Declutter Kids Toys With Me! Day 15 - Spring Declutter Challenge
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SPRING DECLUTTER CHALLENGE
Day 1. Junk Drawer
Day 2. Books & Magazines
Day 3. Linens & Towels
Day 4. Outerwear and Shoes
Day 5. Emails
Day 6. Fridge and Freezer
Day 7. Closets
Day 8. Paperwork
Day 9. Clothing
Day 10. Cords & Tech
Day 11. Hobbies
Day 11. Pantry
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I'm nearly 34 and I still can't declutter my OWN childhood toys. Very sentimental work. Great job, Steph!
Yes even us grown ups have a hard time letting go of our toys. Lol
same. its so difficult
It's so great that you struggling with purging your kids toys - it shows how much you respect them as people! Well done
Steph, we raised 4 kids and I can tell you that the fewer toys they had, the better and longer they played. (You actually know this and stated it, in the video - Follow your gut instinct - You are right!!!) We chose the toys that encouraged their imaginations, and they are well adjusted, high functioning adults. :) It was also an amount that was easy for them to put away.
I cackled at your "Be part of the solution, Steph!" I do the same thing.
"The days are long but the years are short" is how the saying goes. I used to have 3 little ones as well and this season will pass too soon while looking in the rear view mirror, unfortunately. Another great video!
Cleaning/purging toys is the bane of my existence! Also, I'm glad you call figures "guys" too 😂
I plan on going through toys when my kids go to Grandma's for the summer. Because I'm the mom that doesn't mind doing it without my kids lol
I have a hard time decluttering toys too! I think it's a combo of gift guilt, 'not your stuff' decisions, and wasted money. Being a mom is tough!
I am a retired Pre-K teacher, I learned in training to rotate items just as you do. I also learned that having less encourages imagination along with learning to share!
I'm so lucky that my child's grandparents are actually on board with the "less is more" concept. they take him for outings instead which is great - kids' concerts, zoo, picnics and theme parks. although I do also have a soft spot for cute vintage toys!
That’s a mom for you putting your child’s hearts first because there happiness means everything even coming down to the toys
My kids are all grown. I did declutter my OWN toys the other day. They go in the drawer of my coffee table -- my Rubik's puzzle collection, some balls, jacks and chinese jump ropes, and a few little figurines and toy cars for visiting children...
Our home was so overwhelmed with toys so in December before Christmas I purged big time and I've done it once a month since. I have 6 kids so we accumulate a lot quickly.
I'm similar. 7 kids - stuff multiplies so fast. Honestly there just aren't that many toys they play with! I just keep weeding...
Yes, I do it on a very regular basis! It helps my kids learn the process better than if they only do it once per year. They know they need to play with it or it goes.
LOL "But cognitively, I feel like they're just throwing them on the floor" -- I have lived through this!
"Nothing makes a toy more appealing than putting it in the trash." This is true for adults, too! We have a rule that we keep magazines for a year before recycling them. My DH rarely reads the magazines at all, but he'll pull the one that is 13 months old right back out of the recycling pile!
I stumbled across your video and OMG I have FINALLY found someone that speaks my language! Thank you for allowing us to actually walk through the process with you rather than just showing us clips and recapping the clean up. We are like the same person! I have such a hard time with my kids' toys too because they're toys! They're fun and I get sentimental about them. I also loved the way you kept talking to yourself and motivating yourself..."less is more", "be part of the solution", haha! I do that too. Loved your video!
I have to help my teens decluttering all their “free swag” clutter all the time. It’s never ending
Beware the free gift with purchase!!!!
it was nice that even a pro like you struggles with decluttering toys. it gives me hope that maybe i'm not as far behind as i think. thanks for being real!!!!!
Let it all go!!!! No guilt! Give them peace and imagination! My children are never happier or play more contentedly than when I've just done a serious toy purge.
I absolutely love your videos and was excited to see this declutter! I just did our craft area yesterday and got a whole garbage bag of broken and used junk. I really appreciate your realness and that your house looks a lot more like my 125 year old house than some of the others I've seen! Thanks for keeping me motivated!!
Totally agree with you. 👍 Both she and her sister are so real. 💕
Funny!
