Inside Toys/Outside Toys

[Thriftylady]

I took an old bookshelf, laid it down on its side, removed the inner shelves aba filled with sand.
It worked great for over a year

It has to be covered, to many cats in the neighborhood including my own indoor/outdoor cats.

[KIDZRMYBIZ]

I learned quickly that nothing ruins a toy faster than playing with it outside. If dropped on the concrete or left in the sun for very long, it is scratched, faded, and pretty dirty.

For daycare, inside toys stay inside. Once an inside toy is getting past it's prime, it becomes an outside toy, but at my discretion.

[jenboo]

It has to be covered, to many cats in the neighborhood including my own indoor/outdoor cats.

We have tons of stray cats in our neighborhood. I just got a cheap piece of plywood and used that as a cover

[Thriftylady]

We have tons of stray cats in our neighborhood. I just got a cheap piece of plywood and used that as a cover

Hmm something to think about!

[daycarediva]

Inside toys stay inside and outside toys stay outside.

Ideally if I had the staff to allow them to be interchangeable and portable I certainly would but I don't.

I clean and sanitize enough toys on a daily basis that I am not adding the inside toys that went outside and are now back in again to my list.

Ideally there are many things I would like to do (or not do) but "ideally" and "reality" rarely get along cohesively in my world.

Agreed. All I can see is hours of evening cleaning to wash off toys. We have a lot of things to do outdoors that make outdoors fun, and I allow everything in my screen in 3-season room. I had an outdoor bin of Legos, but they were pushed into dirt, and I'm still finding them years later.

[DaisyMamma]

Inside toys stay inside. The kids forget to bring them in and they get filthy. Outside toys are already filthy and I don't want them inside.
pergaps you can choose some inside toys to become outside toys

[Unregistered]

For me I like the outside to be for outside. I like typical outside things....trikes, climbers, balls, water table, sand, etc. I like kids to be running, jumping, climbing, drawing with chalk, playing with bubbles, etc. when outside.

I do bring an easel outside for outdoor painting. I'm all for playing with rocks, flowers, leaves, water, etc. not so much with toys!

[Laurel]

For me I like the outside to be for outside. I like typical outside things....trikes, climbers, balls, water table, sand, etc. I like kids to be running, jumping, climbing, drawing with chalk, playing with bubbles, etc. when outside.

I do bring an easel outside for outdoor painting. I'm all for playing with rocks, flowers, leaves, water, etc. not so much with toys!