Decluttering Kids Toys - 1
This is one of the hardest items to tackle and the reason is that we simply can't predict when they'll want to pay which which toy. You'd think they haven't touched a certain toy for a long time, we remove it, the next thing they want, IS that very toy.
A whole drama scene starts playing, so a lot of time we prefer to keep the toys until kids grow too old for it, but do we have the room to save it all?
Toys can be convenient, they'll keep the kids busy, but they accumulate so quickly, and we simply have no space or the time to organize before the mess floods the house.
I tried many methods too, take 1 thing out at a time, or tell my kids to clean before they play the next thing, but their interest is always the opposite, they'll do everything it takes to make your experience as unpleasant as possible.
This might not be their actual intention, maybe that's just how their brain works.
No matter what kind of toys or instructions given, kids will make a mess, that's their lifework, so I had to bite the bullet.
I had to remove some of the items they played infrequently, and keep just a couple of categories they enjoyed the most at the time. Below is an example (the idea is keeping 1 out of every 5-6 toys).
You don't have to truly remove them, maybe put them out of their sight for a period of time (a few days or week), and see how they roll with what's left.
To my surprise, my kids didn't complain too much. Instead of compaining for the missing toys, they began playing the little toys remaind, with new ideas.
They started testing out new methods of playing, which was a surprise in a good way.
The outcome of decluttering toys will be different, but you have to test to see how it turns out.
Since I did the declutter, I also moved a couple of times, and had to get rid of a lot more toys. I'll explain more on the experience on that.
Tip for today, is first try reducing the number of toys, and then observe.
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