I'm 58. I have no kids at home but I have kids who come to visit.
I have a few bins of toys that just sit waiting for kids to come and play with them. I have 3 baskets filled with vintage children's toys, spinning tops, yoyo's, brain games, winding toys etc. Cool stuff that I like but rarely look at anymore.
I've been thinking it's time to go through and rid myself of this stuff.
Once again I'm encouraged by your videos and the timing is perfect for me.
Endless toy declutterer over here 🙃🤪 and yes, grandparents contribute the most! Hah.
My ex husband always contributed the biggest toys at xmas and birthdays.. knowing i had zero spare space to store whatever it was. Used to drive me crazy!! :)
After my mom passed away, My siblings & I found boxes of toys she had saved for us. Iit was really cool to see them again. I still have most of them. ~Samantha
That’s why I am having a hard time with it with my kids. My parents got rid of stuff I wasn’t done with and as an adult re-bought things for nostalgia, and I don’t want my kids to hate me for getting rid of stuff they don’t use anymore. It’s always the “what if they ask about this?” It’s so damn hard to get right in and pack stuff to donate.
I have highly decluttered my kids toys over the last year and I still look at toys thinking we can declutter more. Even my kids tell me we can declutter more toys now!! Time really shows how successful this work is and how rewarding.
What a good idea to do a toy rotation. My youngest still plays with his toys, but has a floor completely covered by every small toy imaginable. I think I will minimize how much he gets to keep in his room of each type and the rest will go into storage. He never wants to part with ANYTHING, so this will soothe his mind and still allow for his room to be easier to clean.
Kid stuff can be so hard! I have 9 year old twin girls and I started decluttering their toys and clothes with them when they were about 5 years old. It was so difficult for my one daughter when we started the process, but both of them are “pros” at it now. We go through clothes 3 or 4 times a year and toys about 2 times a year. I’m so proud of how they are able to make good choices now and let go of things that they don’t use/need so that other kids can enjoy/use them.
Children get overwhelmed when they have too much variety to choose from. Great job Steph. A pity I didn't learn this when my own children were young. Now I have 8 grandchildren and I have learned my lesson.
Toy rotation does work! I remember once my mother cleaned my room & put a bunch of toys in a box & and put in a spare bedroom that was used for storage. I never missed any of the toys. But I went up there once with her & discovered the box & thought I a box of treasures! Everyday I would go back & bring down 1 "new" toy & play with it! 😁
Enjoy these days; they go by sooo fast! My youngest turned 19 this month, so no toys to declutter, but lots and lots of laundry she could sort through. 😉
I have decluttered SO many of my kids toys in the last year and it’s so much more manageable now. My kids can clean up their own spaces so quickly and on their own!!
You are absolutely correct - many studies have shown that kids become overwhelmed and stressed by having too many toys. They play longer, more creatively and more independently with fewer toys. Toy rotation is perfect if they actually like all of their toys but have too many. Use bankers boxes or plastic totes to store toys away and rotate monthly.
It seems like in today's world kids don't have to be creative... everything is so electronic. It's nice to still see parents have toys that makes kids use their brain on creativity. Great job mom!! You are a great example of showing respect fir your kids... my boys are older so they help declutter their stuff. Great job 👍❤
💜💜💜 I’m a grandma that watches 2 of them. I homeschool them as well. I have to keep the toys to a minimal or I’ll be drowning in toys. Life is good. Love my grandkids
I no longer have little kids, but the grandkids visit occasionally. I keep a box of toys they can play with, but it’s been a long time since I went through it to get rid of broken toys. Today is the day.
I try to get my kids to declutter before Christmas, their bdays and special holidays. We try to go with a 1 in and 1 out plan but 80% of the time never happens. Lol 😆 keep up the great work!!!
I have a son who remembers who gave him everything so everything become sentimental to him. So hard! We were watching home movies and he saw some old toys the other day and was sad about us not having them all over again.
We downsized/decluttered our kids toys about 2 years ago, getting rid of about 2/3 of them. My boys are 4, 8 and 11 years old. It was honestly the best thing we ever did. We keep some basic construction components out permanently, and then 3 small toy/game rotations that we switch out every 6 weeks or so. My younger 2 play with the toys so much more, and it is so quick and easy to tidy up at the end of each day. It was an absolute game changer for our home.
