What do you do with too many toys???

Question

My daughters have so many toys and I as so overwhelmed on what to do. I would like to just donate some of the toys but my mother doesn't want me to because she bought alot of them. What do I do? Also,what is a good way to organize the toys I end up keeping? I don't have alot of money so should I buy those plastic bins? Thank you for all your advice!!! :)

Answer 1

Plastic containers work well for toys. I use them for my sons toys. My son has too many toys as well, and I've donated them to our local Women's Resource Center and the YMCA. With the rest of the toys, I only allow him one container of toys to play with. Every few weeks I rotate the containers so he has "new" toys every few weeks. He has a couple favorites that he always keeps out, but the rest get rotated.

Answer 2

I tell my kids grandparents that I don't want them to buy a lot of toys. It is such a waste of money. I would rather them spend the $ on a new pair of shoes or something that they need. My mother doesn't buy many toys for the kids, but my MIL sometimes does. I have to remind her from time to time. I just be careful not to hurt her feelings. I donate the toys to a local organization. If she is dead set on you not donating them you could put some in a plastic tote and put them away for a while. Then, in a few months, switch the toys out. Put away the ones in the toy box and get the ones in the tote out. The kids will think they got all new toys b/c they usually dont even remember them!

Answer 3

if you really can't donate some to a charity shop or local childrens centre, you could divide the toys into 4 boxes, put three away. After 1 week change to a different box. this will keep the toys exciting for your girls, and be easier to clear up at the end of the day! At the same time, maybe you could gently ask your mum to instead of buying lots of toys put a little money away towards a special toy or toy storage boxes.

Answer 4

I don't understand why your mom is being like that. If the kids have out grown them then what good are they doing sitting and taking up space while more toys are being brought in? I agree with the other person who said bring them to her house.

I would either have a yard sale, that way you can buy bins for future toys, donate them, or give them back to grandma! Maybe if she has them in her house she'll change her mind. LOL

My son has bins, but we too, have way too many toys. We donate them when we can.

Answer 5

We have the same problem (our kids are the only grandchildren on both sides of the family.....) Buy plastic bins to organize what's out ... then use more bins (or just garbage bags) to put all but a small number of the toys in storage ... then rotate periodically which toys are out of storage. At any given time, have out one kind of building toy, one set of stuffed animals, one set of puzzles, etc., then switch. All the toys will be more appreciated because they will seem new whenever they're out.

You could also suggest to your mom that you're running out of space and it would be great if some of the toys were at her house for when her granddaughters visit.... And when your mom knows some of the toys are in storage and come out later, you can probably sneak some into a donation without her noticing you've gotten rid of them permanently. :-)

Answer 6

My son has the same issue.
We asked him if he wanted to give some of his toys to children who who had none. To our surprise he loved the idea and picked out what he thought he was too old for. Then we had him pick out toys to take and leave at his grandparents house. Of course this is after my wife picked out what she wanted to save as special memory toys. The rest went into large bins and started a very large play room in our basement for when other children are over.
With no surprise our son thought that he could go to the story and buy new toys to replace the once he gave away:)

Answer 7

Take half the toys and put them into storage(basement, anywhere that you've got room to tuck them away in) and every so many months, switch the toys. That way, your daughters won't get bored of the same toys and you'll have less toys in the house at once. I know with my daughter when it's time to switch, she thinks she's getting new toys when she's not, they are her same toys. And then she's back interested playing with the toys that she once got bored of.

Answer 8

What you should do is maybe separate the stuff animal and buy a net that goes in a corner place all the stuff animals there just leave her special ones maybe on her bed.. As for dolls you can place them in a bucket , purses , books in separate buckets or shelfs so it can be easy for her to reach.. My daugther(7yrs) has a bucket with few purses a box with lid for all her books and coloring books, a backpack where she placed all her barbie dolls and all her ftuff animals except for her favorite ones are in a net.. Then she has a Cd case for her bom box and in a shelf next to her TV she has her DVD's and VCR movies and has 2 shelfs where she collects her favorite toys from McDonalds, Burger King & other kids meals ...BUT every 6 months or so I try to celan her closet for clothes that doesn't fit and toys that she doesn't play with ..so she takes out toys ans either i put a garage sale and the money for the ones she sale goes to her piggy bank and the ones she doesn't sale we doante it to any charity or church for kids ... NOW your mom needs to understand that it is imposible for your daugther to play with ALL her toys besides as she grows she will be getting more from Christmas and B-days so where are you going to put all this toys?? Either make her select some of her favorite and maybe in a garage sale she will sale some and the rest you can doante them.. WEll here are just some ideas...Good luck and best wishes :)

Answer 9

I think that if you put some of the toys away for a while and your children never even notice that you should donate them. Give them to families who need them and who will appreciate them. Why spend money just to keep your mother happy. I would even offer to give the toys back to her if she wants them so badly. Offer to give them to her so that your kids will have toys to play with at her house. That way she can deal with putting them away and finding places for all of them. Children grow out of certain toys, get bored of others, and just straight up don't ever like to play with some. Are you supposed to keep all of their toys until they are away in college? Give them to someone who needs them and get the burden off of you.

Answer 10

I just found out i was pregnant, and my mother is a complete neat-freak...so she bought me like a ton of different baskets and little labels to label them with. For an older child you can have a basket for blocks, one for books, etc., and encourage them to help you with clean up, so they learn where things go, and understand that they need to clean up after themselves. I would donate any toys not played with. If the child doesn't play with them, they have obviously grown out of them, and there is no sense of keeping them. Go through each and everyone of them, and decide if your child really plays with them. Your mother should understand if you explain that you don't want to keep the room dangerous by too many toys, when truthfully, they only play with a select few.