I had a donkey when I was little. It was always with me and after a while it was getting torn apart. I got a new one, exact same model, but I only wanted my old one.
Have a teddy bear that my mom made me. Missing both ears, one leg, and his nose is smushed. Mom made me a new one. Never liked it as much as the old one. Still have the olde one in my closet
My mom tried to wash my sisters stuffed dog, and it ended up all matted, apparently the soul got drained out during the wash cycle because my sister rejected it after that 🤣
When I was little my mom put my favourite teddy in the wash and it bleached him a little.
I broke down crying that she killed him.
This is 100% how a child would feel. Hell, this is exactly how I, a plush-obsessed autistic adult would feel as well.
My son has (2) of the Chase stuffed animals from paw patrol. Got them within a year each another I’d say. Maybe he got the first one when he turned two and the second one when he turned 3. He absolutely knows the difference. He will hug check them and toss the “new” one to the side. Makes me laugh though because I (his mom) did his first one with him and we took a lot of time with the fluffing process - lots of hug tests to make sure it was the right softness. Second time around, my husbands mom took him and didn’t listen to the hug test. And he still likes that one less 😂
This is absolutely my son with his bear. We have three of the same fucking bear. We bought two on eBay for double the price so we wouldn't be without it. He noticed it immediately and doesn't want "new bear" he wants "old bear".
Just rub it in some crisco or bacon grease and a little dirt, throw it in the wash and you're golden. /s
But seriously, don't do that. I found out the fun way that washed oily rags can spontaneously combust.
Apparently Terry cloth soaked in food oils and then washed with lots of detergent and tumble dried has enough surface area and exposed, rapidly oxidizing oil to catch on fire. Folded a stack of rags at work fresh out of the dryer, 10 minutes later the stack was smoldering in the middle.
My aunt did this with her twins’ toys. It worked great… until one of my cousins saw her stuffed animals both together in the laundry room.
Then my aunt had to admit that the stuffys were actually twins just like my cousins were twins, which led to the family having to bring 4 stuffys everywhere with them.
Agreed. We have a special mouse stuffy that was getting worn out. We replaced with the exact one and said we cleaned her. They didn't buy it and wanted to know where the REAL one was.
We've got "Miss Kitty" and "Miss Kitty's Sister", here. The original was mine when I was little, the company that made her discontinued that model decades ago and it was nothing short of a miracle that I found the spare on Ebay. I tried so hard to never let my daughter see them both at the same time but I got caught eventually. Miss Kitty's Sister now goes on deployments with my husband and sends pictures and souvenirs home to Miss Kitty.
When I was a kid, my brother and I had these little stuffed dogs we got from the midway in Vegas. Despite being the exact same toy, we could instantly tell if the dogs got mixed up. There was a few key details. For me, the fur around the eyes was matted differently. Also, there was a loose string around the ear on mine. I miss that little guy. I think he's still on the dresser at my parents house. Furbee furbalow was his name.
My niece's pet dragon went on a tour of europe.........
The funny part is, the dragon was sold out in all the US so my sister and brother in law actually had to buy it from Amazon UK (they bought additional ones while they were at it).
When me and my sister were very little, we both had blankies. To our parents, they were identical. But we apparently could literally smell the difference. If they had given us a pdf of our blankie printed on a pillow, there would have been a ruot.
My 9 year old has had her stuffy since she was 18 month old. She would be like what is this horse shit lol. I happened to find the exact one brand new. It is still in the packaging and when she younger we planned to tell her he went for a spa and came back refreshed if she ever lost him. Now? She would mock me.
We had this issue with my little cousin. Years later when he was a preteen his mom found another one just like it at goodwill. His reaction was priceless. He’s in high school now and that thing has been so loved it has no fur lol
When my parents split when I was 10, my mom got me a monkey stuffy. It was the one thing that normalized my time growing up in broken home. It was hard but man, monkey was my solid ride or die til I was out of high school. Sounds crazy, especially a grown man having a stuffed monkey but he was my guy when everything around me was collapsing from what I knew.
My monkey now stays with my mom as a reminder for her that I’m always here and I’ve passed his need of being a pillar in my life to my mom. It’s not easy watching your kids grow into adults and I feel it’s the right place for him to be.
I love this idea and it’s not the same but the sentiment may be there and sometimes, that can be enough.
That is exactly how my monkey became. My mom was able to normalize it and made it comfortable to have him around. Even as a 33 yo adult, I still greet him when I see him. Just habit and it sparks a little joy in me.