This one really resonates with me... as a child I was so attached to EVERYTHING... so when things get crazy, I move out the stuff that my four year doesn't play with or has grown out of. For another baby I tell her. But the guilt...
My 28 year old daughter was finally able to let go of her Polly pockets. I asked first, Hahaha. I finally feel like I will have the calm home I’ve been dreaming of.
You are just a GREAT MOTHER, who values you children's childhoods.
I have always had the very hardest time to decluter TOYS too. Now my children are 29 to 12 years old. They definitely appreciate that, with time they did their own declutering. I have a Declutering Princess and a Clutter Diva. My Diva is between childhood and becoming a Young Lady so with time, I won't have too many toys anymore.
This is exactly the emotions I go through when I try to purge my kids stuff! They grow so fast! Time to do it again! And love the rotation idea too
My 11 year old, 10 at the time, son helped me do a major toy declutter last year.
I found it way harder for me than him. He had no financial or emotional attachment to stuff. One thing that really struck me was when I was trying to convince him to keep a remote control car. He said, “I will keep it if you want me to. I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I probably won’t play with it.” GENIUS!! Why keep stuff we don’t want? Out of the mouth of babes!
Kids are often collectors- it's good I think to have an adult monitor and guide what truly is a treasure!
Its not ending, when youre kids are out the house, they bring a grandchild, and oh boy….. Toys are back in youre life
Greetings from belgium
Our kids are on their own now but I kept far too much in the toy area for them when they were little! I realized it was me that was more attached the toys than they were. Then they grew up and I had things and they didn't care about them... it would have been so much easier if I had just decluttered regularly when they were little ( but that word was not even a word in the early 2000's!! ) and/or not bought them as much. Oh well, live and learn... oh, and learn I did!!! Every mistake is a way to grow!
Since I didn't have toys to DECLUTTER today, haha I gathered some more random things for a yard sale that our neighborhood is having this weekend. Even in a minimal home you can find something! Go us!
Great video you did amazingly. You are such a warm and lovely person, I feel like I've come round for coffee and your talking to me!! I love the fact you love the retro stuff too and you're not one of these perfectionist , clinical looking, everything is white and matching. You are a real person that actually lives with stuff in a home like the rest of us. ❤
My mother has always told me I have way too many toys for my boys (age 2&7, so different toy stages), and I go through the same mental barriers as you when I attempt to declutter!. She was at my house yesterday and I asked her to declutter them. The conclusion after a small pile in the middle of the room. “You really don’t have much here, their toys are so different from each other. It looks like a lot, but you only have like one toy per bin.” So much mental relief! Hahaha
I am actually SO glad that toys are behind me! It's mostly art supplies that I have recently separated like with like, got some beautiful woven baskets and converted an unwanted bookcase to a cube storage of sorts. Game changer.
No children here but I do love watching your videos. They are so encouraging and motivational! This time I picked a small cabinet; emptied, wiped down, and sorted.
Yes! Kids toys just seems to multiply like crazy! Went through my two year old's toys and was able to sort and pull out things he has outgrown. Thank you!
Our two boys (now married men) shared a bedroom and that's where they played. We didn't have a play area in the house so fortunately their toys stayed mostly in their room. It was easy to clean up or close the door when it was toy-strewn and visitors came. But purging was still necessary! Good video, thanks.
Rotating toys is great for imagination and creativity. My nephew was so excited opening the first three toys on his birthday and then cried when he had to sit and open many more. He just wanted to play and set aside the other toys for later. I have a toy bin for visiting kids (small and large), but need to pare way down. Thanks for the inspiration!
I am so bad at getting rid of toys! But….I’m getting better! And I’m teaching my kids to be able to part with their things. The toys they don’t play with will bless other children. ❤️❤️ Great motivator! My kids just watched this with me, I think it helped to see that Mom is not the only one that encourages their kids to purge toys! 🤣🤣🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️❤️
It really is so nice to see others struggle with these items because I have a hard time with some of my kids toys too! I think about how some items were gifts from friends and family, or like you experienced the item is just junk but the kids still enjoy playing with it… it’s hard making these decisions! I do notice every time I declutter they are able to be more creative and enjoy their space more so it’s hard but it’s worth it! Ok now time for me to let go of the guilt and go through my kids toys!
