MERMAID 🧜‍♀️ COLLAB WITH VAL SWAIN | 5-9 GIRL OCC SHOEBOX UNBOXING | Operation Christmas Child 2023

[@occland8864]

There are so many things that I love about this shoebox. I especially like the necklace in the shell, the compact mirror, and the mermaid tail eraser. The whole box is so colorful and cheerful. I’m sure she’ll love it. 🧜‍♀️

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thanks so much, Carol. I think so, too. I’m excited for a young girl to get this one. 🥰

[@dianaruthshoeboxes]

Beautiful shoebox, Trish! Cora is beautiful... Love her. My favorites have to be all the jewelry as well as the outfits you provided for the mermaid barbie doll. I also love the compact mirror. I know this girl will feel so special when she receives this gift. 🧜‍♀️💜

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thanks so much, Diana. I think the jewelry is one of my favorites, too. All girls love jewelry, right? And I think she will enjoy having the pretty compact mirror 😉. TFW 🥰

[@JB-xx9ml]

Absolutely MAGICAL and oh so delightful! What a wonderful surprise for the lucky girl that receives this. Thanks for sharing ... 💕

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you J B 🥰

[@susankeene4497]

Beautiful box! I love your passion for packing 🧞🧞‍♀️God bless and happy packing ❤

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you so much, Susan. That’s sweet. I really am passionate about it 🥰

[@melindaatencio213]

Love the box amazing as always lucky little girl

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you, Melinda 🥰

[@batmansboxes4936]

What a great collab! The beanie baby doll is too cute! The shirt and the purse are so glittery! The puzzle is very pretty and unique. Super cute sunglasses too! TFS!

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thanks, Jeannie. Much appreciated. Thanks for watching 🥰

[@Kayla_Schumacher]

What a magical box! I love Cora she is so fun! Her shirt is so beautiful and colorful! How cool is that seashell case that you put her necklace in? Her jewelry is amazing! I also love the compact mirror! This little girl will be overjoyed with this amazing box! Thanks for sharing! 🧜‍♀️ 💜

[@byrdfeed9071]

Oh, thank you, Kayla. I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching 🥰

[@judyfrazier2462]

Love this mermaid box and all the pretty mermaid things. You just can't beat Children's Place tees. They are the cutest.

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thanks, Judy. Agreed! You can beat Children’s Place for tees 👍👍

[@n2wabbit]

This box would make any little girl feel special. I love how you think out of the box and add items that are current and will be a big surprise.

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you, Cats In Hats. I appreciate that 🥰

[@elena-n5q]

Great shoebox! I especially like Barbie and her outfits. 🙂

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you, Elena. As a young girl, changing my Barbie’s clothes was half the fun for me, so for the Barbies I will be packing this year, I purchased quite a few sets of generic doll clothes that fit Barbie dolls from Amazon and TEMU. Now I will be able to add at least 2 or 3 additional outfits to each box that gets a doll 🥰

[@marieterry625]

Not sure how I missed this last year, but I sure enjoyed watching it just now! What a beautiful box, as always!

[@byrdfeed9071]

Oh, thanks, Marie. I do the same thing occasionally, but that one was one of my favorites. It was such a pretty TY beanie doll.

[@toriviruette5]

What a lovely box 🧜‍♀️

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thanks so much and thanks for watching 🥰

[@melpotvin8771]

Oh I love this box. I’m collecting now for a 10-14 mermaid box this year. You’ve given me some ideas. I’m excited to watch Val’s for inspiration. The colors of your boxes are so fun. Love that eraser! So much fun.

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you, Mel. So glad you picked up some ideas. Happy mermaid, packing 🧜‍♀️

[@drogers]

Oh gosh, I am surprised you didn't shout out when the box fell over. I might have said something that would be "bleeped"! LOLOL. Love the collab! If I had participated, we would have had many of the same items! Not surprised one bit. My favorites are her beautiful shirt from the Children's Place, the Shein mermaid necklace and the drawstring back pack! I also found the TY mermaid beanie at my Thrift shop. In perfect condition. Love that puzzle. I think I remember when those came out. Your Mermaid Barbie is adorable. I love her Mermaid hair and lips! She is unique! It's also great that she has feet! 😄The mermaid erasers are cool and of course stand out for me! I use to LOVE slide whistles as a kid. No idea why but I have fond memories of them! This little girl has a lot to unpack here and every item carefully selected will be a joy for her! Thanks for sharing this great collab!

