While at Disney, big sister K saw a lot of people with lanyards around their necks. I never knew this, but apparently, pin trading is a big thing at Disney. People go around with pins on their lanyards and can trade it with anyone working at Disney (you would see most of the employees wearing lanyards filled with Disney pins). Big sister K asked to get one for herself, and being the sucker parents that we are, we agreed to. She chose a princess lanyard (of course), and we got her two pins to start off with. She didn’t quite understand what the lanyard was used for and the concept of pin trading, but that night at the hotel, we stopped by the gift shop and big sister K made her first pin trade with a cast member. She was about to trade away her second pin (Ariel from the Little Mermaid) for a Tinker Bell one that she liked more, but the person working at the gift shop was so nice and allowed big sister K to keep both pins.
Once we got home, M found an old 2000 Disney pin that he got as a gift 13 years ago, so there was another one to add to big sister K’s lanyard... hence, she just doubled her collection to four pins. I went on eBay and found people selling them in lots of 25 or 50 (so much cheaper than getting them at Disney!). Supposedly, they are legitimate and can be traded at any Disney location, so I am thinking of buying a set for big sister K as part of her birthday present next month.
Once we got home, M found an old 2000 Disney pin that he got as a gift 13 years ago, so there was another one to add to big sister K’s lanyard... hence, she just doubled her collection to four pins. I went on eBay and found people selling them in lots of 25 or 50 (so much cheaper than getting them at Disney!). Supposedly, they are legitimate and can be traded at any Disney location, so I am thinking of buying a set for big sister K as part of her birthday present next month.
You can't see the pins too clearly here, but here's big sister K showing them off.
1 comment:
How cute that she loves pin trading! I love it too!
Unfortunately, the big lots on eBay are mixed with a lot of fake ones, which are called scrappers. Howard bought them for me before we realized it. You can actually see that the quality is cheaper on many of them. Basically, it looks kind of the same as the original, but part of it might be discolored or the back is sharp or there's a lip around the edge of the back of the pin. Some of them chipped right away too. I didn't mind because the price was so cheap and I still liked a bunch of them and don't mind keeping some even if they are scrappers.
The best bet to get authentic pins if the scrappers bother you is from the Disney outlets in Orlando.
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