I feel the same way Trav (BTW there is a good article on The Hoopla about kids and artwork)

I did start with using it for wrapping paper, but sadly most of it these days is too small and seems to have sticks or sand glued to it. So I have stopped. I now use a lot of it to start fires with The better stuff goes on the fridge for awhile and if it is quite good, a photo and posted to FB.