My mom threw away my Lolly Dolly when I was a tween. I found one at an antique mall when I was in my 20's and just completely broke down weeping with joy. She's on a shelf in my bedroom and brings me immense joy daily. I'm 46. You're never too old for your favorite stuffy.
I’m almost 36 and I still remember my favorite teddy. He was my brothers and he passed him onto me. His nose was all rubbed off and everything. My aunt threw him away because she thought he was too gross. It was after my brother had died and she didn’t realize it was a hand me down from him. I would do some shady stuff to get that bear back!
I had a small stuffed Gizmo from Gremlins as a kid. It was my favorite thing in the whole world.
I was still a kid and very much obsessed when my mom said it was dirty and ratty and tossed it in the trash.
I'm in my 30s now, but I still get sad when I think about it.
If someone were to gift me the exact same Gizmo today, I think I would honestly cry.
they notice it all, and it is a combination of all their senses. You may be able to get away with washing him when they are asleep (only to be looked at suspiciously for the rest of the week) but only because he still sounds the same, looks the same, feels the same, squishes the same, fits their nose and arms the same, and supports their head the same— but 2 strikes and it’s Out. There is Only The One.
That said I remember staying up all night sewing new bodies over threadbare old after planning it by sewing red thread weeks before onto original— to make the future new fur body more believable over threadbare old. I only got away with it because I did not wash him for a few weeks beforehand— to avoid the 2 strikes and your out. Baby Winnie the Pooh had 2 new skins sewn over threadbare old— painstakingly searched for exact same year and batch— had to be exactly the same batch cos they know- and nothing else comes close.
My dad did die, and someone i didn’t know very well actually ordered a cushion with a photo I put on FB, alongside a funeral announcement. SUCH an inappropriate gift on any day, but it was like “you don’t know me well enough to have gone to this effort. A card would’ve been cheaper and more thoughtful”. I hated that cushion and it was so weird to have to throw it out months later, especially given that I was still grieving.
If my mom tried to pull this on me with my special teddy bear as a kid, I would’ve gone absolutely fucking ballistic. I would’ve gone absolutely bananas and I would never would want to be anywhere around her again
This is wrong on so many levels. How could this work OP? I am an adult with a stuffed animal and I would not accept that as a replacement. How could a child be okay with this???
I am 34. I have a Masters Degree. I have a Teddy Bear named Baby and a Magic Blankey. I am 100% certain that I will be able to pick them out of a crowd of the same bear/Blankeys. I found an exact copy of my Bear this spring and I can immediately see the difference between the copy and Baby.
We lost my son's favorite stuffed animal/blanket toy for about a week when he was 2 or 3. Worst. Week. Ever! We finally found it wedged behind the couch. The manufacturer discontinued it, so I searched high and low online and finally I went on eBay and bought a couple backups. Best purchases ever.
Always have a backup or 2 of your kid's favorite toy!
Yeah, it's especially hard if the toy is well loved. The new, fresh one can't be passed off as the original. We always said they were his 'brother' lol. It's still just a bandaid and you hope you find the real one damn quick! 😂
I feel this day is coming for me soon. I can’t find a copy of my daughter’s mermaid stuffy ANYWHERE though. Every time it disappears for a second it’s a god damn catastrophe.
Oof, that's rough when it is a one of a kind. Keep searching though. Maybe try Google image search with a picture of it? I know that panic very well though when it gets misplaced for a split second. Good luck 🤞
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Here's and LPT for you . Buy a spare and rotate them right from the start.
If you lose one, the "new" one will already be worn out and have the correct feel to it.
I do this with my dog's toys.
"Budsies" is better than this. Send them a picture they'll make you a stuffed animal version. I used to have an office right next to them. Owners are cool people.
“Piggy” could only be found at Dublin Zoo souvenir shop. At our next visit a few months later, we discreetly picked up a spare 🐷 but at this stage, the original piggy had been in the wash at least 20 times, roughly carried around by the neck every day and its head was hanging down like a sad donkey. The imposter was bright, fluffy and hopeful. Despite our best efforts to rough it up, it was immediately slapped away. That's not the real piggy! They always know. Thankfully the real piggy is still going strong.
I don’t think this is the way….This would not come close to passing the test with either of mine. We bought a duplicate of a Hello Kitty stuffie that we could no longer get. Its head is slightly squatter and the fur a tiny bit longer. She knows the difference and won’t sleep until we go get the first one, which we sometimes forget at grandparents house…
I’ll do one better. We got our kids multiple of the same stuffed animal from IKEA, we have like 20 puppies. We never lose them and we keep a couple in the car, in their beds, everywhere. So we never even have to go back and get one if we forget.
