Sunday, January 24, 2010

How the Beanbag got its Groove Back

 

Are you stuck with a flat, pitiful beanbag that the kids have tossed aside? Well, worry no more!!!

Before: Flat, pitiful beanbag and a child who looks happy, but all I have heard for weeks is how badly he wanted his chair fixed.

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So, I had this brilliant idea to run over to the nearest mail store to see if I could have them fill it up with packing peanuts--It was my lucky day when they GAVE me two huge boxes worth that someone had dropped off for recycling! 

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I went home and found the opening, which luckily was just a double zipper. The fabric was in such great shape and I knew it needed to be saved somehow.

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I had to prove to the boys that the inside was full of foam pellets…

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They started off with good intentions…

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And then it turned into this…

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Styrofoam is NOT easy to clean up.

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So, we resorted to the outdoor dust pan…

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AND…….. POOF! All back to normal again.

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I now have one happy camper…

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…And that’s how our beanbag got its groove back!

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If you are ever considering throwing out a deflated beanbag chair, stop by your nearest mail store and fill it up! However, I do suggest taking the beanbag chair and letting them put it directly under that big funnel of packing peanuts to fill the chair.

SAVE YOURSELF THE MESS.

Hope you all have a great week!

Miss you,

Misti

 

7 comments:

Kathy's Red Door Welcome said...

What a great idea! Looks like it was a lot of fun too.

Joanna said...

That was a great idea! I would have never thought of that.

Shauna said...

Fantastic idea!!

Shelley Manning said...

Very cool! And I see Cisco wanted to get in in the "foam pellet investigation!" ;)

Gigi said...

Wow what a great idea! Your pictures always put a smile on my face. I miss ya!

Kim Walker

Anny said...

ROFL I know what a pain it is to clean up and I do feel bad for you but that messy picture had me cracking up!

Angie said...

You were so smart to think of that!

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