3 Ways to get Kids EXCITED to Give Away Toys! (Simplifying Toys Series Ep. 3)
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- Organize Kids Toys Series: See the BEFORE & AFTER of our Toy Room transformation! We found 3 ways to get our kids SUPER excited about decluttering and simplifying their toys and playroom. These tips about toys will help you avoid melt downs and drama with your children when organizing and donating toys they've outgrown or just don't play with anymore!! This is the third video in our series on getting toys organized and simplified in your family, be sure to check out the links to the other videos below!!
(Oh! and one other thing: Just because our family are minimalists, we are NOT anti-toys! We just don't like to keep toys that don't get played with or that are a HASSLE to us as parents!)
🚂🐻🏓 SIMPLIFYING KIDS TOYS SERIES:
1. The trick to Organize ALL of your kids Toys in 20 Minutes!:
• Trick to Organize Kids...
2. Should we include our kids when organizing toys?:
• Should kids help when ...
3. Top 3 Ways to get your kids excited about giving away toys they've outgrown or no longer play with | • 3 Ways to get Kids EXC...
4. Ditching Buyer's Remorse relating to TOYS | • How to DITCH Buyer's R...
5. How many Children's Books should we have? | • How Many Children's Bo...
6. How to get your Friends & Family to GIVE LESS TOYS |
• How to get Family to g...
6 1/2. Mom, STOP guilting me about getting rid of toys! |
• Mom, STOP guilting me ...
7. Why its safe to get rid of BIG toys | • Its ok! DUMP all of th...
8. Outdoor Toys that keep kids playing LONGER | • How to get kids to PLA...
9. Organizing Kids Craft & Art Supplies | • Organizing & Declutter...
INSTAGRAM: More insights into our minimalist family life / the.minimal.mom
R E L A T E D P O S T S:
FREE Printable Artwork that we used:
www.ithinkwecou...
How I store and organize kids clothes: www.theminimalm...
Baby Keepsakes- What we keep & how: www.theminimalm...
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First time I listened to this I did not think any of these would work for me 4 & 5 yr old kids. BUT I thought about our space and how much my kids love art. I floated the idea of turning our playroom into an art room. My kids actually CHEERED and happily agreed to pack up their toys to make space for it! THANK YOU for your help Dawn!!! Anyone reading this I would encourage you to give one of these ideas a try!!!
My 8yo and I were watching your video, and she LOVED your "buy them out" idea. She immediately went to her room and cleaned out a box of stuff. Easiest $10 earned! Thanks for the tip and your videos!
My daughter sees me watching you all the time and she asked "is that your Blippi mom?" Hahaha...she loves Blippi. Best metaphor yet. Youre my favorite so I said "yes, honey...she's my Blippi".
Omg! 😂🥰🥰
That is precious!
What's a Blippi?
(I'm not a native speaker and have never heard this before..)
@@FrogeniusW.G. Blippi is a popular character that entertains kids with education programs on TH-cam.
@@sarawilliams9719
Oh, I see! Thank you for your answer! ♡
Thank you so much for your video! I played it with the sound on while my husband sat nearby on the couch doing something else. When it was over he got up (without me even asking!) and went to clean out the kids' toys. It was like magic! I think it also helps that I cleaned out and organized an area of the kitchen and he can really see how much nicer it is with just that one small change. Plus it really helps get a plan in my head of how I want to approach our problem areas, too. Thank you thank you thank you!
I can’t say enough great things about you and your videos. Clear, concise, and chock-full of great content! You are a natural in front of the camera! Thank you! These videos are s huge help to our family!
Thank YOU, I greatly appreciate that!!! 💕
I listened to this a couple of years ago and decided to go back and listen again. My kids wanted to have a yard sale this coming Saturday and I was really dreading it. I just want this stuff out of my house! I told them that it’s raining right now and we don’t know if it will rain on Saturday, it’s right after Christmas so no one is looking for kids toys and we don’t even have enough to have a yard sale. Then I asked if I can buy their toys. They both (without hesitation) said, “yes mama!” I am so relieved right now! How awesome! I’m going to go pack up my car now! Woohoo! Thank you!
I love your ideas. I've wasted a lot of time trying to find a parent like you with realistic practical advice like: tell them that less toys means less mess and more time with their parents. My kid would love that. Totally gonna do it.
I just tried the money tactic on my girls! It worked!!! I was surprised at how much they were willing to give up for money! It just goes to show you what they value in life. Kids don’t need a lot of toys!
Haha - goodness, that part where they lined up and you showed a cookie for the little one?! LOL too funny!! I love, love, love their new "library" and the space looks so inviting and fun! So happy they were excited about it!
It will be a sad day when cookies and the dollar store are no longer enough to bribe..I mean "encourage" them! ;) THANK YOU!!!!