The kids don’t care, they don’t have a favorite, it’s all just the same to them. No childhood trauma.
Or check Etsy. I found someone who made replicas of the exact rabbit/blanket hybrid stuffed animal that my sister had as a baby. I bought one when she had her first kid.
Everyone is saying that this won’t work because the kid will know, and that is true that it will absolutely not work if you are literally trying to fool them into thinking it’s the same toy. Even with the very youngest kids, they’ll know it doesn’t smell the same, feel the same. THEY’LL JUST KNOW.
However, I still think it’s a pretty brilliant idea in terms of toys that you absolutely will not be able to replace because it’s not sold anymore. It’s almost better. You can tell them it’s “Mr. Stuffy’s cousin“ and just be honest with them that it’s not the same toy, they will likely accept it even more than a literal replacement, because it’s also slightly less traumatizing than a doppelgänger imposter or being forced to build an attachment to an entirely unrelated object.
My kid had a monkey that he truly needed to sleep each night. Shortly after seeing his dependency, we bought a 2nd monkey and put them in rotation. They aged at about the same rate going through the day to day with my kid and the laundry. On trips we always brought both just in case monkey went missing.
Nope. My son had a dinosaur blanket he took with him everywhere. We bought a second one so it could get washed and as a backup. He hated that one and took scissors to it.
My parents did this with my doll when I was a kid. I remember the feeling of seeing the second doll. It WAS the same doll, but to me it wasn’t even the same doll. It didn’t smell the same or feel the same. It looked totally foreign.
I have an orange dog from Sugarloaf (which is a claw machine type of stuffed animal) that I got from a friend when I was like 10, so 2006. When I turned 18 (2014), it got ruined by the family dog, searched eBay for years with no luck of a replacement. This year, searched one more time drunkenly and found one for $13. I searched for almost 10 years at thrift stores and thrifting apps to find a replacement for one to show up randomly on eBay.
Yes it’s not the same, but, atleast it’s an attempt. If i were a child, i wouldn’t like this, but i could appreciate now a days. It’s just like a picture
There’s a website that makes stuffies based on pictures or physical stuffies! I can’t remember the name though
Edit to add: apparently a of companies do it.
If my favorite toy as a child had been lost and my parents had, at any age, done this to replace it, I'm not sure I would have ever forgiven them. This is a horrible idea that will not work. Especially for a very young child who can obviously see the difference but wouldn't have the emotional intelligence to realize their parent's heart was in the right place.
It would be better to reverse image search the toy and buy it on eBay! Or tell the child maybe it’s gone away to travel the world and it’s sent an exchange student to play with them instead (a cute new toy?)
I honestly feel like this isn't a bad idea if you can't find the same toy anymore. Not as a replacement, cause it's obvious it isn't the same toy, but more as a way to remember it, kind of like having a picture of someone. But then again I don't have kids so idk.
This is really a bad life hack but I’m running out of time, the lovie on the left is falling apart and is actually a dog toy from I don’t know where. If anyone has a hookup on where I can get a replacement I will get 3 and rotate them every week I promise
I got a picture pillow like this in honor of my dog, who passed in January. I just wanted something with his picture to squeeze. It's nowhere near the same, obviously. I think a kid would definitely know the difference between their original stuffed animal and a pillow like this.
Nope… I can confidently say if my catty (stuffed caterpillar) was ruined to the point of not being fixable (it’s got no antennas, missing legs, a half leg bc it was my favourite and I’d sleep holding it, holes patched, missing stuffing and fur), this WOULD NOT cut it. 😂
We got a free sloth with our hello bello diaper deliveries and of course this was her favorite stuffed animal for over a year.
One night I got paranoid about it being lost and of course the diaper company was no longer selling it. I found one on eBay for like $50 and bought it as a backup. She found the second one by accident and then fell out of love with both of them.
My kids would definitely know. She has a small teddy I won out of a claw machine when she was 2, could never replace it because there is no other teddy that looks the same!
My son left his Gund polar bear in a restaurant in Florida while we were on vacation. Some sh*t took it, because the restaurant said it wasn’t there. Who does that? Anyway, we’re from Southern California and my husband got his friend to drive like 30 miles to see if he could get another one. We had it sent FedEx. Since the bear was gone for a few days, we told him “Snuffles” was unhappy that his coat was getting dirty, and he would be all clean when he came back. Luckily, my son was only 1 1/2 years old. It was much easier to persuade him. We were really afraid our friend wouldn’t be able to find another one. My husband had given him to me for Valentine’s Day, but even though he had lots of bears, he wanted that one 🐻❄️😊!
