I’m popping in really quick today for a mini-post on packing
up toys. (This is almost like I’m
failing at the 31 Days Challenge, but not quite)
I mentioned here that I think toys should be one of the
first things you pack up. I packed up dress-up clothes about three weeks before
we moved and didn’t get one request for them until we had been in the new place
for a while. This obviously wouldn’t work for every family; my kids aren’t nuts
about playing dress-up like my sister’s some people’s kids. : )
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| It looks like Judah's playing dress-up here, but he's really just squirrel-watching. With protective eye gear. |
Books got packed up. I left out maybe ten books for the
kiddos and then the rest with in small tubs along with coloring books. I also
went through the books as I was packing them and got rid of any that were torn,
beat up or just held no interest for my kiddos.
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| The Boy has a gift for getting books out. He's a stealth mess maker. |
Play-Doh got thrown away. There. I said it. The Play-Doh
that we had was either dried up and crusty or it was all mixed together so much
it just looked brown. Lame. Also, I hate Play-Doh, but I keep telling myself
that didn’t influence my pitching decision too much. (I’m in denial. Leave me
alone.)
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| Get in the box, Mrs. Potato Head. Go quietly, ma'am. We don't want any trouble. |
I wish I could tell you that I had some perfect system to decide how many toys I left out for my kids to play with, but that’s not true. You want to know my secret? I figured that even if I packed up every.single.toy. in the playroom there would be more throughout the house that would be left out for their use. I was right. Worked like a charm.
If you can pack up the major categories like dress-up,
books, Legos, dollhouse, toy kitchen, etc. then the rest should just fall into
place. And I really think that the fewer ‘toys’ my kids have, the more creative
they are forced to be. That’s how I keep their brains from melting out their
noses. You’re welcome : )
Definitely hard to do some packing when you've got kids around wanting one thing or the other that you have to dig out. I think using clear plastic tubs is a good idea because it's easier to find whatever book or toy they're looking for. As for everything else packed away in a box, you just have to hope that they won't look for them any time soon. Haha!
ReplyDeleteClay's got a point. It’s hard to pack things up if you’re going to haul things out again. Anyway, it’s much better if you label each box with what’s gonna see inside.
ReplyDeleteThelma @QualityStrapping.com