How do you deal with toy overload at your house?

The toys aren't coming from me, but the grandmas think my kid needs everything they see. My kid has so much stuff. I hate clutter and she has about three times as many clothes and toys as she can even reasonably play with/wear. How do you deal with too much kid's stuff?How do you deal with toy overload at your house?
With my 7 yr old we go through his toys together %26amp; get rid of what he doesn't want anymore. As an incentive to get rid of toys, I'll tell him if we get two bags (garbage bags) full of toys than we can go to the store %26amp; you can pick 1 thing out. (Or course it has to be something inexpensive.) With my 2 yr old, I'll just go through the toys %26amp; take out what I don't think he needs or plays with anymore. Than I take all the bagged up toys to Good Will.
The best way to deal is to keep some at grandma's house and to organize your home a bit get a toy box or bins and store them in there. You are always going to have too many toys when it comes to having kids, and of course there not always from you that is what grandma's do..lol..and i want to say in no means is it wrong!!! As long as your children take care of their toys and do not feel entitled but are thankful for their things then there is never any harm in letting grandma splurge. One thing i find myself doing is going through the toys once in awhile and either throwing the old run down ones out or if they are in decent condition giving them to charities because trust me the children do not notice the old forgotten toys that you give away and if they do it gives you the opportunity to teach them about helping others by letting them pick what they don't want anymore or don't really play with. Trust me though there will always be toy clutter you just minimize it with bins and boxes or a designated toy room/play room.How do you deal with toy overload at your house?
First tell them to stop buying stuff.

Then, do what I did, I made two toy boxes. One that stays at our house, and the other goes to grandma house so when the kids are there, they have toys.

I would purge all the clothes, take out the ones that are stained or just don't fit right anymore, and give them to a charity.

You might try asking your daughter if there are any toys she would like to give to another child who has no toys, you would be surprised how responsive kids are.
What a great teachable moment -- be gracious, thank the grandmas for their generosity. What we do is decide what toys stay in the playroom, and which toys go in the 'switch' bin. We rotate toys weekly to keep the kids interested.



Otherwise? The kids send the rest of them to be donated to kids who need them. Not just goodwill, but food banks and your library know of homes who need toys. And when Grandma asks where toy 'x' is? tell her the kids enjoyed the toy, and when they were done the kids gave it to a family who isn't as lucky as yours to have so much.



In our house, this not only shut them up, but reduced their giving.



Good luck!How do you deal with toy overload at your house?
Donate the stuff she doesn't play with, has outgrown, or is too similar with other things she has.



Get those big round plastic bins they sell in the toy store (2 or 3) and split the toys among them and then rotate the bins every couple of weeks. Put the unused ones in the basement or garage in the meantime.
box it up, and give some away. well, with toys, i would put out a tote at a time, then put those away and bring out another for the next week. i love selling or donating ugly clothes, especially the stuff from my mil. in the future, tell your moms that she doesn't need any stuff and if they insist, they should keep it at their homes so you don't have to pack when she visits.
We don't have that many toys really, but I have baskets all over teh house - one in the t.v room, living room and his bedroom. I throw toys in there every evening before bed or whenever someone is coming over. It is a very quick way to get things out of the way!
We have a toy box, but every six months (Christmas and her birthday in June), we go through all the toys she doesn't play with anymore, and put them in a box for garage sale and/or charity.
One weekend, ask the child what they want to keep and what they can live without. Then, talk with the grandmas about this excessive buying. Mention that the children do not need so many things and can probably do without all the items.
Hears what you do

1 get a big black garbage bag

2 open it

3 take all the wee toys and PUT THEM IN IT

4 put it out to the street and make shur the gargabe man picks it up

hope it will work !!
take the toys to grandmas house during each visit and leave it there, grandparents need to have a stash too. they'll get the picture. 1 toy at a time.
Easy- store the stuff she doesnt use. bag it up and take it to a goodwill or save it for the summertime and have a big garage sale! Hope that helps good luck!
depending on how old your daughter is, have her go through and find the ones she wants. The ones that are left over take to goodwill or a children's consignment shop. That's what we do.
Politely mention that she has enough toys, or tell grandma that she's free to buy as many toys as she wants but you would prefer that she kept them at her house.
take something away and if they dont notice in a week, they probally wont ever. or just buy a toy chest and say what ever cant fit in has to go.
TAKE IT OUTSIDE SMASH IT UP INTO THOUSANDS OF TINY PIECES THEN PUT GAS ON IT AND BURN IT!!!! :)
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i would have a garage sale!
take a trip to the dump and tell your kid to throw away 2/3 of it, her choice
Get a big box and put it all in there!