One of the cool things about being a Walmart Mom is certain opportunities like this toy haul and the recent food haul that I did, where we were given gift cards to make purchases and then donate. On both hauls, I ended up spending a good chunk of my own money and was happy to do so to help other folks out this holiday season. With the toy haul, the goal was to buy as many toys as possible and donate to the charity of our choice.
As I was adding items to my basket, all I could think about is what child would get them and wondered if they’d get anything else. It puts things into perspective and makes you take a good look at what you have yourself, or at least it did for me anyways. My husband often shares how he and his siblings would get like one toy or two and have to share. I guess that’s not too bad unless there are 8 of you. Anyways, I made sure to get something for every age group and for both boys, girls, and toys that both genders could play with since I wasn’t sure who would get what.
I didn’t take Truett with me shopping for the toys because well, he’s 4 and do I really need to explain? I did, however, explain to him what was happening and why I was buying all those toys and what we were going to do with them. He seem to understand and at one point, offered up his football and cars. He totally got it and I loved that.
I bought some of the Top Toys that I saw in the Walmart toy catalog and tried to keep it under $10 per toy. I think I did a great job and didn’t sacrifice any cool items. I got the Kung Zhu Hamsters that are hot right now, the Sing-a-ma-jigs from Mattel (they are so cute and I got to see them up close before they were out everywhere back when I was in NYC), and Play-doh (just to name a few).
Check out the video (Truett makes an appearance) and remember, there’s still time to grab an extra toy and donate to your local toy drive or even to a needy family in your area.
Disclosure: Compensation has been provided by Walmart for my time and efforts to shop and create this post. All opinions are my own, always have been, always will be. As I said before, I ended up spending my own money because it felt right and I want to give when I can. Hope you do the same.
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Truett is such a cutie, lol. I love the part where he says nahhh I don’t want it lol. Great job Lori and I love that Walmart is doing this for those in need.
Our church has a huge Christmas tree and the ornaments are colored pieces of paper that say, Girl age 8, Boy age 4, etc. You have your kids pick ornaments and then you go buy gifts for the children in need. We wrap them up like real Christmas presents and put them back under the tree at the church.
I like this idea and often wondered if needy kids actually got wrapped presents or not. But either way, just giving to toy drives is wonderful.