the face in the cardboard

I was wondering, does Rowling get royalties from sales of the official Harry Potter movie soundtracks?

While working in the yard, I cut down these branches which were growing in the wrong place but then felt sorry for them, so took them inside and put them in a vase.



The important plumbing work that I've needed done has finally been done!
It included replacing the bathroom faucet; the new one came in this packaging:



But the cardboard turns out to have a face, so how can I just toss it away with the rest of the recyclables?

Edited to add:
And not only a face, but also floppy ears and its arms held out for a hug; that makes it even harder.