Several years ago I gathered up all of mine, got some large art paper, and the kids and I made up a board game called "Noah's Ark" in which the jungle animals had to come off the ark and go to the "jungle" area, the arctic animals had to go to an "arctic" area, and so forth. There is even an area called "my back yard" where the puppies, kitties, ponies, bunnies, etc. go.
They love it. Partly because they helped create it, but also because it's a fun game for about age 10 or 11.
I always thought about sending it to Red Rose, but never got around to it.
The kids played with them a lot when they were little but not very much now. The neat thing is that they know I don't care about them so they are always welcome to grab the knick-knacks and help themselves ;-)
Some are cute in the plants, like the turtles and elephants, etc... but the 3 blue whales look a bit odd in my asparagus fern LOL