Easy day for me! Not too many toys left.. except DOG TOYS! 😊 Thank you
I try to keep my kids part of the decluttering process! They are 3&5. I feel it’s important for them to recognize the things they no longer use
You mentioned the kids playing more creatively when they have less toys. The Minimalist Mom said something along those same lines, but I think she also mentioned a study that was done about it. This is one of those moments when I wish I’d written down what someone had said… that’s the only way I remember things. lol
The first one I can skip! We did a huge toy declutter when we renovated last year. But my kids are slightly older now so they were ready to let a lot go. Now all that remains is basically magnets, Lego, duplo and their board/card games and puzzles. 🙌
Kids grown. Enjoy even the annoying stuff. Goes very very fast. Mine are grown so instead I gather every pen and pencils in every room. What work keep. What doesn’t of course gets tossed. Pens, pencil, markers. I’ll hit my art table containers for this as I do my big project the craft room
It does suddenly end! Then you wish they'd play with them again. Ahh happy days 😍 My top tip rotate your toys if you have a shed , attic or other storage space. Pop a few big boxes full away and then you can rotate and they come out like new and get played with a lot but you aren't having toooo many out at once. ❤️
Absolutely agree fewer and organised toys and craft stuff for us now get used much more. It's overwhelm for them I guess. 💗 We had our Lego sorted into mini drawers by colour on a table they played with it so much but it was a headache to put away now it's 3 large drawers. Trying to find a happy medium 😁😁
I have found using the container concept (only at many as fit in and favorites in first) and decluttering the number of containers has helped so much with my kids' toys. I want then to be able to clean up in 15 minutes or less, so that means less stuff so they aren't overwhelmed and no overly complicated organization systems.
I find decluttering my kids toys overwhelming emotionally too. The worry I'll get rid of something they love. My own ties to their toys based on what I loved (or would have) as a kid or my memories of them when they were littler. So many feelings... It's definitely a task I have to repeat and do in layers.
I have all our sons’ original Tonka toys (when they were metal). I also saved a lot of their Fisher Price toys: xylophone and phone with wiggley eyes. My grandkids loved them.
I hates the days of decluttering toys. I now have teens and one is a crafter and she wants to save everything to use for crafting. I’ve been working on the container concept with her. She also loves to just leave things and come back to them. But she has piles all over the house and on every flat surface. We keep working on it!!!!
I don’t have any kids, but to help out I was cleaning my nephew’s bedroom. He was 5 and I asked him to tell me which toys he felt he had outgrown and wanted to donate. I wasn’t expecting much but I was absolutely amazed at how decisive he was for so young a kid. He had no problem getting rid of toys. Now it’s something we still do when I babysit him.
He has still never decluttered a nerf gun or a lego set, though- those are still his favorites. But getting rid of all the other stuff lets him focus on his faves.
When my kids were young I would clean out some of the toys just after Christmas and birthdays to make room for the new ones. Stuff that was still good and appropriate went into a cardboard box in an under eaves closet. (That box got decluttered at the same time.) They were only allowed to play with those toys on stormy or really cold days when they couldn't go outside. They actually called it "the rainy day closet." They are both in their fifties, but that closet is still called the rainy day closet! 😆
I really like the Minimal Mom’s idea to buy your kids’ toys from them.
Less is definitely more! My kids ages 11 and 12 have decluttered their own toys for a while. It is time to go back to it. As they get older, it is easier.
Like the idea of a toy rotation to scale down toys and see what kids really like and play with regularly.
Fun to watch and remember having this same struggle. My son is 34 so no more toys in my house as he is not planning on having children. I hated toys with small pieces -legos and puzzles and tiny toy soldiers. I stepped on so many after he had ‘cleaned’ his room.
