Couch Cushion Cooties Contest.

Ok, so sometimes I get these kooky thoughts or ideas in my head. And this is one of them. Do you ever clean under your couch cushions? Do you find interesting things in there? Pennies? Hairballs? A random LEGO? An old tube of chapstick? Well, here's your chance to show & tell!

You can think of it as a kick-start to your "Spring Cleaning". (The first day of Spring is March 20th! Wheeee! I'm so excited!)

Is this too WaCkY? I may be the only one that enters my own contest. Take a picture, send me your JPEG & (if it's not offensive) I'll add it to this blog post. And to encourage you in your "Spring Cleaning" endeavors, I'll randomly pick a winner to receive one of my cupcake plushie pillows! (I'll let you choose a felt color!)

You have until Sunday, March 15th to send me your picture, along with your name & your blog link, if you have one. My email is whimsy-girl [at] hotmail DOT com. I'll announce the winner on Monday, March 16th.

Happy hairball hunting!

UPDATE: Feel free to use the "Couch Cushion Cooties Contest!" blog button I made that's located on the sidebar!

*The picture of MY couch "cooties" include: a handmade beanbag, a tiny plastic cow, a gold twist tie, popcorn kernels, a hairband, paper scraps, felt scraps, an ink pen, my daughter's paper "Q" book from school, a lollipop stick, random miniature dowels, a piece of Twix candy wrapper, a pretty vintage button, & one those "helicopter" seed pod things.

********************************************************************Holly: 2 used tissues ( I think, and eww gross), a plastic toy top, Sophie Le Giraffe, an orange bowl, a yellow lion, a yellow jelly bracelet, a Minnie Mouse coaster, a yarn label, a red piece of yarn, 1 cheerio, 3 raisins, a spoon to my daughters tea set, an unopened lip balma, Yo Gabba Gabba valentine (laminated for playtime), a hair elastic, 2 scraps of paper (one with Shrek baby on it)
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Debbie: a plastic toy cell phone, a yellow crayon, a plastic "Doc Oc" arm, and an empty packet of Arby Sauce...ewww!
********************************************************************Becky: This was in the couches in the living room. it's like a minagerie of holidays....easter candy, snowflake christmas ornament, glitter for something and then thread, thread, thread. I sew while the kids read to me....hee hee

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Jennifer: Just some random popcorn and a bunch of wires from our surround sound system. Oh, well. I tried! LOL! I'm glad I looked, though! Gotta get those popcorn kernels out of there! LOL!

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Michelle: A top to pjs that my middle son grew out of months ago, a pair of shorts the baby wore last summer, one of my older son's socks, a washcloth, nail clippers, a Gap price tag, a cheerio, a goldfish cracker, a rock, a water bottle cap, parts of sweet tart and m&m wrappers, a lollipop stick, purple crayon wrapper, some pennies, and a smiley sun sticker.

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Sophie: Okay, I've got some unused bandage tape, some scraps of paper, a twig, a plastic cherry from a board game, a Fine Sharpie (so THAT's where it was!), a plastic Easter egg, and a Nintendo DS case.

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Amber: Couch #1- upstairs living room... not much besides dog hair and dust. I had to put it in a pile to get it to come together like that.

Couch #2 - downstairs daycare area... popcorn, plastic egg, sock, string, Sesame Street band aide, piece of notebook paper, chip crumbs. This one totally grossed me out.

Couch #3- smiley sticker, duplo road sign, brand new power cord. This couch is only one foot away from the above couch... why is it so clean?!?!

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Jessica: Lollipop wrapper, DMC floss. Light up tweezers, bead, fork, Bakugan, pen, crayon, Dora and Diego Lego toys, Dora figure. Hello Kitty Christmas magnet pieces, two clothespins, 21 cents, and a craft stick snowflake my 4yr old made.

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Kristi & Meredith: shrinky dink necklace (surprise, surprise!), rice cake crumb, orange peel, a sticker

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Amanda L: DISCLAIMER: I am a mother of four (soon to be five) and we have a very, very cushy couch!
We have here: a mini version of the book Pierre by Maurice Sendak, ear drops, a deconstructed sweater shaver, one girls' sock, a baby doll bottle, the wooden knob from a discarded bathroom cabinet, a blue disk from an Arby's kids' meal, a pink My Little Pony food bucket, a mini My Little Pony figurine, a pencil, a baby's toothbrush (which, I assure you, was replaced - ewww), the windshield of a Buzz Lightyear spaceship, a blue toy spoon, a blue My Little Pony comb, several My Little Pony Memory Game cards (I made a match!!!), several crayons (many of which are, surprisingly, NOT broken), six hair doodads (including the teeniest barrettes known to humankind), a bracelet made by my two year old for Independence Day last year, some little plastic Polly Pocket pants, a foamy heart sticker, a foamy coconut sticker (doesn't everyone have one of those in their couch?), a plastic princess ring, a GinGins candy (combats morning sickness!), some kind of bizarre red plastic springy thing, five K'Nex, a pink toy car, two black plastic thingies that once held a toy into a box, but were stolen by my one year old and were shoved under the cushions just this morning, and (finally) four plastic velcro-backed foods meant for decorating a toy cake.

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Heidi: Two socks (one white and one Handy Manny), an acorn cookie cutter, a Hot Wheels car, two colored pencils, a pair of baby nail clippers, a broken Slinky, a clump of dried strawberries/bananas (eew - I'm amazed ants didn't find it first!), a Snack Trap lid, a piece of blue cardboard from something-or-another, a string cheese wrapper, a footed cupcake holder, a pretzel, a puzzle piece, a Little People rooster (that I've been looking for forever!), a ton of hole punched "confetti," and one, single, lonely, measley penny!

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Aunt LoLo: bobby pin, some hair, a bit of glitter, loads o' crumbs, and a few foil stars.

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Pamela:crumbs and popcorn kernels, kindergarten homework (oops!), at least three Christmas ornaments, a number of pretzels and squiggly things from Chex mix, puzzle pieces,
crayons, marker and pen caps, saucers to my daughter's tea set, tiny gift box top also from Christmas, six pencils, hair clips, 61 cents, plastic pickle, plastic potato chip, plastic bacon, megablocks, wooden blocks, mancala stones, at least four rocks, a gift bag, envelopes, a knit dishrag, a pencil sharpener, my cell phone


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Tracy: Pink highlighter, High School Musical nail file, Claire's gift card with $3.23 left on it, and a Kelly Kapowski trading card
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Kim

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