The Dumping Toys Is Driving Me Insane!!

[greentea78]

This is what I'm thinking I need to do more of. I like the cubbies as dividers in the room but I may have to get rid of one or two.

I tried to set up a "baby area" in my small playroom but the big kids (who are only 2-3) end up playing over there all the time, they like playing with a lot of the baby stuff since they really aren't that old themselves. My playroom isn't very big but its become very overcrowded as things got added to it. Think its time for a purge!

I had a 3 and a 5 year old that would help pick up so all the boxes getting dumped didn't bother as much as when I have to do it myself. Lol. Plus they liked all the little toys. The littler ones just don't play with them as much. My playroom isn't huge either so downsizing a bit on the toys was a good idea.

[saved4always]

I used to have a young group like that who dumped everything. I used those fabric bins, too. I ended up only allowing one bin out at a time and I "hid" the rest where they couldn't get them...either on a high shelf or in the next room. That way they could only play one or 2 types of toys at a time and it was so much easier to clean up. They were perfectly happy and I was much happier, too.

[Michelle]

I think someone mentioned velcro on the bottom,
I am thinking this will help
I used to have the same problem too, but I would take most of their toys away and tell them I am giving them to the daycare next door. ( they have seen them so they know I am not bluffing)
I tell them those kids will clean up their playroom
Then after a week i bring them back in the playroom and the kids clean up after themselves

[NightOwl]

The industrial strength velcro or the regular stuff?

[Heidi]

The industrial strength velcro or the regular stuff?

Industrial stuff. So far, so good! Each basket has one strip about 5-6 inches long on it. If they do get them off, I''ll double it.

[Crazy8]

Ok, so looking at cutting down on the number of bins/cubbies I have and looking at getting a few toys that are just a little too big to put in those cubbies squares so now my question is….. what do you put those toys on/in???

I had put the cubbies in different areas to make "centers" but in all honesty these kids do not get down on the floor and play - they all like to stand and play. The lower 6 cubbie unit they play on top of (24" high) but the taller 9 cubbie storage is 3 ft. high and too high for them to play on.

[Crazy8]

you need to pull the bins out to get to what's inside so don't think the velcro would help me.