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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never did this, but I always thought there's a good window here for parents to take advantage of the fact that kids have no concept of money.  Offer them $1 or something for each toy they agree to donate to charity.  (Make clear that it doesn't apply to each single lego, or each toy soldier or whatever...).  I bet for $100, you can solve this problem for yourself and everyone is happy.

The books don't bother me.  Each of my kids has about 200 to 1000 books in their room, but they read them all the time so that's fine.  Books store well, aren't unsightly and don't take up that much space.  I love the really tall Billy Bookscases from Ikea -- just line the walls with those and you can keep a LOT of books.

Stuffed animals are the worst.  They are vaguely anthropomorphic so no one wants to throw them in the trash (see, e.g., incinerator scene in Toy Story III), and the shelters mostly don't want them due to mold and bed bug concerns.  I loved stuffies as a kid, but now that I have kids, I will never give another as a gift.  [/quote]

I got off of Amazon this really cool storage accessory for stuffed animals. It’s the bean bag chair exterior and you shove all of your stuffed animals in there and you have your own makeshift bean bag chair![/quote]

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