DS got the fucking class teddy bear this weekend.

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So, AIBU to ask for your inspiration, as to what to do with the fucking thing. It comes with a requirement to write two bloody pages about out exciting adventures and photos!

It has luggage! With spare clothes pyjamas! AND a bastard toothbrush! Gah!

Always been one of the last to get class bear, maths monkey, task teddy... and tbh it is really shit when you don't have a printer. Because you know other parents will look at your contribution and sneer that you 'didn't bother' to take photos, unlike everyone else that year. I took photos, I just can't print them off for halo-polishing.

I wish schools would set a standard for this. No photos, just words, and illustrations by the children.

just be glad you dont have the class gunea pig for the weekend. thats what we had to put up with when our dd was in reception

Put black tape over its eyes, wear a black glove, photograph him in a photo booth with just your hand holding him up.
Send them a furry ear and a ransom note.

We just had a class rabbit. Attacked our guinea pigs...

Very frosty here at the moment. Could teddy find ice, slip on ice or generally play on ice. Could he have got a bargain at the black Friday sales or helped to take Christmas decorations down from the attic. Or opened the first window in advent calendar ( think it's this weekend) or untangled the lights for the tree or posted a letter to Santa.

Could you make him a gimp costume out of a bin liner?

Stick it in the back of the wardrobe for the weekend and claim it got lost in Narnia?

"Teddy went on a bender and threw up on the hamster?"

Actually you can't use that it's too good, I'm going to turn it into a children's book.

We had the class wombat (in Australia) and I took photos of a "pyjama party" with other teddies, of him and DD with DDs ballet teacher, then took him to a strawberry farm... then on the way home, DS and DD were playing catch with him in the backseat and accidentally threw him out of the window!! Had to do a u-turn, dash out into the road to get him but when we got him home we realised he had lost his nose. I was delighted. It meant I could pop a band aid on his face, take some pics of him recuperating and then ignore for the weekend - AND I had a good story for the bloody book.
(I also had to take him to the teddy vet that week to get a new nose sewn on)
Can I suggest a similar injury could befall your teddy??

Are you my sister?! my niece just had this! I'm just waiting now for ds to bring this back!

Just send back a card with a black border around it: Regret to inform you that Teddy passed away peacefully over the weekend. To save the children the distress of seeing the corpse we arranged a private burial over the weekend.

For all you who hate the bear...

"Teddy was shy this weekend and hid in his safety cupboard"

"Teddy was tired and slept in x's school bag all weekend"

"Teddy ran away to live in the sewers with the rats and the underground people"

Pick whichever you prefer :)

What about Teddy felt very camera shy so my child has drawn some pictures of what they did. Don't bother annotating just lots of your child's drawings. I always find it so amazing how much primary schools including the one I teach at expect the parents to for out for money wise and time.!

^fork

Teddy could make Christmas tree decorations and Christmas cards?

I've shared these before, when we had the class monkey I could not resist taking a couple of "after dark" pictures for my own amusement.

Teddy and child were exhausted from so much going on, so had duvet day. Pic or drawing of child and teddy under duvet.

I have twins so have the class near twice. Lots of boys in my sons class play football together so going to watch football is bears no 1 activity.

Teddy is very naughty and was found stealing gin so spent the weekend nursing a hangover.....
I bet the other parents would LOVE you!

Surely it's only hard work if you view it as a challenge to do something exciting? Printing pictures out is a pita generally but this is not limited to bears. We are forever being asked for photos. Perhaps schools should accept emailed photos and print them out at school

Seriously OP. There's a lot of fun to be had with this.

Teddy was tired of all the travelling. Teddy had lots of sleep. Teddy has decided to postpone his Christmas Shopping until the last minute.

I hate this activity. It's basically an activity for me (unless they're hoping for diary entries by my 4 year old) and I don't need to be told to do things with my kids at the weekend, thanks, nor provide evidence.

Do people/teachers even read the previous entries anyway? I didnt when ds brought it home from playgroup