[@byrdfeed9071]

Haha, I’m surprised I didn’t shout out something bleeping inappropriate, too 🤣. I guess I was exercising subconscious self control since I knew I was filming 😆🤣😂. No, I’m not surprised either that you have a lot of the same things in your mermaid box 😉. The mermaid erasers are from Shein. You know, it seemed to me that I was unpacking an awful lot out of this box, too, but believe it or not, it only measures 7.5 x 12.5.” I guess because the Barbie is skinny, the TY mermaid takes up no space at all and most of the rest of the items are flat, it all fit nicely. I love it when that happens. Thanks so much, Denise. I truly appreciate your friendship and support 😘

[@cupcakepinup1]

Any mermaid 🧜🏾‍♀️ lover would be thrilled to get this!

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you 🥰

[@kellyanderson7624]

Really cute shoebox. You fit so much in that box. The young lady who receives that will be so happy.

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thanks, Kelly. I hope so 🥰

[@valswain]

First, I just want to say that, in seeing the zipped, shaker pouch, which I also packed, it dawned on me that I think you gave me that pouch! I think it was one of the items you gave me last year after Easter when we did our swap. Am I right? Too funny. So I love this gorgeous box! What a great tribute to Mermaids on their National Day. I know this little girl will be overjoyed! So, we have a lot of similarities 😊. We both included a couple mermaid dolls with extra outfits, a puzzle, mermaid tail popper, sunglasses, craft items, pretty rings and earrings. Oh, this was fun! Can’t wait for our next scheduled collab on you know what day lol.

[@byrdfeed9071]

You know, Val, I might’ve given you that pouch because I had several, but I wouldn’t swear to it 😂. I’m happy you got to use it. Oh yeah, we both packed poppers and pretty jewelry, too. So basically, our boxes were the same, but different 😆🤣😂.

[@RebeccaWarnberg]

So many fun and unique items in this box! Perfect for a 10-14 girl! 🧜‍♀️ love the blooper at the end 😂

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you 🥰. Ah, haha, thanks so much for watching ‘til the end 😁

[@jcross9251]

Adorable 🥰 loved the bags especially 👏🏻👏🏻love also how you put a friendship bracelet making kit in with simple instructions 😃 most girls or even women would enjoy that 👏🏻

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you, J Cross. Yes, I think she will enjoy the friendship bracelet kit. I packed a few in some shoeboxes last year, but then forgot I had the floss, so I went ahead and made little kits out of all of it and aim to include more in future shoeboxes. Thanks so much for commenting 🥰

[@charlottesshoeboxes3230]

Such a fun box. I bet you enjoyed choosing all of Barbie's outfits. ❤

[@byrdfeed9071]

Haha, yes, how did you know?

[@bluffcitybounty2122]

Yay for mermaids! This was a lot of fun. Love the blooper at the end! Lol😂 Headed to watch Val’s now…

[@byrdfeed9071]

Ha ha, whenever someone comments about the blooper, at least I know they watched until the end 😂

[@ששבריבוע]

Amazing box :) I love that you placed a slide insturment in an under the sea box, since there is a Spongebob ep with one :) Also love the puzzle and the shirt 🧜‍♀️

[@byrdfeed9071]

Thank you 😊. A slide whistle in a SpongeBob episode, eh? 😆 I haven’t seen that one. 😉

[@margaret5398]

Love this mermaid box the shell with necklace the lovely bracelets and that gorgeous mermaid, everything is just so special. Thanks to you I discovered SHEIN and have been carefully buying for boxes must look for these bracelets I am trying to collect a few mermaid things as my daughter gave me two mermaid dolls. Thank you Trish for all your help past and present.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌈🧞‍♂️

[@byrdfeed9071]

Oh, thank you, Margaret, for telling me that. I appreciate it so much. It looks like those bracelets are temporarily sold out on Shein. I added the links into my video description to each of the items purchased on Shein. If you click on the link to the bracelets, I believe it should allow you to request item notification for when it comes back in stock. 🥰

[@denise5457]

First, I just have to say I can't believe there's a Mermaid Day. 😂 How funny. Second, your box is just beautiful. I don't even know if I could pick faves because there were just so many special touches. I really love the drawstring bag you made, the necklace and shell case for it, the compact mirror, the sequined pouch, and on and on. I also thought the blue-lipped Barbie made for a pretty mermaid. 💙 This one looked fun to pack! 🧜🏿‍♀️

[@byrdfeed9071]

Haha, Girlfriend, there is a day for just about anything you can think of. Just Google it 😉. Definitely, this box was so much fun to pack. Every time I turned around I found something else that was perfect for the box. Yeah, I thought the blue-lipped Barbie made a great mermaid. Thanks so much, Denise. I appreciate you 🥰

[@DougReyer]

Would you post the link for making friendship bracelets? I haven’t found instructions I thought were easy enough to follow. Thank you.

[@byrdfeed9071]

Done! Added the link in the video description.

[@jettj6088]

I love the Afro Barbie. She's very 70's. Pam Grier would be proud.🕺

[@byrdfeed9071]

Haha, yes, I think I said Afro Barbie looked like she was from the 80s, but 70’s is definitely more like it. Thanks, Jett J.