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[quote=Anonymous]My goal today is to get our kids’ toys down to a manageable size. My inspiration is my sil, who has slightly older kids than mine. She realized they either played outside (outdoor sports equipment and bikes and scooters), or played on screens. So she got rid of everything, except for 1 collection each for her younger two. One had a giant pack of megablocks. The other was allowed to keep a bunch of barbies and tons of Barbie accessories (quantity not being the issue, but rather easy sorting and maintaining).

I want to go in a similar direction. But NOT down to 1 collection for each kid. My reasoning there is that my youngest two still play a lot.

They each have 4 toy buckets that fit on coordinating shelves.

I want to allow them to keep 4 toy types, each. I’ll even trade out half of the junk we have for some brand-new sets.

I know what my kids like, but thought I'd ask you all--open our horizons a little bit.

9 year old girl.
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She has some dress up items that don't fit in the buckets, and the chest containing them just broke. Have to get a cheap basket to contain them for now. She isn’t as interested in toys, but does like ‘things.’ In the next year I will take away the 4 toy buckets and give her a more adult-looking chest. I'll keep some rubbermaid containers with any sets she still has. Over time, she can store whatever she wants in there.Any ideas for now?

5 year old boy
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(On top of this he has 4 sets that are easy to keep in distinct containers: 1 train track set, 1 block set, and hot wheel tracks. He also has a dress up bucket that is easy to keep distinct from toys).These 4 sets are shared with the younger brother too.

3 year old boy
1. Keeping: a set of vehicles and a runway by Driven
2. Keeping: Other trucks and hot wheels that he plays with every day.
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For the boys, over time I will also give them a chest instead of these toy shelves.

We keep art stuff outside of bedrooms, in the kitchen.[/quote]

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