Two Simple Hacks to Declutter Toys

Want to know how to declutter your children’s toys with two simple hacks? Stay tuned because I will go into detail of how I do so. Moms if any of you are like me I have a love/hate relationship with toys. I would like to get rid of them all but what type of mom would I be.

I’m not going to lie I hate for toys to be all over the place. With three children it’s never ending because it’s like I clean up just for them to mess it right up.

Recently I’ve changed the ways I declutter my children’s toys and today I am going to share my simple hacks. Moms some of you probably already do this but I want to explain in detail why I declutter this way.

Two Simple Hacks

1. Dispose of loose toys
2. Donate/giveaway toys that are no longer in use

First Hack

When I go through the kids toys I typically put everything on the floor. I start with toys that are together or look like they have everything and nothing missing. It helps that way because the loose toys will be left on the floor. Immediately I know that they are loose toys that serve no purpose anymore.

This is the part where it gets tricky. To avoid any confusion with my children I allow them to help me with this step. I do it this way to make them feel like they are apart of the process. I find this way helpful so they won’t feel like mommy is just trashing all of their toys.

Second Hack

I clean house every so often. Usually when I clean house I am going through things the kids have outgrown and toys that they just don’t play with anymore. For instance, my baby girl has a walker that she no longer uses. I plan to clean it up and donate it or give it to someone I know that needs it.

If you are a mom who struggles to find places to donate to I would recommend checking with your local county or state resources. I would search for shelters, church’s or even schools and see how you can donate items you may have.

With having three children I’ve learned that buying new gadgets becomes pointless.

Why?

As a parent I feel like when you have more than one child you start to buy the same things over and over and so it only makes sense to recycle a lot of the gadgets. For instance, walkers, swings and rockers can be kept around if you are planning to have more children. Now if you know for a fact that children are not in your future than I don’t see a problem with giving them away to someone that may be in immediate need of such items.

Every few months is when I declutter the kids toys because that’s when I usually swap out old things with new things. The funny thing is I don’t buy toys for my kids they usually get them on birthdays and holidays but I don’t allow them to open them all. They end up having these toys throughout the year and if I feel they deserve to open a new one I remind them of where they got the toy from.

These are the two simple hacks I use to declutter my children’s toys and if you have been trying to figure out the easiest way to declutter your children’s toys try these two hacks out and let me know your thoughts?