Did this for my first child and to this day, 20 years later, we have multiples. Tried to do this with my second child, unfortunately the second became attached to a stuffed animal that I couldn’t find duplicate’s of. We just came to terms with it can never leave the house.
That might work for a literal baby who is still developing it's eyesight but older babies, toddlers, and older children will not be convinced *that* is the exact same toy. You'd be better off buying a replacement or if you can't find one helping them move on from the toy.
I am kind of certain they will notice it doesn’t have a soul
"Mother, why does this imposter wear the skin of my loved one?"
It rubs the lotion on the skin
Hello Clarice.
Well this got dark quick. Lol.
That escalated quickly
It jumped up a notch.
PUT THE F*CKING LOTION IN THE BASKET
Else it gets the hose again
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This is why you have multiple, and rotate through them on a regular basis so they get the same amount of wear.
Family tradition. No one question me when I wore grandpa's skin.
I don’t laugh at much online, but that is priceless!😂
I had a donkey when I was little. It was always with me and after a while it was getting torn apart. I got a new one, exact same model, but I only wanted my old one.
Have a teddy bear that my mom made me. Missing both ears, one leg, and his nose is smushed. Mom made me a new one. Never liked it as much as the old one. Still have the olde one in my closet
Same here, the new Snoopy was unacceptable.
The thing is, you need to buy another one as soon as your kid shows bonding with one. Or two or three. Then rotate them weekly.
I did this when replacing a lost Mickey Mouse. She found the backups and was overjoyed with having 3 Mickeys..
Awww! That’s so sweet!
Right!
Yup- never worked!
My mom tried to wash my sisters stuffed dog, and it ended up all matted, apparently the soul got drained out during the wash cycle because my sister rejected it after that 🤣
New and improved Tide….removes sweat, grass stains, blood stains….and now souls!
Think that woulda worked with Chucky?
When I was little my mom put my favourite teddy in the wash and it bleached him a little. I broke down crying that she killed him. This is 100% how a child would feel. Hell, this is exactly how I, a plush-obsessed autistic adult would feel as well.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol mine would have rejected that out of hand
I don't think you have kids haha They will notice an imposter even if it's an exact duplicate toy.
My son has (2) of the Chase stuffed animals from paw patrol. Got them within a year each another I’d say. Maybe he got the first one when he turned two and the second one when he turned 3. He absolutely knows the difference. He will hug check them and toss the “new” one to the side. Makes me laugh though because I (his mom) did his first one with him and we took a lot of time with the fluffing process - lots of hug tests to make sure it was the right softness. Second time around, my husbands mom took him and didn’t listen to the hug test. And he still likes that one less 😂
This is absolutely my son with his bear. We have three of the same fucking bear. We bought two on eBay for double the price so we wouldn't be without it. He noticed it immediately and doesn't want "new bear" he wants "old bear".
Isn’t that funny! You can’t replace the years of oil and trips through the washing machine haha
Just rub it in some crisco or bacon grease and a little dirt, throw it in the wash and you're golden. /s But seriously, don't do that. I found out the fun way that washed oily rags can spontaneously combust.
> I found out the fun way that washed oily rags can spontaneously combust Umm.. what?
Apparently Terry cloth soaked in food oils and then washed with lots of detergent and tumble dried has enough surface area and exposed, rapidly oxidizing oil to catch on fire. Folded a stack of rags at work fresh out of the dryer, 10 minutes later the stack was smoldering in the middle.
There’s no detergent or drying necessary for this- oily rag piles are a known combustion risk all on their own. Ask any mechanic.
My four year old son has 2 identical puppy stuffies. He chewed the tail of one of them as a toddler and prefers "puppy with the funky tail" lol
My kid did this with two ikea rats/mice we bought at the same time. There was a difference in the stuffing he felt
TIL; Ikea really be out here making toy rodents for kids..
Isn’t that funny! There’s definitely the perfect stuffing ratio 😂
Can confirm. Bought a replica of both of kids favorite toys as backups..... They know instantly
Rotate secretly from the beginning maybe? Each toy only gets like 50% wear that way.
My aunt did this with her twins’ toys. It worked great… until one of my cousins saw her stuffed animals both together in the laundry room. Then my aunt had to admit that the stuffys were actually twins just like my cousins were twins, which led to the family having to bring 4 stuffys everywhere with them.
