A take a trinket, leave a trinket box on a Berkeley sidewalk. Part of the worldwide Sidewalk Joy movement.
A little box on the sidewalk in front of our house. The deal is simple: take what makes you smile, leave something that might do the same for whoever's next.
Kids stop by. Grown-ups stop by. People walking dogs. Sometimes the same person twice in one day. Inside, you might find:
Open the box. Anything in there that sparks a smile? It's yours. No quotas, no math.
Drop in a trinket of your own. Outgrown, handmade, found at a craft store, doesn't matter — just something you'd be happy to find.
Come back whenever. The box turns over fast. What was there yesterday is gone today.
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Trinket trade boxes are popping up everywhere — Portland, San Francisco, Sacramento, LA, Brooklyn, Tokyo. They're part of a worldwide movement of tiny installations meant to slow people down: poetry boxes, swap stations, free libraries, music boxes, trinket trades.
It started in Portland and spread one box at a time. There's a global map of every known box, plus a guide for starting your own.
Find a box near youFor restocks, found-a-treasure stories, and the occasional weird thing somebody left.
@berkeleytrinkettradetag us when you find treasure ✦