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Fridge magnets

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Mollygo Tue 06-Feb-24 14:03:34

I have these from all over the world, but I really don’t want to put them back on my new appliance. I do like them for the memories they bring, and my younger DGC like to look, rearrange and ask about them.
Any suggestions for keeping them? (DH suggested the bin).

NotSpaghetti Tue 06-Feb-24 14:11:17

I'd just put them in a tin.
Little ones can then use the lid to arrange/rearrange them.

OldFrill Tue 06-Feb-24 14:11:32

Give them to DGC

BigBertha1 Tue 06-Feb-24 14:30:21

Can they be recycled in the interests of decluttering.

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 06-Feb-24 14:33:37

OldFrill

Give them to DGC

Yes! The parents will be so grateful! 🤣

Norah Tue 06-Feb-24 14:46:22

We had one. Our GC love to sing along and move it along the (unseen) side of the fridge. Became lost, if you found it please send it along to us.

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

kittylester Tue 06-Feb-24 14:47:38

I love my fridge magnets.blush

Poppyred Tue 06-Feb-24 15:34:44

You can buy a white magnetic board from IKEA to display your magnets.

Greyduster Tue 06-Feb-24 15:35:08

You can get magnetic white boards. DD has one in her kitchen that has photos, fridge magnets, all manner of odds and sods on it as well as the usual reminders and lists. If I had room in my kitchen I would have one. My fridge door is getting very crowded!

Greyduster Tue 06-Feb-24 15:36:05

Snap, Poppyred!😁

Oldbat1 Tue 06-Feb-24 15:38:36

Ive seen loads in our oxfam shop no doubt other folk have decided to donate. I have a couple on my fridge.

Parsley3 Tue 06-Feb-24 15:47:53

I solved this problem by buying magnetic paint and applying it to an alcove in the kitchen. I painted over it to match the wall colour and then made a display of my magnets. I like to be reminded of where I have been.

Mollygo Tue 06-Feb-24 15:55:26

BigBertha1

Can they be recycled in the interests of decluttering.

That’s more or less what my DH said.🤣🤣

Callistemon21 Tue 06-Feb-24 16:17:01

I kept mine for a while when I had a new appliance then the ones I like best gradually found their own way back on to the freezer 😁

polomint Tue 06-Feb-24 16:49:48

I love my fridge magnets and I would miss them. Many happy memories of where we have visited. Now my grown up grandchildren buy one for me when they travel

SpringyChicken Tue 06-Feb-24 17:06:46

Will they stick on the inside of the garage door? The garage is where DH keeps his running medals now, nailed on the rafters. Made me soooo happy

Germanshepherdsmum Tue 06-Feb-24 17:40:52

I only had a few fridge magnets but in a kitchen they get dirty if not taken off and cleaned frequently. Never again. I don’t invite housework.

Minibookworm Thu 08-Feb-24 11:16:06

Ours are now displayed on magnetic white boards after we got a new kitchen with an integrated fridge/freezer. They do provide us with memories of the places we have visited around the world - we tend to only buy ones when we go abroad.

MamaB247 Thu 08-Feb-24 11:34:15

Sheet of metal in a photo frame or a metal notice board.

Nannan2 Thu 08-Feb-24 11:40:09

I just got new fridge freezer and after cleaning/filling it next job was to back my fridge magnets & some postcards and magnetic pics of GC.

Nannan2 Thu 08-Feb-24 11:40:55

*put back😃

Fairycakes Thu 08-Feb-24 11:42:05

I have had these two fridge magnets on my fridge for many years and when my grandchildren were very small, they were all attracted to the sun face.

newnanny Thu 08-Feb-24 11:46:01

polomint

I love my fridge magnets and I would miss them. Many happy memories of where we have visited. Now my grown up grandchildren buy one for me when they travel

Me too. I'd not want to lose mine. I'd just put themmon new fridge freezer.

Sarahleigh Thu 08-Feb-24 11:54:57

I love fridge magnets - they are all over the fridge/freezer. Cat ones on the one, places I have been and other peoples places (which I don’t really want) on one side and the other has ones that are holding notes. My daughter recently gave me all hers because she doesn’t want them in her new kitchen! My grandchildren wanted them kept hence the magnets moved to nannies.

Spuddy Thu 08-Feb-24 11:56:15

We've got a little lightweight wooden one on our fridge door that says: A spoiled rotten Cat lives here with 4 little paw prints!