Love for Disney Pins

One of My Favorite Hobbies

With some of my former cheer babies being in Disney for Nationals right now, I felt inspired to talk about my favorite activity at Disney... Pin Trading! I feel like this is something that isn't a widely known activity that happens at Disney. Pin Trading is an activity where you buy some started pins and then trade with people in the park or Cast Members for pins that you like better. It's a really fun way to explore the parks more and interact with the Cast Members. I started pin trading about 7 years ago when I went to Disney with my mom, stepdad, sister, and stepsiblings. Each of us kids got to pick 50 starter pins from a huge box that came from eBay. When we got to Disney it was so addicting! I was instantly in love with pin trading. I loved searching for pin locations and finding pins of the types that I like. I didn't get to trade for several years after that, but my senior year of high school I got to go to Disney twice within three months of each other so I got to do a ton of trading! I collect mostly Winnie the Pooh, The Little Mermaid, and Nightmare Before Christmas pins, but I also have random pins that I really love. I really want to go back to Disney soon so that I can trade some more. I have a couple of collections that I'm only missing one pin from and really want to complete them. Below I'm going to post pictures of all of my keeper pins and the bag that I keep them in. Under the pictures I'll also talk about my favorite pins that I have! 

I only have one pin missing in my candy corn set. The Oogie Boogie pin on the right is actually glow-in-the-dark and came with my lanyard that I hold my pins that I want to trade on. The really skinny Jack pin is special to me because it was stuck to the bottom of my stepdad's shoe and he let me have it. The pin that says "Jack" with the dangling pieces is one of my favorites!

This is the bag that my keeper pins stay!

The three pins on the left are not Disney brand pins, they are Varsity brand, from the National High School Cheerleading Competition. One of my favorite pins is the Pirates of the Caribbean one at the bottom by the ghost pin. 

I'm only missing one pin from my silhouette collection too! 

Two of my favorite pins are the windy day one on the top left and the "Oh Bother" one on the bottom left.

The only pins that I haven't shown are my pins that I plan on trading because they are at my house. Pin trading is so awesome and I love the adorable pins. My siblings and I have so much fun finding pins that fit our collections. If you are going to Disney any time soon, you should definitely try it out! They are like awesome tiny souvenirs! ~Em