I love your videos! I’m so glad I found you a few days ago. I’ve been binging all your old videos and you are such an inspiration! Toys are so hard, for me it’s particularly because of the memories I have of my son playing with them. I’ve had him help me before and he is willing to get rid of so much more than I would have thought. Some of the stuff makes me sad to see it go but it’s much better in the end because everything is clean and he has more room to play with the stuff he actually kept. 🥰
My kids are grown, but now I have a grandbaby. We have a few toys for him, but not enough to declutter yet. But as he develops, I will be decluttering the outgrown items.
Great job Steph! Watching you declutter toys brings back fond memories....my kids are in their 20's. I still have a few things I can't part with.
Loved this video Steph thank you so much! I’m currently watching this from Dubrovnik in Croatia where I’m on holiday with my three little ones 😀It’s making me want to get home to the UK to declutter our toy area! You are completely right that toys are so emotive to declutter and you don’t often hear mummy vloggers say that the most important thing is to be considerate of the fact that these are the children’s things that belong to them, so I thought you were great for saying that 😃 I’ve been loving this decluttering challenge and love your videos!
A regular declutter in our kids rooms is the only way to keep on top of the toy clutter!
Wooden blocks were a hard one for me as well. I realized that kids would much rather build with our lego duplos, so our wooden blocks went to a new home.
All toys! I’ve been waiting for this one! Our toy and puzzle/game cupboards need lots of love!!!!
I blame grandparents as well!! Lol thanks for the motivation.
I have 4 kids and they each can have a medium basket of toys. They only got 1 toyish item for Christmas last year..girls got dolls and boys got leggos..rest of their presents were "grown up" items. One of the best Christmas we've had yet. I do plan on getting my youngest more toys for her bday, she'll be 7 this time.. they're quickly out growing toys, bittersweet. I want to keep my youngest pretending and imagining as long as possible..so I focus on open ended toys and avoid anything too plasticish..I'm really enjoying this decluttering challenge...thanks for sharing
I did like you and tidied-my children’s toys into individual boxes, for them to mix them up again! Recently I’ve been in a house where it is one bigger box, the children (twins) are 3, they can easily tidy up by chucking them in the box. I wish I’d known this. They both play wonderfully with them. Love your channel, you are doing a great job. 🥳
No more little ones with toys in my home. Saved a few things from my children for the grandkids. When my kids were little they had to pick up
Their toys and put them away before they went to bed. Worked out well. Thanks for the video Steph!
It does end. I have a 9,11,12 and 14 yr old. I remember thinking my house looked like toys r us. Do I miss it, no. I miss the kids at that stage but not the mess. I am enjoying this age a lot
Toys are so sentimental to me too!! Toy rotations help, and a "give away in 6 months" box in case of decluttering something that will be missed later on. Thank you! - Hannah
That's a good idea to leave some time for possible remembering, but also have a deadline to get it out of the house :)
Toys are sooo hard. For example I got my daughter a doll for her very first Christmas. She NEVER played with it so I gave it away when she was about 3-4. When she was 5 she found the picture of her with the doll when she was like 9 months old and absolutely flipped. I had to scour the internet for another one and paid twice as much as the original. When I got it I gave it to her brother and told him to tell her he found it in the closet. 😂 She was so beyond excited. It broke her heart that it was “missing.”
I have boy/girl 12 year old twins. My daughters room is an orgsnized mess that works for her but my son is a mini hoarder. He wants to keep everything! We have worked it out that he can keep anything as long as it fits in bins under his bed or in his closet. It works for all of us because he can have his stuff and I don't trip over it all!
Love that you have calm music in the background that doesn’t distract from watching your video 🇦🇺
The is the area I declutter most often, but I think I still have too much. I'm a child at heart so all the toys and craft supplies make me so happy too hahaha thanks for the video!
I struggle letting toys go but my daughter thinks it’s the best thing in the world to go through her toys.
I am not a child development expert, but I recommend reading "Simplicity Parenting," which among many things, discusses the environment of a child. The author relates PTSD symptoms of children living in traumatic situations, like being war refugees, to that of children living with and in too much stuff. Although one group of children were physically safer, both groups of children shared the same behavioral tendencies. 🤯 Definitely worth the read. This book helped to put so many things in perspective for me as a parent, including letting go of the guilt and focusing more on being more intentional about our family culture. Highly recommend!
