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The Little Lilypad is a lifestyle blog mostly written by a mum to two beautiful, cheeky and entertaining daughters. It is sometimes written by the Man on the Pad or by one of our baby bloggers. Occasionally we accept guest posts too. There is frequently talk of sustainable living, saving money, lifestyle and travel. It is hopefully helpful, sometimes funny and always honest.
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How to recycle .... the Santa way.

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5 sleeps and counting till the big guy arrives with the presents (am hoping my husband appreciates this description).

5 sleeps until the lounge is filled with excited children and an unwrapping frenzy commences.

5 sleeps until we suddenly have to house more toys .... because we obviously need more of them.

My youngest daughter wants a doctors clinic and a few weeks ago we said to her that Father Christmas might consider that she had so many toys that he may think she doesn't have room for a doctors clinic. (I realise that this may have been a slightly mean tactic but it worked) Her response was "Mummy, shall I give some of my toys to the children who don't have any?" (she melted my heart a little at this point).

But it got me thinking about getting rid of some of their old toys (without putting them in the loft when they are not looking) and I saw a post on Facebook about a mum who gets her children to select 10 old toys to put in their Santa Sacks on Christmas Eve and I LOVE this idea!

Santa then takes them back to the North Pole and the elves then fix them up to give to other children next year.

My mum has always recycled and the children love to sort the recycling out into the relevant bins ..... I am just hoping that they will be as excited about recycling the Santa way!

 LLP - How to recycle toys the Santa Way

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  1. Wow, what a fab idea! I will definitely be doing this next year. x

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  2. Such a lovely idea, with so many new toys arriving they will never miss the ones that they have kindly donated back to Santa

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  3. What an excellent idea! I may steal it. Have spent a lot of time with local food banks this week which have also been collecting toys for children. What a great plan, thank you x

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  4. What a lovely idea. I wonder if there are any charities open on Christmas Eve night that could then take them in.

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  5. I don't think you were being at all mean to say that to your daughter! We've said that sort of thing many times over the years. It's important to teach kids some responsibility - they don't need that much stuff, there are children in the world who have very few toys and that we can't just go throwing stuff away. That's a lot of good messages that it's really important to pass on. I'm so against getting too much crap that I don't buy my kids stocking fillers as they inevitably become clutter before being sent to the jumble sale a couple of years later.

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