Our kids did the same with their toy room, they turned it into their library too, it really worked! Love from Australia xox
I love your channel!!! I have been binge watching them and I am so inspired. Thank you for these amazing videos. Any chance you will do a full home tour? Or perhaps a room by room tour of what you have or don’t have 😍✋. The kitchen tour is one of my favorites
YES, in the works!!!! :)
You have the cutest kids! What a good example you are setting, and awesome skills you are passing on! Good job, Mom!!!
I came across your minimalism channel hoping to find ideas that would work for my family. I’m happy to say you have wonderful, creative, and well informed videos.
I’m excited to start this journey. I live in a small space with 7 people in our family- myself, husband and 5 kids. And we need space, and less stuff.
Love that they were excited about a library!
This video is so great for me right now... as I have an 8 year old, 5 year old and 3 year old. I have two others as well, but this is giving me a great basis to work from. Thank you, Dawn!
It's got me thinking, we can convert the toy room into a media/creative room. Craft and colouring in, books/library and tv.
A media room? that is a very good idea and one I hadn't thought of. I have 4 kids, myself, ages 7-13 and a media room would definitely intrigue them more than a library (they have a bookshelf full of books as it is). Thank you.
I love it! I am definitely going to try to buy my 9 year old's toys from her. This might just be the thing I have been looking for to get her to part with all of her tiny little Shopkins and Lalaloopsy dolls. Thank you!
Hannah Bezanson Dear Parents,
In my opinion, kids could also get toys at other times if they have been very good and good kids all the time. If there is any kind of trip or Disneyland going, then I think the kids should get something out there because the things they bought from the trips are still very valuable souvenirs that are not sold in shops, and every thing that is bought, will be remembered for their wonderful trips.
I highly recommend that you let the children choose what they like very much, their biggest dream and buy it. Children may not like them at all. Purchase only the things that they really wanted and make them really happy. Sometimes they could rarely allow children to have the toys they deserve with their great nobility. If children are still very good, then, very rarely, they could just as well afford more expensive things. Very expensive things, then for the holidays.
I advise against banning things that children really like, because then they start plans to just want more. I advise not to buy all the time, but sometimes very rarely still be able to afford something if they have been very good children for a long time. I certainly also recommend that you let the children choose from online stores, because there are just so many rare, popular, exciting, cakey, and sweet things that may not be available in stores.
Every child has the right to keep all the toys because they are valuable! If you have space, let them keep everything in their childhood! Keep the toys, if the kids like them very much!!!
Could you please forward these messages to the other people and parents too, because it is very important for all of us that every single kid can get the best childhood ever and their dreams should also come true and they will be very happy then!!! It will teach all the parents, how to give the best childhood for their children!!! This is the best lesson for all the parents!!!
Thank You!
Respectfully,
Astra Viil
You're doing a great job! Thank you for taking the time to share the tips and what has worked for you and your family! It has really helped my family
8 8 Dear Parents,
In my opinion, kids could also get toys at other times if they have been very good and good kids all the time. If there is any kind of trip or Disneyland going, then I think the kids should get something out there because the things they bought from the trips are still very valuable souvenirs that are not sold in shops, and every thing that is bought, will be remembered for their wonderful trips.
I highly recommend that you let the children choose what they like very much, their biggest dream and buy it. Children may not like them at all. Purchase only the things that they really wanted and make them really happy. Sometimes they could rarely allow children to have the toys they deserve with their great nobility. If children are still very good, then, very rarely, they could just as well afford more expensive things. Very expensive things, then for the holidays.
I advise against banning things that children really like, because then they start plans to just want more. I advise not to buy all the time, but sometimes very rarely still be able to afford something if they have been very good children for a long time. I certainly also recommend that you let the children choose from online stores, because there are just so many rare, popular, exciting, cakey, and sweet things that may not be available in stores.
Every child has the right to keep all the toys because they are valuable! If you have space, let them keep everything in their childhood! Keep the toys, if the kids like them very much!!!
Could you please forward these messages to the other people and parents too, because it is very important for all of us that every single kid can get the best childhood ever and their dreams should also come true and they will be very happy then!!! It will teach all the parents, how to give the best childhood for their children!!! This is the best lesson for all the parents!!!
Thank You!
Respectfully,
Astra Viil
The buying toys idea is great; I think I can get my kids on board with that!
Dawn! You're my favorite TH-camr!!!
Our spring break just started and we are completely going through our boys' room including paint! Anyhow, I love listening to your videos while I work around the house and now more than ever as they are helping and inspiring me to keep going!!
Also, I love you old videos!! But I'm glad your format is different now in your new videos. Since I multitask, it's nice not to have to look at the screen and see the questions that you answer 🙂
Thanks again for these playlists!!!