Great video, Steph. I appreciate the openness around the struggle to let things go, especially pertaining to things that are for children. The level of respect that you have for them is lovely!
I'm loving the daily declutter motivation! I'm not sure 100% behind the psychology of less toys, but I do know that at least for myself I tend to appreciate what I have more after I have decluttered, as opposed to when I have too much stuff 🤷♀️ so the more imaginative play with less toys makes sense to me at least!
Yes Decluttering toys is hard because my kids love everything but don’t need and can’t find things if they have everything. It’s also just so sentimental since getting rid of toys means saying goodbye to another stage or phase. But it’s necessary. I like to declutter toys into a box that I put in our crawl space and if they haven’t asked for it in 3-6 months I donate them. They’ve only asked for things 2 or 3 times ever.
Thanks again for the motivation
I've experienced the same thing about having too much toys in our house and decided to donate some of my daughter's toys. I really don't like the building blocks which always somehow reappear! 🤔 Less toys & stuff = more creative play! Great job Steph. Thanks for the wonderful tips and videos!
Great to see how to declutter when it’s difficult and sentimental.
Oh, I'm right with you on toys being the hardest thing! So much guilt and memories and sentimental stuff with kids outgrowing things. I decided not to save toys to pass down to younger siblings unless they were hugely sentimental or a few very high quality items. I had saved SO MUCH and then at every birthday/Christmas there was literally nothing I wanted on their Christmas lists. It was such a pain, and every gift they got felt like a burden to me. I still have tons to go, but it's getting better and my kids love a clean, open room!
Yes, enjoy the toys while you can!!! My last 2 (of 5) at home are past the toy stage…it’s fun to see your children grow & mature & become independent-it’s what we raise them to do-but it’s a bit sad too!!
My craft room/office is my big project…it’s hard to sort what you love…but it must be done!!! We got this! One thing/area at a time!!!:)
My daughter-in-law and I went through the toy box at my home after Easter dinner. The girls do not play with any of them. They bring their electronics when they come to the house. The little one rarely comes out. I had DIL sort through and take anything home with her that she thought our grandson would like. No pressures. I have a small box left. A few item are good enough to give away or donate. The rest will be trashed. I now have a blanket/afghan box in my living room.
Toys is the one area of my home I have to pick up every day no matter what. Excited to get some decluttered.
I remember those days - I even had the same storage unit you do, except I had the fabric bins for some of the cubbies. I agree relatives are the biggest source of ‘toy overwhelm’. Would your relatives consider giving experiences, rather than things? E.g. a trip to a zoo or science centre, water park, camping, or some other activity the child would enjoy with that person. The relative could make an elaborate gift certificate for the child to unwrap on Christmas or birthday. The activity doesn’t have to be expensive. Full disclosure, I tried this with our family and some of them still wanted to just buy stuff.🤣 I fully intend to do this when I have grandkids, though!
Thank you for this series. I have been motivated to rehome all my old cross stitching stuff. It was hard to part with but I knew that I would never get back to it. Thanks for the nudge.
Oh my, this is the toughest one of all! My child is an adult but we still have some toys! I appreciate how considerate and respectful you are of not getting rid of other’s people’s stuff! Your kids will love you for that.
Do cat toys count? 🐱💕
We don’t any little children but the adult electronic toys is just as hard to keep up with. Thank you!!
My kids are now 14 and 11 and so I feel that they are at an age where they can decide for themselves what they want to keep or get rid of. I do help them if they ask and we have slowly been working through this area over the last few months. I set them up a decluttering bingo chart and this had made it a fun way to declutter their own items. They earn something for each completed row, column, the two diagonals, each quarter and then the whole chart. They have really enjoyed it. My daughter has completely embraced this and has completed two charts and is on her third 🤩 my son has a harder time parting with things but he has completed one and is now on his second. Xx
I do not have much toys left in my home. The ones I currently have is sentimental. I studied early childhood development and we were taught that children actually don't need to have a lot of toys in order to happy. Children tend to be very creative and they can play with anything. When it comes to finding ways to entertain kids, open-ended material's are recommended. These are things like papers, blocks, lego, things from nature, and so many more.