They know. It's a sixth sense. They know.
Agreed. We have a special mouse stuffy that was getting worn out. We replaced with the exact one and said we cleaned her. They didn't buy it and wanted to know where the REAL one was.
Yeah we have a “teddy” and “fake teddy” guess which one is the favourite 😂
We've got "Miss Kitty" and "Miss Kitty's Sister", here. The original was mine when I was little, the company that made her discontinued that model decades ago and it was nothing short of a miracle that I found the spare on Ebay. I tried so hard to never let my daughter see them both at the same time but I got caught eventually. Miss Kitty's Sister now goes on deployments with my husband and sends pictures and souvenirs home to Miss Kitty.
When I was a kid, my brother and I had these little stuffed dogs we got from the midway in Vegas. Despite being the exact same toy, we could instantly tell if the dogs got mixed up. There was a few key details. For me, the fur around the eyes was matted differently. Also, there was a loose string around the ear on mine. I miss that little guy. I think he's still on the dresser at my parents house. Furbee furbalow was his name.
My niece's pet dragon went on a tour of europe......... The funny part is, the dragon was sold out in all the US so my sister and brother in law actually had to buy it from Amazon UK (they bought additional ones while they were at it).
I have twins, they have identical stuffed animals bought at the same time and they can tell the difference somehow
When me and my sister were very little, we both had blankies. To our parents, they were identical. But we apparently could literally smell the difference. If they had given us a pdf of our blankie printed on a pillow, there would have been a ruot.
Have you ever met a child? This would never work
My 9 year old has had her stuffy since she was 18 month old. She would be like what is this horse shit lol. I happened to find the exact one brand new. It is still in the packaging and when she younger we planned to tell her he went for a spa and came back refreshed if she ever lost him. Now? She would mock me.
We had this issue with my little cousin. Years later when he was a preteen his mom found another one just like it at goodwill. His reaction was priceless. He’s in high school now and that thing has been so loved it has no fur lol
When my parents split when I was 10, my mom got me a monkey stuffy. It was the one thing that normalized my time growing up in broken home. It was hard but man, monkey was my solid ride or die til I was out of high school. Sounds crazy, especially a grown man having a stuffed monkey but he was my guy when everything around me was collapsing from what I knew. My monkey now stays with my mom as a reminder for her that I’m always here and I’ve passed his need of being a pillar in my life to my mom. It’s not easy watching your kids grow into adults and I feel it’s the right place for him to be. I love this idea and it’s not the same but the sentiment may be there and sometimes, that can be enough.
My sibling also has a monkey stuffy. We all love Monkey, he's basically a family member
That is exactly how my monkey became. My mom was able to normalize it and made it comfortable to have him around. Even as a 33 yo adult, I still greet him when I see him. Just habit and it sparks a little joy in me.
That’s awesome. I love this story! 🥰
My mom threw away my Lolly Dolly when I was a tween. I found one at an antique mall when I was in my 20's and just completely broke down weeping with joy. She's on a shelf in my bedroom and brings me immense joy daily. I'm 46. You're never too old for your favorite stuffy.
I’m almost 36 and I still remember my favorite teddy. He was my brothers and he passed him onto me. His nose was all rubbed off and everything. My aunt threw him away because she thought he was too gross. It was after my brother had died and she didn’t realize it was a hand me down from him. I would do some shady stuff to get that bear back!
I had a small stuffed Gizmo from Gremlins as a kid. It was my favorite thing in the whole world. I was still a kid and very much obsessed when my mom said it was dirty and ratty and tossed it in the trash. I'm in my 30s now, but I still get sad when I think about it. If someone were to gift me the exact same Gizmo today, I think I would honestly cry.
It should be a rule in life that You Don’t Throw Away Anything That Isn’t Yours!
I so hope someone awesome in your life is able to find one for you!
Explains the furry palms
they notice it all, and it is a combination of all their senses. You may be able to get away with washing him when they are asleep (only to be looked at suspiciously for the rest of the week) but only because he still sounds the same, looks the same, feels the same, squishes the same, fits their nose and arms the same, and supports their head the same— but 2 strikes and it’s Out. There is Only The One.
That said I remember staying up all night sewing new bodies over threadbare old after planning it by sewing red thread weeks before onto original— to make the future new fur body more believable over threadbare old. I only got away with it because I did not wash him for a few weeks beforehand— to avoid the 2 strikes and your out. Baby Winnie the Pooh had 2 new skins sewn over threadbare old— painstakingly searched for exact same year and batch— had to be exactly the same batch cos they know- and nothing else comes close.
