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Are you keeping any toys/books for grandchildren?

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Oneborneverydecade · 10/04/2023 16:19

And if so how do you chose what to save? Obviously space will determine a lot of what, if anything, people hang onto but beyond that...
Our eldest and youngest are 12 years apart, despite that I have things all three have played with. It's hard to say goodbye but we need to declutter.

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2bazookas · 13/04/2023 09:15

Yes we did.
We kept ALL the lego, and all the best-loved books (from toddler to teen years).

When the grandchildren had finished with lego and early books we passed them on to charity shops. We still have the teen books they haven't read yet.

As the GC grew, we acquired secondhand, a succession of cots and bedding, highchairs, charity shop toys, trikes, scooters, beach toys. ... and as they were outgrown, passed them back into the granny circle.

We still keep (and refresh) a range of older games, lots of craft stuff, jigsaws, DVDs books on their own shelves they can help themselves to, so the children always have something to do at our place. They are bigger than me now but still refer to every social visit "coming to play with granny and grandpa".

DisforDarkChocolate · 13/04/2023 09:17

No but I wish I'd kept some Lego.

I have bought some of the books my children loved for my grandchildren. That went down well.

2ndGenerationHomeEducator · 13/04/2023 09:31

I'll be saving lego and duplo. They'll live at my house though.
Some books. My children are learning to read with some of the books I used to learn to read.😍 Maybe if my grandchildren home educate too, they can learn to read with them too. And a few others we really enjoy/ useful for 'school'.
Not sure I'll save anything else. Will probably pass everything else on.

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