Will you save any toys or books for your kids?

[Anonymous]

My mother in law saved a bunch of stuff from when dh was little — Fisher Price airplane, castle and other things. She kept it all organized with the right people in a little bag attached to each item. My kids dumped all the people together. I saved all of that plus some little people they accumulated and lots of books. I also saved a bunch of other things but at some point, I will have to go through it and remove some of it as I know all of it isn’t worth saving.

[Anonymous]

My kids love reading my favorite books from when I was little and my daughter plays with my old dollhouse and American Girls dolls. DH has nothing from when he was young but he wishes he had his Transformers. With that in mind, we're keeping the most loved books and some special toys - not stuff from the baby years, but stuff well loved with from elem school years.

[Anonymous]

My son played with his wooden train set every day for years. It was the first thing in the morning and the last thing at night. We used every gift occasion to add to it; we spent hours building and rebuilding tracks. Man, I love that thing. I'll probably save it. Everything else i'm happy to give away.

[Anonymous]

I’m going to save the wooden train set, a few Playmobil items and two stuffies each.

[Anonymous]

My parents saved our extensive Brio train and track collection and divided it among us - even with half the collection, I've been grateful to enjoy it with my kids (and we've added to it along the way).

[Anonymous]

I will probably save a few childhood favorites but I will limit myself to what fits in one storage bin. A few things are precious and appreciated, but trying to save everything becomes no more than a pile of junk.

[Anonymous]

My parents and ILs saved a lot of stuff, and our kid has enjoyed the big pile of books, the 1980's my little ponies, the legos from our childhoods, the smurfs figurines, the star wars action figures, and the wooden pull train. I've got my American girl doll in the closet for when she's old enough too. I'm not sure what I'll hold onto yet since DD is only 3 and hasn't outgrown much at all.

[Anonymous]

My parents saved a lot of our toys, and all of the grandkids love playing with them, and it's really fun for me and my siblings to relive too! Stuff like legos, building blocks, some cars/trucks, little people, action figures. If you have the space, and anticipate there being children in your home in the future in some fashion, think it's worth storing some of the classics.

[Anonymous]

Our kids have loved playing with our old Transformers, American Girl dolls, and dollhouse.

We have family in Germany who send our children Ostheimer wooden figurines - I plan to save those for the next generation.

[Anonymous]

This is such a great topic.
unfortunately when I was 11 my mom gradually threw my toys away. I still have some books including the What's Happening to my Body book my mom gave me on my 9th birthday, she wrote in the cover. I will give this to my dd next year when she turns 9.

[Anonymous]

I saved all my American Girl Doll stuff from childhood. Post college, my parents made us take all our stuff, so I dragged those bins of doll stuff through several moves, several states, etc. They took up so much space but I was set on saving them. At some point I was rearranging a closet and just got fed up with not having storage space. My daughter was almost 6, so I just went ahead and gave it to her. (I think I was 9 before I was allowed to have the doll- they are so expensive) Anyway, she loves playing with it all, so that is a good thing. But it has actually been sort of hard to watch her "lovingly" destroy things I had kept so meticulous. And there are so many cheaper and/or more varied options now.

Anyway, point being, based on my experience I would only save a few small sentimental items. My mom enjoyed buying some new toys and shopping garage sales for her grandkids playroom. I am sure I will do the same thing.