# What can I do with my old stuffed animals?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 9, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587 "2010-12-09T21:44:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/21 "2010-12-10T23:10:24Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#):
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> I think that if you have animals that are old and are really stuffed it is a kindness to take them to the vet and have them put down. Why make the poor old, stuffed creatures suffer any longer?
Hah.
But just such a “No!”
Don’t you know they don’t become real until all their fur is worn off?
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### Author:  [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/22 "2010-12-11T00:10:10Z")
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/23 "2010-12-11T00:54:44Z")
I have about 8-10 stuffed animals around the house. A few of them were given to me by my partner or my ex. I intend to keep them as long as I live.
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### Author:  [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/24 "2010-12-11T01:25:10Z")
Hey Panache45,
You might want to get back to your TMI/I might die a horrible death thread and let folks know your okay…some folks back there are worried about you…
sorry for the slight hijack here.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/25 "2010-12-11T03:20:52Z")
When confronted with life’s dilemmas, I like to ask my “WWFD?” - “What would Flea do?”
And the answer, when the subject is stuffed animals, is “He would make them into pants and wear them on stage” [cite](http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37179&stc=1&d=1289976128) [cite](http://bowlofpork.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/381_stuffedanimal2.jpg?w=381&h=478) [cite](http://media.photobucket.com/image/flea%20stuffed%20animal%20pants/EO-EE/kykkhype.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/26 "2010-12-11T04:34:09Z")
Lately, I’ve been a big fan of donating time and goods to a church in a local poor area. They have a real good feel for who they have in their community…who needs what…etc.
They are very grateful, and you get to make a direct impact on someone’s life.
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Yeah…I’m an atheist. At one point in my life, I wouldn’t think of donating to a church…but I’ve come to the conclusion that I shouldn’t let people suffer when I can help, just because I don’t agree with some of their beliefs. Many church organizations do good work for their target market, and that’s good enough for me. I mention this just in case you normally wouldn’t donate to a religious based charity.
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### Author:  [@tpatsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tpatsfan)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/27 "2010-12-12T05:29:58Z")
You only have 10? geeze my family was cruel to me haha. I had trash bags full of stuffed animals and cabbage patched kids to get rid of. I kept the ones I didn’t have the heart to get rid of (so about 4) and gave away the rest other kids and younger kids in the family and such. And a lot of them were just plain trash. But if you don’t have that option do donate them mine were in great shape and giving them out in a informal manner would be fine. (The Santa idea I saw above or something like it) Bring them to a food pantry or even the salvation army and ask them to give them away. Even a children’s hospital.
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### Author:  [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/28 "2010-12-12T05:52:57Z")
I keep a big plastic tub of them in the top of my closet; I don’t have kids, but I have a nephew, and many of my friends have kids, so they come in handy now and again.
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### Author:  [@tpatsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tpatsfan)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/29 "2010-12-12T15:27:28Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> Kids: don’t have 'em, plan on never having 'em. Also, if I DID have kids, I probably wouldn’t have posted my OP! 🙂
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> Nieces/nephews: I’m an only child, so is my husband. Extended family lives 1,000’s of miles away - not worth shipping for a used toy, plus there aren’t any new little kids on either side of our family anyway.
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> Hospitals: insist on new-with-store-tags, specifically don’t want used. They are full of, y’know, _sick_ kids, so the potential possibility of a toy harboring something innocuous to you or me but problematic for a cancer patient presents too much risk.
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> Local Toys-For-Tots program run by the police dept. - same thing.
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> I’d set them out on the front porch and post a note on CraigsList first-come-first-served, but the weather has been unpredictable lately and our steps are currently uncovered (roof work, house renovations) but when the weather clears I might just do that. Was hoping for something more … creative, I guess, so if anyone has any other ideas, please post away!
A garage sale or the trash. Say bye bye to them a let go. It has to be done at some point.
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### Author:  [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/30 "2010-12-13T00:11:15Z")
> [@gonzomax](#):
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> I have a beagle that is happy to rip them apart. It keeps him busy for quite a while. He just killed Animal a couple weeks ago.
That’s what we did with my daughters teddy bears, one by one we dished them out to the terrier. 😃
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### Author:  [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-my-old-stuffed-animals/563587/31 "2010-12-13T01:31:09Z")
[Well…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcuwhuLRsDQ)
What? 🙂
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