<p>By bling I mean trophies, plaques, awards, etc.</p>
<p>Over the years I've accumulated quite a few trophies and plaques of the <a href="Insert%20Subject">i</a> Student of the Year, Xth Place at Math Competition, Yth Place at Science Fair* variety. Some of the math team awards are quite large (2-3 feet tall). </p>
<p>In the fall when I go to MIT it's like I'm really moving out; my little brother is going to be moving out of a shared room into mine and he doesn't want all my stuff cluttering his room. I don't want to take them to college... that would be ridiculous. And the parents won't let me just throw them away.</p>
<p>So I guess I'm going to be packing them into boxes and lugging them to the attic. (Unless people here have a better idea). I'm not looking forward to it since they are irregularly shaped, somewhat fragile, and I don't know where I'm going to get boxes the right size. At the U-Haul I visited, the box sizes jumped from "Large Box" that is about 2 feet tall (not quite tall enough) to the Wardrobe Size, which is way too big.</p>
<p>I know a lot of the people at CC are far more accomplished than I am and probably have an even bigger problem with this. Any tips or suggestions?</p>
<p>ha, i won't have any trophies or anything like that. i have 2 small theatre awards, that's it...</p>
<p>i would box them up and put them in the attic??</p>
<p>Melt them into a single trophy-mass for easier storage.</p>
<p>I wish I had some bling...I feel worthless :/ All I have is sarcasm.</p>
<p>Cover them with peanut butter and stick raisins and cheerios to them and hang them from trees like birdfeeders </p>
<p><em>grins</em></p>
<p>If you have older relatives that might like something sparkley to light up his or her nursing home room, you could give the trophies and things to them.</p>
<p>You could also talk to your school and see if they have a trophy case or display case that needs a few trophies to fill up the end of a row or something. That'd probably just be temporary, and it wouldn't work for awards you got from your school, but for some of the math competitions and stuff.</p>
<p>Take off the metal part that has your name in it, flip it over, scratch your friends name in with a nail, glue them back down, and give them to your friends as goodbye presents. <em>grins</em> You could do the same thing for mother's day or birthdays or something.</p>
<p>Worst comes to worst... give them to little cousins and neighborhood kids. Little kids love trophies.</p>
<p>i threw all the minor stuff away(track ribbons and little stuff like that) and I gave all the major stuff like trophies, plaques, certificates,etc. to the grandma.(its the least i can do considering she and my grandpa are getting me a brand new car)</p>
<p>i'm leaving mine where they are.. (wall of room) .. if your brother needs space.. just pack them up in a box like you were going to do. you won't miss them =p</p>
<p>My mom only frames my failures and doesn't put any bling up. I guess it's supposed to motivate me?</p>
<p>We keep those in our study, all the trophies and awards from both my brother and I. So I don't really have to worry about that problem. Ask your parents if there is a place in the house where you can store them.</p>