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After more than 7 hours of my children being 'busy' tidying up their toys and doing laundry, my house is still a disaster. This is because there's been too much playing. I have not been able to keep up on it today due to other things I had to get done. Toys must go since it's apparently so very difficult to put them in order. But, I don't know how to do it. Can anyone give me some ideas of how to purge? I don't really want to do the 6 month rotation thing, everything is so cluttered already, I have nowhere to put anything else. So, how can one get rid of the majority of toys while not getting rid of everything? What should be kept?
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keep things that the kids ALWAYS play with.. keep things that are open ended (legos or blocks is a classic example of these)..
Here the things that stay almost always are duplos, Little People, hot wheels and dress up clothes.
A bit thing is usually to reduce the sheer numbers of stuffed animals.. everyone always loves all 18 or 20 that they EACH have.. but really.. they only actually play with a few 
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I think there may have been threads with the theme of toy organization that might give you some ideas. I know the feeling of being overrun by toys, how many sorts of shape sorters, busy boxes and baby dolls does 1 child need?!
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If I may offer a plug for Mackfam's blog, check out her site about organization here:
http://wildflowersandmarbles.blogspot.com/search/label/Organ ization
If you scroll about half-way down, you'll see her blog post about TOYS!!! dated February 2010.
Happy purging...
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I would suggest that you *observe* for a couple of days and see which toys they really play with. Temporarily put away the other toys and see which ones they ask for. I think that will let you know which are worth keeping, or at least what you should keep out now. Then you can rotate in certain things from time to time, as interests or age appropriateness change. Also, I'm thinking there may be some toys that aren't played with at all right now because the children are playing more outside, possibly going to the pool, etc. When the weather turns to fall and winter it may be a good time to pull out some of those.
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You might start by separating the toys into groups...for instance fake food, Barbies, Little People/figurines, stuffed animals, baby dolls/clothes, etc. Use boxes or even small garbage bags. Throw out broken things as you go.
Then maybe you can pare down from each group. Have each kid pick one Barbie, one stuffed animal, one baby doll, etc. and get rid of the rest. Keep toys that everyone gets use of like fake food or building blocks. Throw out little junky toys (like Happy Meal things) or things that just generally annoy you, or things you KNOW they rarely ever play with.
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Thanks for the timely hints! I just sat down at the computer for a little coffee break after cleaning and purging the basement toy room. Now on to the Family/school room.....
My favs to keep (3 boys ages 18 mos to 5) are Duplo Legos, Little people and wooden (thomas type) trains. After that dress up (think fireman and construction workers, complete with tools...) hot wheels and wooden puzzles/stacking sorting toys.
In the getting rid of pile for today: Various plastic toys with too many pieces, ie sorter, Mr Potato head, happy meal toys. and a play tool bench that nobody has touched in ages.
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Ooooh, Vanessa. My kids, from 11 on down, still love Mr. Potato Head. We have several. They love putting the arm in the nose hole and crazy things like that (think Picasso). You might want to save that one to pull out later on ... Just a thought.
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