warehaus asked:
We all have those toys around the house that eventually start collecting dust. What methods do you use when it’s time for the toys to go? Do have have your child decide what they want to get rid of? Do you sneak it away after they go to sleep?
Jake
We all have those toys around the house that eventually start collecting dust. What methods do you use when it’s time for the toys to go? Do have have your child decide what they want to get rid of? Do you sneak it away after they go to sleep?
Jake
March 11th, 2008 - 11:31 am
Well unfortunaetly i have snuck some away. More then likely if they have collected dust on them the child will not miss it. And then there are some that i have saved and let my kids get rid of them once they were older. Good luck!
March 14th, 2008 - 5:18 pm
No you involve your child in getting rid of the stuff so that the know where it has gone. For example, you could get all the young kid toys and say that you are now going to give them to a baby who hasn’t got any toys etc
March 17th, 2008 - 4:58 pm
We do this is stages. First, we will remove the toy and put it in our closet. Out of sight, out of mind. A few weeks or months later, we may try to reintroduce then. Sometimes it’s like seeing it for the first time, and they “rediscover” it. If they are still uninterested, it is time to get rid of it. Depending on the age of the child, you might let them choose what they want to get rid of. Organize a family garage sale and let them have their own table of their stuff to sell. Be sure to explain that it will make some other kid very happy. Then they can take their earnings and buy a brand new toy that they want. If they’re too young to get into all of that, definately got to be stealth and sneak it out when they aren’t watching. I don’t know about you, but my kids never want it until I try to take it away. LOL
March 20th, 2008 - 8:22 am
I used to fill a big box with “idle toys” each year just before Christmas and explained to my kids that they were so lucky to have so many toys to play with. I then went on to make them think about how happy they could make other little boys and girls that have little or NO toys. And THEY made it happen, even by donating more favored toys to the box themselves. Together, we’d then make the trip to the salvation army and the thanks went to the kids for their generosity. Of my four children, I did have one that wasnt too keen on it the first time, but he learned the nice feelings to be had from sharing with the less fortunate.. (a little of the sting left when a few of those toys were replaced shortly after by Santa. :o)) Now, my kids are doing the same routine with their own kids and it looks mighty nice on them too!!
March 22nd, 2008 - 3:04 pm
I always did it this way with my son I probably scared him for life and he will be in therapy when he is thirty over it but never the less here goes:
If he had something he didn’t play with for 6 wks. or so and he wouldn’t put it out of the way or sight then I would ask him him who he had in mind that he thought would like to have it or as he got older I asked him who he thought would like to buy it from him and he got to keep the money,
this worked out really good. As a matter of fact I left him with his grandmother at our house one time for most of the day and when I got home he was having a yard sale and he had sold all of his toys and some of the neighbor kids toys because his g-ma told him she would match the amount he got from them and they would go to Wal-Mart or if he got rich they would cruise to Toys R Us!
He grew up to understand that you just don’t hang on to a material things out of sentiment, you have to use what you have to gain what you want or need. This way he learned how to discipline himself to save and do what ever it took to get what he NOW wanted or needed.
I hope he continues to be self- sufficient that way and not look to me to hand over the money every time he has a whim!
March 23rd, 2008 - 7:01 pm
I’ve done both. Sometimes there are toys I know my children aren’t going to miss, and I just give them away or take them to the Thrift Store.
But, as an example, my daughter had a huge dollhouse and three small ones. I had her choose if she wanted to keep the big one or the small ones. She chose the small ones, and I asked her friend’s moms if any of them wanted the big one. I found out that her best friend could use it, and now they can play with it together whenever she goes over there.
Stuffed Animals is another thing that piles up fast. We go through them together when the bed gets too full, because I don’t know which ones are special to her unless I ask. Then we take the ones she doesn’t want to the Salvation Army together.
So it depends on the toy and how long it has been sitting in the corner or the closet.
March 24th, 2008 - 5:44 pm
Best way to get rid of the toys, depends on the age of your children. We have sat our children down and explained that a lot of children are very poorly in hospital at xmas and they would not be able to get toys this year. The children usually respond well to others misfortunes and have bagged up everything they don’t want any more, then we have taken them to the hospital together.
March 27th, 2008 - 5:48 pm
We are moving and have been giving away their toys left & right. If they haven’t seen it in a while or if they have and haven’t played with it we are gettign rid of it. We even asked them to pick some things to get rid of.