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As a mom of a daughter and son (2 and 6) I think those sounds like great trade items. I know (have seen) my daughter loves that kind of stuff. I think those are great ideas.

We would be interested in 2 as well.

I also think there is no place for broken junk in a cache. But I also cache with my 2.5 yr old and a 6 yr old. They love finding little toys in there - something I might think is junk they LOVE... We haven't left any used toys in caches, but I also see the point that some little children look through their things and find something they really like and bring it to trade. Who are we to say it is junk - it was something they liked and thought other children would enjoy as well.. We have left McToys in caches - but only brand new ones still in the bags... I sometimes have trouble figuring out what an even trade is and I often think I leave more then we took, but I will be more aware of it in the future... Sometimes I find we are quickly going through stuff because there are lots of muggles around and we quickly choose something out of our bag to replace what the kids took... I like what one of the other posters said about I am not caching for profit - we like getting out as a family and the hunt makes it that much more enjoyable, the swag is a bonus to the kids.... we can afford to buy what we want. That said, we (the adults) do enjoy finding signature items left behind in the caches... homemade or otherwise... they are neat since they are specific to the other cachers that have been there before us....sort of a neat little piece of history. ..stepping down now...

FTF prizes do not require a trade at all. A geocoin and gps sticker for a carabiner kinda sucks tho...unless it was a self locking carabiner. I thought that geocoins were like TB's.. meant to move around and like TB's - no trade is required for it. Unless it is an unactivated coin meant to be traded for.... am I incorrect in my thinking???