I want to throw out at leat 70% of the toys and games in this house

[Twiglett]

they don't play with them

they have an entire room filled with them, plus 2 bedrooms plus spill over into living room

I think that 2 children should be able to survive with toys and books in

1 toy chest (it's big and deep)
1 set of shelves (it's big, made up of 16 x 33cm(sq) cubes) and has 4 drawers at the bottom)
1 arts and crafts chest (4 drawers, 2 deep, 2 slim)

I am not counting a huge doll's house and 2 huge horses that need floor space btw

how do I get rid of the rest of the feckin' crap

Take it to the 'orphanage' (tip)

Woah - another old thread resurrected? This is about the 3rd I've read this week! KF78, do you mind me asking how come you picked up on this one?

Stumbled upon it while looking for Waldorf/Steiner school options in central London (none found, sadly). I recently read and enjoyed Simplicity Parenting which strongly advocates reducing and rotating toys, so it caught my eye.

KF78- theres a steiner near Balls pond rd N1 if that is any good to you donbt know much about it but its the only one Ive seen on my drives around.

www.stpaulssteinerschool.org/

Thanks 1footinfront! We're looking for something nearer to us - SW1, but we'll end up at St. Paul's if we can't find (or create) anything else.

I don't get rid of things, I sort and store them. I find that if everything is in a big tangle they don't play with anything. If it is all sorted out into proper boxes with all the pieces, they do. Like things are stored together. Everything is boxed too, so you have to actually go and get something to play with, not just rummage through a big chest. I rotate a bit too - some things on the high shelves for a few weeks and then we 'discover' them again and other things go on the high shelves.

Posted early on in the thread by Perpetual Worrier: "I've had a good clear out every year in the weeks leading up to Christmas, using similar method to The Queen, although I generally to lazy to ever get round to selling anything."

PLEASE tell me I'm not the only person who, for a good few seconds, had a lovely image of the actual Queen wandering around Buck House with a bin bag the night before Christmas?

"Phillip? PHILLLLLLLLIIIP? You don't need this ceremonial sword any more do you? I'm sending it to poor people in Tooting. Boot up the ipad there's a love, I'm going to ebay the ermine, we never wear it...."

I too was wondering what methods the Queen employed when having a clear out Cass Imagine Phil's response "Yes, I bloody well do, woman. Put the damn thing back." "But Philly, you haven't played with it for years." "Doesn't mean I don't want it does it?"

Oh, I so wish I could be more ruthless with stuff - I'm probably as bad if not worse than the DDs. I need to tell myself that it doesn't matter what it is or how much it cost, once it's not played with frequently let someone else benefit either by giving to a friend or to a charity shop.

I have 2 small storage boxes full of beanie babies - should have sold them when they were fashionable!