I hate organizing garage sales and Craigslist sales too. When my daughter was 6 a consignment shop started paying $5 for a paper bag of clothes. I offered that deal to my daughter, for anything she wanted to get rid of: $5 for each full paper bag. She filled so many bags to get rid of! It gave her a little money to buy new things, but not nearly enough to replace the amount of stuff she got rid of.
The kids want to get guinea pigs and actually the best place for a run would be where the toys are stored in the living room right now. Hmm...
Such a cute room now. I have a huge write off room and I'm going to try your ideas with my son in the upcoming few days. Thank you for the inspiration.
Dawn how did I never think of buying the toys off of my kids ?! What an idea , am trying it first thing tomorrow morning and am sure they will be excited to earn some easy money !
Some how I think I missed this video. I can not tell you how much time I’ve spent trying to find cute free art work like what you used lol. Of course the answer was right there🤦🏼♀️ Thank you for doing them up they are awesome 👏 I love this space and hope to find a spot and a comfy chair for a reading/library in our home.
Thank you so very much! Your videos are wonderful. We are in the middle of a mass clear out type faze in our lives as a family. Toys are such a trigger point in our home... There is just far too many and I would absolutely love to have them down to being stored in one room only!
*The library is a very good idea! And the printable are so cute!*
Thank you!! :) :) :)
My kids are only 2 and 4, so they don't know about the worth of money.
But as you said "cookie" I was like "yess, that's it!!"
My kids would nearly do anything for sweets!
😅🙈
I’m way passed kids toys but your ideas are still relevant to my young adults and their stuff... btw love ❤️ your channel
Thank you Mandy, that means alot!!! :)
You are awesome at this! I am enjoying and getting a lot out of watching these videos, thank you!
Wow, thank you, that really means alot!!! :) :) :)
Your kids are adorable 😊
Loving all your videos! Thanks so much!!
Thank you, I appreciate that!!! :)
Such great ideas!!!! I’m going to do ALL of the above!!!!!!
Hi- im new to your channel but am already starting to binge watch! In one of your videos you mentioned that you don't buy your kids toys. Just curious what you do for Christmas & birthdays? Maybe you talk about that.....
I adore you. Thank you for all you do!
Great ideas! Can you make a video of how you handle books? It’s one area I don’t want to minimize necessarily (I will occasionally go through and get rid of torn ones/ones they’ve outgrown), but it seems like they multiply like rabbits!
GOOD QUESTION!! I do plan to make a video on this topic, but in the meantime, here is a blog post on it!: www.theminimalmom.com/playroom-before-afters-what-we-do-about-childrens-books/
Rewatching this one. My kiddos are okay about parting with toys but I’m terrible at bringing them home more.
This is so me too! My dad's love language to me growing up was putting a candy bar on my pillow or getting me my favorite toy that I was asking for, and I always felt his love so I have been doing this with my own kids but I don't even know if it's their love language. I've realized I need to figure out what their love language is and speak that, because it very well may not be gifts even when I think it is. I really try to explore all the other love languages with them like touch and words of affection and time spent with them and service. I've noticed they feel much more loved when I spend one-on-one quality time with them as opposed to buying them new gifts
Selling on eBay and Facebook works well with my son, but I really like your idea of buying from them!
Great tips!!! Thanks for sharing👍
Hi Don! Thank you very much for your content. I really enjoy it and it’s really helpful
Thank YOU, I greatly appreciate that!!
I love your channel! Thank you for providing me with ideas to get relief. I have four kids too....and we have way too much stuff!
THANK YOU Mary, I'm so glad to hear this!! I remember feeling pretty defeated the first 6 months or so that we started simplifying, feeling like I had made NO progress, then about 9 months in my husband's family came for Thanksgiving and his sister asked "how do you keep your house SO clean and neat with 4 kids???" I wanted to kiss her feet! I had been too close to it for too long and couldn't see how far we had come! Stick with it, it is a very worthwhile journey!! :)
The Minimal Mom I must admit, I've watched this video daily as I box up their toys! Dawn, your videos and blog really are extremely helpful. Keep up the hard work!!! And thank you for your words of wisdom! Greatly appreciated!
A cookie 🍪
😂😂😂
I died
Love the tips and ideas in your videos!
Your videos are great, keep it up. I love minimalism, I just need help getting there. I have four kids too. :)
Thank you and yes, its definitely a different process to simplify with four kids!!
You didn't say what you told your kids would happen to the toys they were boxing up during the repurposing of the kids room. You said that the boys loved the trucks they put into boxes to help out! Did they go into storage in the attic or did they go to other kids right away via a thrift store donation, or what?