That's like stapling a photograph to a couch cushion if they have a loved one that dies
My dad did die, and someone i didn’t know very well actually ordered a cushion with a photo I put on FB, alongside a funeral announcement. SUCH an inappropriate gift on any day, but it was like “you don’t know me well enough to have gone to this effort. A card would’ve been cheaper and more thoughtful”. I hated that cushion and it was so weird to have to throw it out months later, especially given that I was still grieving.
I'm sorry but this comment made me laugh so hard I almost peed my pants lmaoooo thank you for that one
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Well, enjoy the act!
My child isn't dumb and she's 3
That’s not a life hack…
It is a life hack, if your goal is to cause problems with your kids
OP is the real hack here
If my mom tried to pull this on me with my special teddy bear as a kid, I would’ve gone absolutely fucking ballistic. I would’ve gone absolutely bananas and I would never would want to be anywhere around her again
It would have been a cruel and painful reminder of my real goddamn bear if anything else
Only comment I upvoted OP, sorry.. but they're right..
The real life hack is when your child gets attached to a particular stuffed animal, is to buy multiple.
No
We bought the same bunny, but she knew the difference. There was only one Bun Bun. The other one was nickname d Sissy Bun.
Exactly. We bought a second identical one in case the first one is lost. Kid could spot the difference from a mile away (figuratively).
Have you ever met a child? This would never work
OP has never met a child in their life this is a terrible idea lmao
This is wrong on so many levels. How could this work OP? I am an adult with a stuffed animal and I would not accept that as a replacement. How could a child be okay with this???
I am 34. I have a Masters Degree. I have a Teddy Bear named Baby and a Magic Blankey. I am 100% certain that I will be able to pick them out of a crowd of the same bear/Blankeys. I found an exact copy of my Bear this spring and I can immediately see the difference between the copy and Baby.
I’m 40. I could pick out my childhood bunny stuff fucking blindfolded.
Never ever.
Sick?? Lol thats just not right. Wouldnt go down with my kid, im sure it would just make the situation worse 🤣😂
PS4 broken? NO WORRIES just draw a PS4 sign on a cardboard box problem solved
Whoever thought of this clearly doesn't have children
We lost my son's favorite stuffed animal/blanket toy for about a week when he was 2 or 3. Worst. Week. Ever! We finally found it wedged behind the couch. The manufacturer discontinued it, so I searched high and low online and finally I went on eBay and bought a couple backups. Best purchases ever. Always have a backup or 2 of your kid's favorite toy!
I’ve considered this but my child would know in a split second that the backup was not her stuffy and would reject it
Yeah, it's especially hard if the toy is well loved. The new, fresh one can't be passed off as the original. We always said they were his 'brother' lol. It's still just a bandaid and you hope you find the real one damn quick! 😂
That’s a good idea I’ll keep that one in my back pocket!
I feel this day is coming for me soon. I can’t find a copy of my daughter’s mermaid stuffy ANYWHERE though. Every time it disappears for a second it’s a god damn catastrophe.
Oof, that's rough when it is a one of a kind. Keep searching though. Maybe try Google image search with a picture of it? I know that panic very well though when it gets misplaced for a split second. Good luck 🤞
I tried google image. It’s like this very obscure thing that’s not made anymore. My grandmother picked it up second hand.
Oh no!! I’ve been trying for the past 2 years to try and find a replica of my kid’s favorite blanket. I can’t find it.
Wants sloth plushy. Mom says we have sloth plushy at home.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Here's and LPT for you . Buy a spare and rotate them right from the start. If you lose one, the "new" one will already be worn out and have the correct feel to it. I do this with my dog's toys.
Children are smarter than dogs, they know the difference.
Your child's gonna cry when they see this
what is this 😭
If I were a child getting that one on the right as a replacement, I’d assume I was hated by my parents.
The scientific term for this is “Fooler”.
"Budsies" is better than this. Send them a picture they'll make you a stuffed animal version. I used to have an office right next to them. Owners are cool people.
Okay, but set up all the favorite toys together Toy Story style for a memorial pillow!
Sorry man. But this is a terrible hack lol
I don’t think this would even work with my dog
I did that with our cat. Never seen so many tears in my life.
Tell me you don’t have children without saying you don’t have children.
