So how *organized* are your kiddos' toys? - UPDATE @ 20 - Page 2

[confustication]

Originally Posted by AndVeeGeeMakes3

SOLUTION: Have friend who is not emotionally attached to child's minutiae, but who has a child of her own (and is thus moderately compassionate to those sensibilities), volunteer to come over and clean said room. Do not hesitate when she asks for the broom and dustpan -- just get it for her. Do not pay attention to the crap that she sweeps up and deems unworthy -- just open the trash bin. (I did rescue a couple of sticker pages. ) Marvel at the tidiness that emerges when a dispassionate agent imposes order.

Thank her profusely and bake her a loaf of lentil bread.

Problem solved.

(Laugh at daughter who asks, incredulously, "Why is my room clean?")

lol- in our case, the 'friend' is my husband. he's not nearly as sentimental about my daughter's things as I am. Every so often he goes in to 'impose order'.

[Dese]

I keep her wooden blocks, her Mr Potato head and her foam numbers/letters in three seperate photo boxes. They are the perfect size and so easy to clean up the toys into. I have a big rubbermaid for all her stuffed toys but am hoping to cut back on how many she has. She also has a little bookcase in her bedroom. The photo boxes have really been a life saver. Before EVERYTHING was in one big plastic container and it was such a huge frustration.

[AE+Mama]

I have been sewing simple drawstring bags for my daughters' little stuff. There's a great tutorial here:

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2010/02/1...-bag-tutorial/

We have a wooden peg rack that they can hang the bags on or they can just get tossed in the toybox, as long as all of the stuff is in the bag. I've tried to find inexpensive themed fabric to match the contents (i.e., animal fabric for all the little animals, car fabric for the cars, etc.) but even when it doesn't match they seem to know what goes in each bag.