huseboy Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Ok, thought it would neat if everyone gave out there hiding places. I have had several because I have to keep changing them because he is getting older and is better in searching. But mostly I stash his items at the neighbors house. Single or couple with no kids so they dont mind. Where is yours????
Kandy Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 In the coat closet in the living room , in my bedroom closet, in the shed and even in the kids closet (they've not even noticed the items in the top of their closet. Its right under or should I say over their noses. DD 12, DS 10
Mom2Ciara&Keagan Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 We have a large walk in closet, so everything is in there. My daughter doesn't snoop....yet.
ebony0421 Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I hide the kids stuff in dh closet, linen closet, our bathroom, my son's room. My favorite spot is the laundry room.
Lvnlakers78 Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 All of mine are in the garage with a blanket over them. I had no where to hide them. My 10 yr old knows they are out there but knows if he goes out there he is in big trouble!
Ebayordeath Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I hide mine in the trunk of the car or in the attic until we are ready to wrap them.
josetann Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I just wrap them up and put them under the tree? You guys must be buying some really odd-shaped presents (a bike wrapped up under the tree might be a bit obvious). I guess for those special items from you-know-who that aren't wrapped, you'd need a good place. Haven't had a need yet, but if it's small it could go in the trunk of the car (when I was a kid I never thought to look there, which was fine cause that's never where they were). Larger and they'd probably have to stay with my parents, kids can always find the hiding spots, trust me!
stacimarie Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I know someone who hides them in the trunk of one of their vehicles. My mom always left them in the bags beside her side of the bed, right beside her head. If your plan was to see while they were asleep, you had another thing comin.
teebee Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 Bedroom closet, the attic, at my dad's house, and my son (14) keeps my daughter (5) presents in his closet! Oh yeah, and on layaway as long as I can!!
abentley Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I have my older kids convinced that there is a room in their Grandmas basement, that they have never seen. my older ones are 17 & 15 and this has worked for 13 years. I will make a comment about "having to run up there", and they fall for it! Actually there could actually be a room in her basement that none of us have ever seen. Anyway, that takes the pressure off of my house and my little ones haven't snooped yet!! I also will wrap things that I don't want to "hide" and put them under the tree with their Dads name on the tag. They don't seem interested in what he is getting!!!
fairydustcrissy Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I have 2 bikes in my trunk, finally wrapped most gifts yesterday so they are under the tree. I still have Santa stuff in my closet (But the double doors will finally close! ). Have some in the bathroom closets as well.
CBC Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 In my closet. The jeep is going to be at Grandmas house.
queenofshopping Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 my parents always hid them downstairs with the neighbors
laura8773 Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 I use my bedroom closet. There is always under the bed and the garage when I run out of room. My kids know to stay out of my room when the closet door is open. Of course I normally just close myself in when I am geting clothes or shoes since I have to shift things around.
emptynest-2 Posted December 13, 2005 Posted December 13, 2005 My mother said that if you want to hide anything, hide it in plain open sight. Which worked with us because we always hunted for it and could not find them. Never looked in open sight.
sheli Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 One year we hid everything in a chest freezer in the basement. That was the best hiding place. No one knew anything was there and the kids don't go in the basement much anyway. (the freezer was unplugged for whole house electrical upgrade so no frozen gifts)
whafs8 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 We have most everything from Santa under a huge blanket in the back of the garage and the bicycles are under lock and key in the shed out back
leefamily23 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I have a ton of storage bins in my office year round. I use them to organize my ebay stuff. Well- my ebay sales for winter clothing are over- and I use the bins for the gifts. DS (12) doesn't have a clue. I keep the top bins w/ some random "ebay" type items. Now- I have to hide my husbands gifts too. Those are in my son's closet on a shelf (wrapped).
noehlp Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I have an area in my basement that has boxes of stored things in them, I have always kept a blanket on them so dust don't settle. So when I buy gifts they go on top of the boxes and under blanket. The kids have no clue as to why the blanket gets higher, they don't even notice. Also I have a lock on my basement door and my children are not allowed down there without an adult, so no time for snooping. Also, I sometimes use my trunk, but at times that place has gotten ruined by a snoopy ten yr old of mine. :) Patty
decafmom Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 my parents always hid them downstairs with the neighborsWhy would your parents hide the neighbors???
decafmom Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 My oldest (17) doesn't look for his presents. He says that he can't think of a more awful Christmas morning than knowing what he was going to get. Last year I hid the little guy's gifts in the oldest's closet, but this year they're in dh's closet since it's small (Game Boy) and easy to hide. Santa doesn't wrap gifts, so those are the only ones being hidden. The rest have been wrapped since Thanksgiving Saturday.
heather2309 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 i hide my stuff in the trunk of my car in the closets and under the bed mostly in the basement with the other millions of boxes in there
huseboy Posted December 14, 2005 Author Posted December 14, 2005 Sounds like everyone has there own little ideas that seem to work when you learn how your kiddos are. :)
KellyGus Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 They are all hidden about 3,000 m iles away at my parents house....lol...We will be going there for Christmas.
Mommie2one Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 My daughter is old enough (age 10) to know NOT to go into the back portion of the garage. All the presents are in 2 HUGE contractor style bags filled. Also some of the cabinets. LOL.
Guest all2tired Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I had always kept them in the basement but now the kids venture down there to play. Over the summer, my dh finally finished putting the floor in the attic so this year everything is up there except for dd's bike. That's hidden in the basement and waiting to be assembled
shopping mom Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 This year they are in a few different places. My parents attic and their shed, my husbands work place ( he works for his dad and they have a warehouse for cabinets) and a few things in my closet.
hope1976 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I put them in our bedroom closet - the kids don't snoop much yet. They know they aren't allowed in our bedroom simply because they leave the door open and our cats get in our closet and hide. Then we lock our room when we have a babysitter, which is hardly ever. I'm a SAHM and hubby works out of the home, so we're home all the time with them
scrappynik Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 My mom always left them in the bags beside her side of the bed, right beside her headLOL! That's where mine are! They are all wrapped now though since my 10 yr old went snooping a couple weeks ago! Next year I'll definatly have to find a new place to hide all the gifts!
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