Too many toys!!!

Hi there I have four children one 6,3,1 and 6 weeks old so we have that many toys we have a toy room plus a play corner in the lounge room! Because of ages it makes it difficult to get rid of toys! I got 6 containers and stacked them but it dont help there's still wall to wall of toys!

The most annoying part is if it is a mess the 1 & 2 year old wont play in there lol! So toys come out and dont return to there homes!

I have thought about putting some on ebay but think to myself wat if they want them one day as most of them belong to the 6 year old and you cant buy them anymore!

So im stuck dunno wat to do!! Lol

DD has a lot of toys too. I put half the small things in a big bag (one of those stripey cheap bags from a $2 shop) and put it away. Every month I swap what's in her toy box for the toys in the bag. She loves it.

Big things like her kitchen/ dolls bed/ rocking horse etc stay out all the time though.

You can always store and rotate. wink

If you can dedicate a small area for the kids toys eg a corner somewhere then put some little shelves, a tent, table, kitchen whatever in it. Keep SELECT toys that are useful. eg matchbox cars, craft stuff, puzzles, blocks/lego/duplo, train set, figures/animals etc Store these somewhere else. You could put them in boxes under the bed, in the kitchen cupboard, laundry - wherever. Everyday or every few days depending on how much you are home set up the area you have set aside with some new things. My dd has a dolls house, sometimes I put figures in it, set scenes up etc then let her wake up to it the next day. this will stimulate them to play with it. It will also keep all the other toys out of your hair. If they are all out and have access to everything, then they tend not to play with much.
the key is keeping the useful toys and ditching the pointless play once and the novelty is done ones.

Ive kept DD's toys to a minimum, i mean how many do they really need? I cull quite often unless they have sentimental value.

Im a total non hoarder tho, im always looking for things to give to charity, i hate clutter!

I love the toy library at our local....i think thst the best solution, that way they get new toys to play with all the time and it doesnt cost a cent smile