I'm loving your videos
Did you make that chicken coop yourself? It looks so fun! I'd love to find out how you made it and how you manage your chickens from a minimalism viewpoint.
Yes we did and yes I hope to do a video soon about that!
Hey Dawn! What is the black organizer you have in this video? In the living room.
I’m glad I found this channel. This my real minimal life lol
That's awesome! Thank you!!! :) :) :)
Thanks for the advice, Minimal Mom! I was going insane from the amount of stuff we accumulated, and my son wasn't willing to let go of anything. He doesn't use money yet, but we managed to bribe him with small crystals. He asked for a collection of crystals and minerals, so I proposed a trade. For each big toy he donates, I would buy him one stone (priced $1-$2.) He rushed to his room to find toys to donate, it was like magic.
Dawn, I've been loving your videos! (And Diana's too:) Thanks so much. We also have 4 kids and are currently living in the middle east. My friend from NZ introduced me to your channel. So excited you're from MN, as we lived there for yrs before moving here. I'm wondering if you have any tips regarding children and allowance/earning spending $$. We've tried different things, but have such a hard time sticking to a system!
My 5-year-old would totally be motivated by money! But I'm almost certain he'd use the money to be more toys lol
New subscriber. I appreciate your SIMPLE approach! Side question...did yall make your coffee table? Pallets? Cute!
probably a cookie... :-D
Ugh. Toys are a nightmare. You’re so right that they don’t keep them entertained! I love your ideas.
Oh good, I'm always glad to hear this, for a long time I thought that I was doing something wrong as a mom that my kids never played with their toys and couldn't keep themselves occupied for more than 30 seconds at a time ;)
Where did you get the black toy bins in your living room?
Awesome ideas! Love this channel ❤️ one of my favorites ❤️
THANK YOU!!! That means ALOT! :) :) :)
What if you have an apt? We are in a two bedroom apartment with two kids.
For Method 3, do you give your child $10 (or whatever amount) per toy they get rid of, or is it $10 total (e.g., per box they fill up)?
She said $2-$5 per box of toys in another video
Less is definitely more, clutter is overwhelming, gives me anxiety, I always said, if 6 people leave their stuff all over you have a mess, if everyone puts their stuff away, harmony, right?
I honestly don’t know what to do with my son. His room is a disaster. I wish we had figured out his personality years ago and started him as a minimalist, because he’s got some ocd stuff going on. So if I offer to buy his toys, he’s just going to try to buy the same ones again because nothing is unimportant to him. 🤦♀️
Hi Dawn, did you have liners or something in your mouth during this period? It sounds like you speak differently. I was working because I have been considering straightening my teeth. 😁
My son is not listening to giving away toys
What about you?
My daughter hates the idea of getting rid of any of her toys even if she hasn’t played with it in weeks, she doesn’t want to even store any of them in the attic! Lol 😩🤷🏻♀️
@@catherine380 my son is same
Only he doesn't play with toys at all
I got him a ps4 gor his birthday becuse he wanted one SO BAD
He has a toy from 3 years ago
He Is 12 now
“And our 3yr old a cookie” 😂
I strongly recommend that you please all be so kind and let the children keep things that they really have been dealing with all the time and love them so much so far!!!If you see that children love these things very much and want to give up beloved things, then under no circumstances should you remove these things, and then not if they are already grownups and want to keep those things in mind in memory of childhood!!!If there really is no room, then just buy the storage boxes and the problem is solved!!! I also have many things at home, but I've been able to keep everything in good condition thanks to these storage boxes and I do not see any problem!!!If you can see that the kids are really good at keeping things up very well after dealing and the rooms are absolutely perfectly clean every day, please let them keep things until they really want it !!! If they can not clean it, then teach them and if they are cleaning everything, then keeping things is not a problem if there are big storage boxes.If children want to keep their things up,then let them do it !!! Children still want to make their own collections, videos and in the future they would definitely want to give their old things to their children !!!If there is no room at all, then take some things, but not all things, if they like their things very much !!! I consider collectibles of children's things to be very valuable, because for some time they become rare and there is no way to get them again! I have a very big Disney collection in my home and there are other things too. I do not give anything away because these are my things!!! If I have decided to keep my childhood things, then I'll keep them forever!!!I'm very experienced in childhood things and I know that things in childhood needs to be kept so that you can remember the old good times and in the future give them to your children!!!
Reminder and teachings for parents and children!!!
Hello! Dear parents Every child has the right to keep all the toys in place because they are valuable. If too much toys are produced, some things have to be done. But I would advise you to keep the rest of the toys. If the child is still a toy, then you do not have to give it. It's not like that. You can not buy too many toys. I would like to give superfluous toys to poor children who live somewhere in the countryside.