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  • spud912
    Trix are for kids
    • Jan 2011
    • 2398

    Hi, My Name Is _____ And I Have An Addiction..

    Hi everyone, my name is spud and I have an addiction to....

    Arts and Crafts supplies!!

    My addictions rotate from toys (especially wooden ones) to manipulatives to theme-related materials. But....now, every time I wander into a craft store I spend around $20+ on craft supplies I've convinced myself is necessary. I mean, come on really, did I really have to go to the craft store yesterday and get a bunch of googly eyes with eyelashes, foam stickers and wooden treasure boxes? Don't even get me started on painting supplies! I'm not even artistically inclined! I feel like Martha Stewart has taken over my brain!

    Anyone else want to fess up to their addictions?
  • Happy Hearts
    Daycare.com Member
    • May 2012
    • 255

    #2
    Hi, my name is Miss J and I have a scrapbooking addiction. My husband is my enabler. My kids are the reason. I have no intention of ever stopping. Bring on the glitter!

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    • blandino
      Daycare.com member
      • Sep 2012
      • 1613

      #3
      Hi I am Miss B, and I am addicted to our monthly themes.

      I have purchased more garden/dinosaur/farm things in the past 3 months, that I thought possible. Today at circle time we sat there wearing our dinosaur hat/masks each with our own toy dinosaur while we read dino book and then looked through the dino sensory bin.

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      • Brooksie
        Daycare.com Member
        • Oct 2012
        • 1315

        #4
        Originally posted by blandino
        Hi I am Miss B, and I am addicted to our monthly themes.

        I have purchased more garden/dinosaur/farm things in the past 3 months, that I thought possible. Today at circle time we sat there wearing our dinosaur hat/masks each with our own toy dinosaur while we read dino book and then looked through the dino sensory bin.
        This is amazing. I LOVE IT! Wish I had the budget for that!
        Currently, I'm PIN-dicted. Anyone who follows me is well aware.

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        • countrymom
          Daycare.com Member
          • Aug 2010
          • 4874

          #5
          lets see, arts and crafts, yarn, scrapbooking, ribbon, I think I need a bigger craft room.

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          • blandino
            Daycare.com member
            • Sep 2012
            • 1613

            #6
            Originally posted by Brooksie
            This is amazing. I LOVE IT! Wish I had the budget for that!
            Currently, I'm PIN-dicted. Anyone who follows me is well aware.
            All from the dollar store. Also, when we are about to start a unit, I send something out for all parents lend us anything they think might be useful for the unit. So that supplements my purchases. The biggies expenditure I have for each unit is the books from scholastic.

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            • Patches
              Daycare.com Member
              • Dec 2012
              • 1154

              #7
              Hi, my name is Patches, and I have a Craigslist addiction (99% daycare related) I'm pretty good at convincing myself that even though I don't NEED it now, it's too good a deal to pass up.

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              • Familycare71
                Daycare.com Member
                • Apr 2011
                • 1716

                #8
                Originally posted by Brooksie
                This is amazing. I LOVE IT! Wish I had the budget for that!
                Currently, I'm PIN-dicted. Anyone who follows me is well aware.
                happyface

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                • daycarediva
                  Daycare.com Member
                  • Jul 2012
                  • 11698

                  #9
                  Originally posted by blandino
                  All from the dollar store. Also, when we are about to start a unit, I send something out for all parents lend us anything they think might be useful for the unit. So that supplements my purchases. The biggies expenditure I have for each unit is the books from scholastic.
                  I do this too. *sigh*

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                  • LK5kids
                    Daycare.com Member
                    • Oct 2012
                    • 1222

                    #10
                    Hi, my name is LK5kids and I used to have an addiction to making flannel board stories & activities. Made over 300! It was good therapy!

                    I still have the stalk rummage sales/resale shops for toys addiction.

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                    • daycarediva
                      Daycare.com Member
                      • Jul 2012
                      • 11698

                      #11
                      Originally posted by LK5kids
                      Hi, my name is LK5kids and I used to have an addiction to making flannel board stories & activities. Made over 300! It was good therapy!

                      I still have the stalk rummage sales/resale shops for toys addiction.
                      You should ETSY THOSE!!!!!!!! I have ZERO talent for making them, but my kids love them. I bought one on etsy that is has jungle animals/scenery and that was for curriculum 3 months ago and it is still used daily!

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                      • DaisyMamma
                        Advanced Daycare.com Member
                        • May 2011
                        • 2241

                        #12
                        My name is Miss t and I have an addiction to Chihuahuas and Hedgehogs
                        Currently I have 3 Chihuahuas and 2 Hedgehogs
                        I was so obsessed with the Chihuahuas when I first got one 10+ years ago that I started an online store for all things Chihuahua, then started publishing a nationwide magazine on them which I stopped publishing 2 years ago to open my daycare.
                        The hedgehogs are a new obsession and I'm still in the learning stages but plan to breed them and hopefully one day will close the daycare in order to breed for a business.

                        Oh, was this a daycare question?> I'm obsessed with outdoor toys. Our front yard went from having a small area for a swing set and sandbox to a complete playground in just over a year, with 2 plastic playscapes, swingset, gigantic tractor tire and more.

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                        • choirlady76
                          New Daycare.com Member
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 57

                          #13
                          Hi my name is miss Jan and I have a book addiction!! I tell ya, everytime I go into a store, especially the dollar store and teacher store I come home with books, children's books, resource books, you name it!! I told my fiancé we'll have to have a library in our home just for MY books I'm also big on lesson plan supplies!

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                          • countrymom
                            Daycare.com Member
                            • Aug 2010
                            • 4874

                            #14
                            Originally posted by choirlady76
                            Hi my name is miss Jan and I have a book addiction!! I tell ya, everytime I go into a store, especially the dollar store and teacher store I come home with books, children's books, resource books, you name it!! I told my fiancé we'll have to have a library in our home just for MY books I'm also big on lesson plan supplies!
                            there is a new store in michigan called Ollies. Omg, I spent 100 dollars on books this weekend. Books are marked down so cheap (they are all brand new) that they are even cheaper than scholastic.

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                            • dave4him
                              Advanced Daycare.com Member
                              • Oct 2011
                              • 1333

                              #15
                              To chips ahoy cookies.......... one bag lasts less then a day in this house
                              "God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.'"
                              Acts 13:22

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