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Mary Christmas!

by Uncustomary | Dec 25, 2014 | Bug | 3 comments

Mary Christmas

Mary Christmas from Mr. Bah Hum Bug himself. We love you a lot, you beautiful sandwich people.

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Explaining what I do to kids makes me get very cle

Explaining what I do to kids makes me get very clear about what I do.

Recently, I was at a kids 🎂 birthday party, and they asked me what my job was. I started explaining, and it wasn’t really registering. 🤷‍♀️ I mentioned I have a 📚 book, and they (like adults), perked up 🤩 because they had something tangible to understand.

They asked me what the book was about. 🙋

🤔 I thought for a second…

When I showed up to the party, 🥳 I came in a costume matching the theme. I walked around participating in all the activities. I talked to the kids like they were adults. 🎈 I made it clear I was up for playing.

This was a strong contrast to the majority of the grown ups at the party who were all sitting around talking for hours. 🪑 Which I understand. They’re on 24/7, exhausted, 🥱 and a party is an opportunity for them to rest while their kids run around chaperoned and entertained, while they get a chance to socialize with other parents.

All that said, because of how the kids saw me, they kept wanting to play with me. 🤹‍♀️

I came in for some water, 🫗 and one of them ran up to me and said, ❣️ “We need you in the basement!” And I said, “Okay hold on a sec” and she said, “No, we need you NOW!” so I ran downstairs. 🪜

The basement was empty and then all of a sudden a swarm of kids popped out and started nerf blasting me! 🔫 An organized prank they probably wouldn’t have done on another grown up there, but they felt connected to me… 🫶

So I reminded them of what had just happened. And how a lot of the other people were upstairs with all this fun around them and they were kind of sitting around? They nodded. ✔️

I said, “Well, my job is to kind of help adults remember that they can play, too. Kids don’t need to remember how to play. But sometimes adults forget. 🧠 So I try to help them remember how to have fun”. 🕹️

And they nodded sincerely in approval. “That’s really cool.” 😎

And it is.

❣️ This week’s Community Feature is from Kat

❣️ This week’s Community Feature is from Kate in 📍 South Haven, Michigan!

She has an ENTIRE account dedicated to her art, which includes all the 🪨 kindness rocks she makes and leaves in public spaces!

When I saw her like one of my posts, I checked out her page 😮 and told her what she was doing TOTALLY counted towards the 11K project!

Then she came and logged 6 acts! 🙌

Go check out her account and see just how many Merriment Makers there are out there. ⤵️

@creations.by.kate_op

This project is growing every day and I’m obsessed with what it’s attracting. 😍

#11KActs #KindnessRocks #ActsOfKindness #PublicArt

🧙‍♀️ Tip: Stand over a broom, jump in the

🧙‍♀️ Tip: Stand over a broom, jump in the air, and snap a photo. 🧹🪄

#halloweentips #cameratricks #iphonetricks #photographytricks #halloweentipsandtricks

If talking it out over and over isn’t working, t

If talking it out over and over isn’t working, try something different.

Hack the holiday. 🚫 🎃 If you don’t like t

Hack the holiday. 🚫

🎃 If you don’t like the guts in pumpkins, glue rhinestones to it.

🥳 If you don’t want to do go to a party, drive to a location with a bunch of bars and watch drunk people in costumes.

🪀 If you don’t want to hand out candy, give toys.

👑 If you don’t want to dress up, wear a fun hat or accessory and call it a day.

🧟‍♂️ If you don’t want to be scared, don’t. Peruse my “not so scary” movies list instead.

🏠 If you don’t want to go out, make a spooky sanctuary at home instead.

🧛 If you don’t want to deal with crowds, do Halloween early. A day, week, or hours before.

🐭 If you don’t want to spend money on a costume, make it. I’m a mouse, duh.

🌭 If you don’t want to eat candy, don’t. There’s plenty of fall themed foods you can enjoy instead (apple, pumpkin, corn flavors or get weird with it and make mummy hot dogs or spider web guacamole).

Do what feels GOOD.

#HalloweenHacks

What are you hoping to make happen this season? 🪄

If the things that keep popping up feel too scary, 😱 come hang out with us in ‘Everything Sucks, Now What?’

It’s an absurdist approach to feeling more alive. 🤪 Anti self-help. 🚫 Unlike anything out there. 👏

Halloween Activity incoming! 🎃 A fantastic han

Halloween Activity incoming! 🎃

A fantastic hand-drawn 🧑‍🎨 Bingo board with ACTIVITIES on it! 👻 2 in 1!

✴️🎁 It also comes with a bonus list of themed movies and trivia. Only one 💸

🔗 Uncustomary.org/Store

#HalloweenActivities #SmallBusiness #Bingo #HalloweenBingo #ShopSmall

Now that I think about it, a perfectly good way to

Now that I think about it, a perfectly good way to participate in the whacky walk merriment mission this week would be to wheelbarrow walk with someone. Remember that?

Listen to the lyrics of the Kesha potato song. 🥔

Happy Monday.

#memes #memesdaily #funnymemes #memepage #comedy #dankmeme #dailymemes #kindmemes #memestagram #funnymeme #kindnessmemes #wholesomememes #randomactsofkindness #actsofkindness #raok #goodnews #positivenews #kindnessnews #happymemes #merrimentmemes

100 ideas for Halloween! 🎃 Uncustomary Art on

100 ideas for Halloween! 🎃

Uncustomary Art on Etsy

Just 1 💵

#halloweenbucketlist #halloweenactivities #halloweenactivitiesforkids #halloweenactivity #thingstodoforhalloween #halloweenideas #halloweeninspo

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