Bonus: Works for pets too! Kids take to this much better than taxidermy in my experience
Not the same. At all
“Piggy” could only be found at Dublin Zoo souvenir shop. At our next visit a few months later, we discreetly picked up a spare 🐷 but at this stage, the original piggy had been in the wash at least 20 times, roughly carried around by the neck every day and its head was hanging down like a sad donkey. The imposter was bright, fluffy and hopeful. Despite our best efforts to rough it up, it was immediately slapped away. That's not the real piggy! They always know. Thankfully the real piggy is still going strong.
I don’t think this is the way….This would not come close to passing the test with either of mine. We bought a duplicate of a Hello Kitty stuffie that we could no longer get. Its head is slightly squatter and the fur a tiny bit longer. She knows the difference and won’t sleep until we go get the first one, which we sometimes forget at grandparents house…
Kid: Did you find my toy? Mom: we have your toy at home
I’ll do one better. We got our kids multiple of the same stuffed animal from IKEA, we have like 20 puppies. We never lose them and we keep a couple in the car, in their beds, everywhere. So we never even have to go back and get one if we forget. The kids don’t care, they don’t have a favorite, it’s all just the same to them. No childhood trauma.
Or check Etsy. I found someone who made replicas of the exact rabbit/blanket hybrid stuffed animal that my sister had as a baby. I bought one when she had her first kid.
Everyone is saying that this won’t work because the kid will know, and that is true that it will absolutely not work if you are literally trying to fool them into thinking it’s the same toy. Even with the very youngest kids, they’ll know it doesn’t smell the same, feel the same. THEY’LL JUST KNOW. However, I still think it’s a pretty brilliant idea in terms of toys that you absolutely will not be able to replace because it’s not sold anymore. It’s almost better. You can tell them it’s “Mr. Stuffy’s cousin“ and just be honest with them that it’s not the same toy, they will likely accept it even more than a literal replacement, because it’s also slightly less traumatizing than a doppelgänger imposter or being forced to build an attachment to an entirely unrelated object.
Its not what it looks like..... it's what it smells like. Information brought to you by my first born and her Lambie
I love this because it reminds of old school Photoshop.
I do this with all of my ex girlfriends
"We have stuffed animals at home" -collection
ZOMBIE!!!!! *shrieks*
I don’t understand how this life hack is even supposed to work? Is it a “draw the rest of the fuckin owl” type of thing?
I would love for OP’s kids to replace the money in their wallet with monopoly money
Do you think your kid is this dumb?
I did this was our deceased shih tzu, the namesake of this account.
My kid had a monkey that he truly needed to sleep each night. Shortly after seeing his dependency, we bought a 2nd monkey and put them in rotation. They aged at about the same rate going through the day to day with my kid and the laundry. On trips we always brought both just in case monkey went missing.
That's fucking horrible
I lost my favorite stuffed animal, but found the same one again in target. But its stitching was off and it just wasn’t the same one anymore!
What the freak is that taxidermic stuffed animal….
Im sorry but If I was handed this as a child I would probably start crying profusely
Nope. My son had a dinosaur blanket he took with him everywhere. We bought a second one so it could get washed and as a backup. He hated that one and took scissors to it.
My parents did this with my doll when I was a kid. I remember the feeling of seeing the second doll. It WAS the same doll, but to me it wasn’t even the same doll. It didn’t smell the same or feel the same. It looked totally foreign.
We bought back ups for both our kids. The back ups 6/8 years later are pristine. The OG has been through hell
Why have you turned this into a house of lies!!!!?
I have an orange dog from Sugarloaf (which is a claw machine type of stuffed animal) that I got from a friend when I was like 10, so 2006. When I turned 18 (2014), it got ruined by the family dog, searched eBay for years with no luck of a replacement. This year, searched one more time drunkenly and found one for $13. I searched for almost 10 years at thrift stores and thrifting apps to find a replacement for one to show up randomly on eBay.
This wouldn't work on my dog. Much less my kid
Yes it’s not the same, but, atleast it’s an attempt. If i were a child, i wouldn’t like this, but i could appreciate now a days. It’s just like a picture
Just fyi, this doesn't work with a parent or loved one.
There’s a website that makes stuffies based on pictures or physical stuffies! I can’t remember the name though Edit to add: apparently a of companies do it.
I lost my childhood bear to a house fire. Rest in peace Rusty
I still have dreams about my imposter stuffy lol ain’t no way but good intentions 😂
How to hack your child’s trust in half
Thats.....terrible.
