Our local library lends toys. It seems like an enormous job to keep everything clean and cared for. If a toy breaks or something, is the toy lender liable? I'd be concerned about that sort of thing.
Have you thought of starting a business helping people pare down the amount of toys they already have?? I think a lot of folks would welcome the help of a decluttering service. Kim John Payne describes such a process in his work with families in his book Simplicity Parenting.
Once you've helped declutter, you can offer those families a membership in your rotating toy library of excellent high-quality toys - as a way to help them feel better about pitching all their kids' awful plastic crap.
You could also charge them to store all their kids' "Grandma toys" and drop them off when Grandma (or whoever) is expected.
ETA: good quality toys might require a LOT more startup capital than you realize. That stuff ain't cheap; a small set of plain wooden blocks, for example, just set us back about $50.
Have you thought of starting a business helping people pare down the amount of toys they already have?? I think a lot of folks would welcome the help of a decluttering service. Kim John Payne describes such a process in his work with families in his book Simplicity Parenting.
Once you've helped declutter, you can offer those families a membership in your rotating toy library of excellent high-quality toys - as a way to help them feel better about pitching all their kids' awful plastic crap.
You could also charge them to store all their kids' "Grandma toys" and drop them off when Grandma (or whoever) is expected.
ETA: good quality toys might require a LOT more startup capital than you realize. That stuff ain't cheap; a small set of plain wooden blocks, for example, just set us back about $50.
