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Too Many Toys!!
Dear Holly
Do you have a guideline for too much clutter, especially children's toys?? For me, clutter is the 'breaker' of my mood - when it's under control, I seem to be too. With three going on four young kids in a small house, I feel overrun by toys and toy pieces, but the toys at this time are most played with and of good quality - just too many of them. How to decide what to do?
Labels: 4th P Parent, 5th P Provider
posted by Holly at 8:19 AM
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When all my kids were very little, I had two 8ft long shelves put really high up in a child's bedroom. Every day at 11:00, I'd pull down 'toys for the day' and put back all the other ones. That way, the extra toys were out of reach, and the daily ones were fresh.
Later, I switched to 5 laundry baskets of toys stored in the basement. Every day, I'd bring up a batch for the day and put them in the living room, returning yesterday's basket.
Some toys, like stuffed animals or a doll house or a toy garage, I'd confine to the children's rooms, which they could play with at quiet times, but have to leave when they were out in the shared living spaces. I put a little basket in their rooms for easy clean up.
And lastly, I have a basket at the bottom of my hall stairs. Anything I find laying around in the wrong place but which belongs in a bedroom, I just throw in there for return to rooms at bedtime.
Check out the Thoughts for Mom blog on "Counteracting Clutter."
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