Where to store BTFE, UPCS, and Points off boxes

[hotcouponmama]

Cool whip has decorative containers several times a year. I have one with some flowers on it. I slit the middle of the lid, and put the lid back on the container. Everyone knows when they see a BTFE or some other point thing we are collecting, to simply tear it off the box and deposit it into the container that way. The container hangs out on a shelf in the kitchen, and when the container is full, we take them into school. This beats when they were in drawers here and there and disorganized.

Last year, we turned in about $300 BTFE that we'd been saving up to the school.

[mama22qts]

I just have mine in a ziploc baggie in the drawer. I like your decorative idea better!

[queenofthehivemomof5]

I have a small ziplock baggie on the door of the fridge with a magnet.

[sbp]

I use a Viactive canister with a slit cut in the lid. It's kinda small, but then so is my apartment!!! LOL

[3swimmersmom]

I taped a ziploc bag to the inside of my pantry door, I never zip it closed though, that way anyone can just drop a btfe in the bag. And everyone knows where it is. I also use the inside of my pantry door for the school calender and other family information. Everyone is in the pantry everyday and no one misses the info that is posted there, plus it keeps my frig clutter free.

[lanichan]

What? Nobody else just thrown them into a drawer like me??

All of your ideas were great. I really like the Cool Whip container idea with the little slit.

[Franklinhockey]

I bought one of those plastic pencil/pen/marker cases the Kids use at school and that is were I put all my upcs and Btfe

[Kristen.C]

I use the crystal light plastic tubs with lids. You can actually "decorate" it to match your kitchen by wrapping it with a wrapping paper/scrapbooking paper that matches your decor and then protecting the wrapping paper by coating it with a laminate sheet or contact paper. Trim around the edges, pop the top on (with a slit to deposit them of course) and Voila, pretty container! If you collect a lot of them and need a bigger vessel for storing them you can use a coffee can, lipton iced tea canister, or hot chocolate canister and do the same thing!

Can you tell how anal retentive I am? DH gets slightly irritated with me when I do stuff like this in our home...

[MrsPinecone]

What? Nobody else just thrown them into a drawer like me??

I throw them into a decorative bowl on the kitchen counter, and when I start feeling guilty, sort them into baggies.

[phlack]

I just use a ziploc bag. When it's full, my kid takes it into school.

$300 of BTFE? GEEZ! My school could use that!

-Mike

[swatkitty]

I'm going through some older threads to clean up this forum and ran across this neat little thread about storing BTFE, etc! Thought I'd share!

BUMP!!

[puakinikini]

I do the ziploc baggie in a drawer routine - but sometimes I feel like stapling it to my 10 year olds head b/c he can never remember to put them in there before recycling the box. He is also bad about recycling - luckily I catch most of them!

[ladywaterwind]

Interesting ideas in here! Will have to try one of these out. Thanks

[jenbob31905]

This might sound crazy, but it works for me... I use a Cottonelle flushable wipes empty container for BTFE... One could also use an empty baby wipes container instead.

[krmore]

This might sound crazy, but it works for me... I use a Cottonelle flushable wipes empty container for BTFE... One could also use an empty baby wipes container instead.

I was going to say something like that. I use an empty huggies wipe container because it has a little pop top and slot on the top of it so it's easy to slip stuff into it with out having to open the whole box

[Cynthiabutterfly]

The back to school inserts that had a Kleenex coupon had an ad with decorations to clip and glue to your empty kleenex box and use for collecting the BTFE in. I'd be too worried that it would be dropped and spill, or being in the kitchen that it would get soggy and ruin the BTFE inside.

[pilesoflaundry]

I keep an empty ziploc bag box on the counter. I can just toss them in and when it's redemption time I split them up between the 2 kids classes.

[SchwoomsMom]

My husband is trained not to throw any boxes/bottles/cans or anything that MIGHT have something on it, away.
I go thru and pull off the btfe, clfe upc's or whatever off them, and put them in a drawer. Every so often, I trim what's in the drawer, pull the btfe & clfe and put them in the bag I have for them. I keep the 2 newest dates (currently 12/08 and 6/09) in seperate bags, so I make sure they get turned in during those collection periods. I currently have about 1500 btfe in my bag, but to make sure that my son wins the "most turned in" I always keep some for the next collection period... :)

[momabrown3]

All these ways of storing BTFE is great.As a BTFE cordinator the more you save in BTFE.The less (candy bar sales)your school will have to do.BTFE is the #1 school fund raiser.