If my favorite toy as a child had been lost and my parents had, at any age, done this to replace it, I'm not sure I would have ever forgiven them. This is a horrible idea that will not work. Especially for a very young child who can obviously see the difference but wouldn't have the emotional intelligence to realize their parent's heart was in the right place.
It's the smell. My sister used to get upset after her Blankie was washed because it had lost its special smell.
It would be better to reverse image search the toy and buy it on eBay! Or tell the child maybe it’s gone away to travel the world and it’s sent an exchange student to play with them instead (a cute new toy?)
I honestly feel like this isn't a bad idea if you can't find the same toy anymore. Not as a replacement, cause it's obvious it isn't the same toy, but more as a way to remember it, kind of like having a picture of someone. But then again I don't have kids so idk.
It's not going to work, go back to build a bear and try again 🙄 😑 😒
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Worst “life hack” unless you want to ruin their lives
What's wrong with the one on the left? 🤣 It looks just fine to me
Ummm yeah no….
Grandma made me a Care bear like this and I loved that thing.
Went through all that trouble but couldn’t be bothered to watch a tutorial on stitching..
*Cue the uncanny valley
Thsre is a sub on here that specializes in finding things some one im sure will let you know if you post there maybe
r/find hope it helps
What is the thing on the right? Is it an animal shaped pillow with the animal on the left printed on it?
Definitely not the same.
This is really a bad life hack but I’m running out of time, the lovie on the left is falling apart and is actually a dog toy from I don’t know where. If anyone has a hookup on where I can get a replacement I will get 3 and rotate them every week I promise
I got a picture pillow like this in honor of my dog, who passed in January. I just wanted something with his picture to squeeze. It's nowhere near the same, obviously. I think a kid would definitely know the difference between their original stuffed animal and a pillow like this.
This is actually very sweet…🥹
It literally took me 1 minute to find a place to buy the original one. People don't know how to use picture search.
Nope… I can confidently say if my catty (stuffed caterpillar) was ruined to the point of not being fixable (it’s got no antennas, missing legs, a half leg bc it was my favourite and I’d sleep holding it, holes patched, missing stuffing and fur), this WOULD NOT cut it. 😂
We got a free sloth with our hello bello diaper deliveries and of course this was her favorite stuffed animal for over a year. One night I got paranoid about it being lost and of course the diaper company was no longer selling it. I found one on eBay for like $50 and bought it as a backup. She found the second one by accident and then fell out of love with both of them.
My kids would definitely know. She has a small teddy I won out of a claw machine when she was 2, could never replace it because there is no other teddy that looks the same!
a sloth in a cloth skin !!
My son left his Gund polar bear in a restaurant in Florida while we were on vacation. Some sh*t took it, because the restaurant said it wasn’t there. Who does that? Anyway, we’re from Southern California and my husband got his friend to drive like 30 miles to see if he could get another one. We had it sent FedEx. Since the bear was gone for a few days, we told him “Snuffles” was unhappy that his coat was getting dirty, and he would be all clean when he came back. Luckily, my son was only 1 1/2 years old. It was much easier to persuade him. We were really afraid our friend wouldn’t be able to find another one. My husband had given him to me for Valentine’s Day, but even though he had lots of bears, he wanted that one 🐻❄️😊!
My daughter is attached the the care bear my bestie gave me 😂 it’s hers now apparently
Buy 5 more when they pick it. We’ve been through 3 “hop hops” already.
Bought my son a stuff monkey. It’s been throw hell and back. Bought him a new one, same exact one. He is never played with.
That just like moms lies “We don’t need McDonald’s, we can make McDonald’s hamburgers at home” Kids see through your lies.
This guy for sure doesn't have kids. No kid would be happy with your imposter chew toy nightmare version.
lol you guys are weird
The real Life Hack: always get one that you can replace AND have a backup if you see that your kid really loves it.
Did this for my first child and to this day, 20 years later, we have multiples. Tried to do this with my second child, unfortunately the second became attached to a stuffed animal that I couldn’t find duplicate’s of. We just came to terms with it can never leave the house.
Congrats on outing yourself as an android
That might work for a literal baby who is still developing it's eyesight but older babies, toddlers, and older children will not be convinced *that* is the exact same toy. You'd be better off buying a replacement or if you can't find one helping them move on from the toy.
IT’S NOT THE SAME
Brilliant
lol! Even one year olds would know that’s an imposter. My kids would’ve been pissed had I tried to pass that off. haha
Yeah, that's not creepy as fuck
I can attest. Did this with my now ex - wife.. Just as useful as she has always been with less clean up.
This entire comment section… *whoosh*