at some point when I was still saving them.

10. A Carebear costume
11. Huge hair clip
12. Bubbles that keep getting left out (I warned her)
13. A train toy that got left here by someone
14 to 19. Hair claw clip things
20. Rubber freebie bracelet
21 & 22. Random dog toys
23 & 24. Lidless markers
25 & 26. Hair bands I didn't make use of with my full-haired baby. Gave to a friend.

Katie

Day 20 - Wire Shelves & Kitchen Misc.

1. Giant peroxide bottle. I was able to pour contents into two other, smaller bottles in my bathroom and first aid kid.
2. Baby doll diaper with ripped tabs so it doesn't stay on
3. Broken kitchen shears
4. Crown lid to princess chapstick
5. & 6. Cricut Mermaids saved and enjoyed from a birthday invitation
7. Kid scissors that don't cut
8. & 9. Hello Kitty postcards that DD#3 scribbled all over
10. to 16. Butterly window clings that were on the window for 5 months and are totally faded.
17. to 26. Pictured below. Wire racks & baskets given to a neighbor looking for storage solutions. It worked out perfectly because I was looking to get rid of this!




Katie

Day 17 - Paper Products

1. DD#1's dollar store baton that broke, leaked liquid, and stained the carpet. Grrrr.
2. Kitchen timer that still works, mostly, but falls apart all the time.
3. Kid sunglasses, broken
4. Child's book
5. Miniature flower basket
6. My Little Pony bracelet
7. Tall birthday candles
8. Marker with no tip
9. Easter napkins
10. Birthday napkins
11. to 16. Plastic containers without lids
17. to 23. Styrofoam cups (yuck!)
24. Broken cabinet girls used for Barbie wardrobe. Don't want to fix it.
25. Red paper plates, napkins, & plasticware
25. Birthday plates & napkins

We had a big party and I searched through my paper products bin. I found lots of things I didn't need including the stuff in the photo. But I still have a lot I'm not ready to toss out yet . . . maybe by the end of ProjectTwentySix.

Katie

Day 16 - Makeup Graveyard & Crafts

1. to 5. Spiral wires I had saved for art projects that just aren't worth the hassle.
6. 9 year old foundation
7. 9 year old nail polish
8. At Least 9-year-old pressed powder
9. Eye shadow liquid - too much mess
10. 11-year-old lipstick tube - empty (why was I saving this?)
11. Rainbow Princess DD#2 colored. She would be crushed to see it here as part of ProjectTwentySix.
12. to 17. Nail files with no courseness left or even broken.
18. Empty glitter blue tube
19. to 23. More fake flowers
24. Freebie bracelet
25. Prize ribbon
26. Kid socks

I can't believe I had such old makeup! And there will be more in the weeks to come because really, I only wear the same stuff every day (if I manage to get it on) so there's no reason to keep all the others.

Katie

Day 14 - CD Player, Kid Shoes

1. to 5. Birthday cards
6. A Jehovah's Witness bible/literature
7. A City newletter I'd set aside to read
8. CD Player the kids destroyed - highly irritating to this mama
9 & 10. Colored pencils
11. to 13. Empty/dried up glitter pens
14. Yet another kid hairbrush
15. & 16. Headbands I don't like
17. Stuffed dog (1 of 4)
18 & 19. Water shoes too small for intended kiddo - new & good for consignment
20 to 23. Outgrown sandals
24. Sundress
25. Instructions for something
26. A barbie playing card
27. A kitchen toy

Whoops! TwentySEVEN today. Oh well.

Katie

Day 8 - Miscellanous

I am realizing I should try and group my discards to allow for a title that's not 'miscellanous.' Look for that in a few weeks as I have a few weeks worth of photos stored up. 1. A free frisbee from Salmon Days two years ago
2. to 4. Pieces of party favor airplanes that were enjoyed and exhausted
5. to 12. Pictures DD#2 drew for me and I saved for awhile. But I can't save everything!
13. & 14. Baby sandals
15. A VBS treasure bag
16. A VBS treasure chest
17. Another food tray claimed by DD#1
18. & 19. Pedicure/Foot lotion socks
20. Solo sock
21. Kid tights with a hole - headed for textile recycling
22. to 24. Kitchen washcloths for baby faces too stained to keep - also headed to textile recycling
25. & 26. Two glow-in-the-dark bracelets whose glow has worn off

I am so glad my kiddos haven't seen these pictures! I think their little hearts would be so sad to see me getting rid of VBS treasures and sweet little gifts of art. These things are just the ones that are laying around making clutter and are easy to grab. Wait until I get to the office/craft room!

Katie

Day 6 - Digital Camera among other things

1. to 8. These are little serving trays DD#1 wrote her name in and I can't use them at a party or anything so they're just collecting dust.
9. & 10. Paintbrushes that I keep tripping over.
11. & 12. Random toys that don't belong to a set.
13. Kid art project
14. A blank immunization record. I just rely on the pediatrician for this
15. A package of face puffs (I think)
16. & 17. Worn out shoes destined for textile recycling
18. Magazine I kept to read, but now is just taking up space
19. to 25. Kitchen "baby" washcloths that are only for faces. Totally stained and added to our bag of textile recycling.
26. Digital Camera - set in the pile of electronics in the garage waiting for our city's recycle event where they take anything that plugs in.

Katie

Day 5 - Miscellanous

This assortment of random items has been piling up next to my bed. It's becoming a little hidey-hole for things destined for Project Twentysix that we don't want the kids to see.

1. VBS T-shirt kiddo won't wear again
2. Maternity top found in summer clothes
3. Baby toy - rattle
4. Baby toy - light up turtle
5. Book - Junie B. Jones duplicate copy
6. Styrofoam "pearl" from VBS pirate treasure chest
7. Acorn squash that sat on my kitchen counter for a month. Seriously, if I haven't used it in a month it just needs to be gone.
8. & 9. Baby Bjorn carriers
10. & 11. Coffee Filter Snowflakes one of the kids made
12. VHS tape of 'Weird Science' - a gift I'm finally mailing
13. to 18. TOPPS baseball cards - also a gift I'm finally mailing
19. to 25. Combs
26. Rubber Bands - this bag has been sitting in the sun and the bands break when stretched at all. Why have they been sitting on my desk driving me crazy every time I need a rubber band? Because I am convinced there are some usable bands in there. However, now I don't care to waste my time finding them. Out they go.

Katie