What do you do with your childrens clothing once they outgrown them?

Question

Sell them on ebay, donate them, sell them at garage sales, give them to friends with kids younger than yours...?

Answer 1

Take them to a second hand childrens boutique. They are a good option. At second hand boutiques, you can trade in smaller sized, gently used clothes for clothes that currently fit your kid(s) and save a ton of money.
This is also a good option if you have any brand name clothes, or very nice childrens outfits.

Answer 2

When my daughter was a baby we had clothes swap with a group of friends. There was a box of clothes that would get passed around to each family that had a child the size of the clothes. You would wear them until the child outgrew them, throw away anything that was really stained or worn out looking and try to add a few newer pieces before you passed it along to the next family. We did this about 3 or 4 times in 2 years and it saved a lot of money, of course we had other clothes that we had bought that we would keep for our next baby, but it was really helpful to get a basic wardrobe every few months. Once we are finished having kids, I'll probably give all the clothes I don't want to save as mementos to a friend that could use them.

Answer 3

When my boys were younger, mostly I saved the older one's clothes for the younger one, and when he outgrew them, they were given away or donated.

Now that they are teens, the oldest has pretty much stopped growing, and the younger one is still growing so he can still wear some of his brother's outgrown clothes. So can my husband, since the oldest is taller and bigger around than his dad.

The younger one's outgrown clothes are still given away or donated if they're still usable, he's hard on them.

Answer 4

Some are given to friends and I NEVER want them back, don't know what that is but it's weird. I sell some of the good pricey items on ebay and the rest I give to a womens center in my city.

Answer 5

for the time being, im saving them, i have a 3 year old daughter, and im pregnant with a supposedly girl so i wont get rid of my older daughter's clothes, and when my baby is done with them, (if they are in good shape) i may keep them longer because i wont be done having children completely and i may end up with more girls. this just makes it a little cheaper to have kids when u can buy clothes for the first one and re use them lol (of course there is always the occasions i would buy new things.) when im done child raising. i will give them away or something, but only if they are in good enough shape by then LOL (you know how kids are with their clothes)

Answer 6

Donate it to women's shelters - often they leave home with the clothes on their backs. Or, if a friend's kid is near the same size, I give it to them.

Otherwise, I donate to the local thrift shop run by the ASPCA, it benefits them.

Answer 7

Give them to charity, give them to friends with younger children, drop them at a homeless shelter or a woman's shelter and since I have friends who are in Iraq, I send them there. Any of the suggestions that you made are acceptable. What makes you feel like you are doing something good with them? Go with whatever that happens to be.

Answer 8

I either give them to people i know, give them to social services, or sell them at a yard sale and reinvest in new ones. I would nover donate to good will agian in my life. Do you see how expensive they are? That is insane.

Answer 9

I sell them if I dont know anyone who needs them. Sometimes I donate as well.

Answer 10

I usually give them to family or friends that need them. If no one is in need I bring them to the thrift stores and donate them. Either way I just give them away to someone who needs them.