Comments on: Tips for Helping Children Get Rid of Stuff

By: Jerri

Jerri — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:24:27 +0000

These are some great ideas.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:45:13 +0000

I just did this with my 3 kids and am having a yard sale next week. My 11 year old son is the hardest. The only way to get rid of his stuff is when he is not around. My 8 year old daughter can be reasoned with and does really well. My 2 year old has no opinion at this time. I have learned with my 11 year old son to not buy things for him. I only get him things that he really needs. I do get him a new toy or 2 for birthdays and Christmas, but I only get 1 or 2 quality toys vs. a lot of cheap ones. My daughter gets much more since she is able to get rid of stuff easier.

Thanks for the tips.

By: SLC

SLC — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:27:22 +0000

Great post! I’ often try to do this with my 2 kids (5 & 7) especially before birthdays and Christmas

By: Tashia

Tashia — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:21:42 +0000

The kids and I just did a major de-cluttering in the playroom. They just had too much stuff so we decided that we needed to pack it away until they can learn how to take better care of the things they do have.

I let them pick out a few of their favorite things to keep as long as it fit in their 1 basket. They did not complain or whine, everything was getting packed away with the possibility of getting sold at our annual garage sale.

They don’t mind the idea of the garage sale either because they get to help price their toys and they always make great plans for the money they get to keep.

You can find garage sale tips and free printables at my blog:) http://www.thehouseholdplanner.com/tcobathome/category/garagesales/

By: Christa

Christa — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:37:28 +0000

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By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:55:50 +0000

This is a great post! My daughter will be 5 in Nov. and we are re-doing her room for her. These tips will help me control the toys that are to remain in the room! Thanks!

By: Women Living Well

Women Living Well — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:37:16 +0000

Another thing that has worked for me is a 2 step process. First I put excess toys in bins in the attic. On rainy days they get to choose a bin and it’s exciting to see the toys after they have not been seen in a while!!! So we “rotate” our toys often – keeping small amounts in their play area.

As a result, some bins of toys stop getting chosen – when they stop getting chosen for a long while – I know they have grown out of the toy and I give them away – and they don’t even miss it because by this point they have forgotten about the toy!

Courtney
http://www.womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com

By: Emily @ Under$1000Pe

Emily @ Under$1000Pe — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:12:00 +0000

I think a few of these would work with a husband as well, like a charity he cares about or selling items and keeping the money. Great tips!

By: se7en

se7en — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:37:23 +0000

Hay what a brilliant post – I am all for doing decluttering alongside my kids – I really want them to master the skill. All kids need to know how to do this: clutterbugs and non-clutterbugs alike!!! I recently did a post on our se7en steps to decluttering, you might like to take a peak!!!

http://www.se7en.org.za/2009/07/17/teaching-kids-to-declutter-in-se7en-steps

Have a Great Weekend… It is in sight!!!

By: Chaney

Chaney — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:24:15 +0000

We get rid of toys right before any event in which they will be receiving toys. As we have 4 kids, we have birthdays every couple of months not to mention Christmas ect. So, we automatically purge then. And of course whenever I feel that there are too many toys in the play room.