ok...soooo....how many toys DO your kids have?

[Fillyjonk]

following on from previous thread, I realise I have no many idea how many toys is quite a lot

I know its all inverse snobbery but....gwan and humour me

mine have 2 crates between 2 of them and a jumble of ride ons, bikes and so forth. Oh and a wendy house thing.

and yes they have books but that doesn't count, does it? they all have books.

too many to count They have taken over the house. In my defence I have only bought and handful of them and a pile are going to car boot next week. Whatever I dont sell is being given to charity shop.

DS1's main things are:

DS Lite + 3 games
Leap Pad + 7 books
Magic Set
2 x dressup outfits
Guitar
Concertina
Bicycle
Scooter
6 x puzzles
6 x games
lots and lots of books
Skittles
Tennis bat and ball
Baseball bat and ball
Golf clubs
Lots of lego
Lots and lots of soft toys
Loads of crayons, pens, colouring books
Playdoh animal set
Pop-up box with assorted pop-guns,

DS2's main things are:
Loads of books
Loads of softtoys
Little People Noahs Ark
Little People Garage
Push along cart with blocks
Duplo
Lego
Wind-up TV
Shape sorters x 5 (damn the family)
Thomas the tank engine train set x 2
Thomas the tank engine quarry set
Thomas the tank engine carry case + 12 trains
BBQ set
Ironing Set
Tea Set
Broom and mop set
Tricycle
Scooter
Pushalong
Puzzles
1 x dressing up set

Together they own a trampoline & a Cars TV

Sounds a lot but we have never thrown away or got rid of toys since DS1 was born yonks ago.

hmm have gone downstairs and looked now

I forgot the box of duplo, box of brio, and dressing up box

DD has an horrendous amount of toys, way too many to count and list! But to be fair she does play with them all, and takes care of her things. They all have homes too. DD is an only child, and only grandchild/niece on one side, and only one of two on other side (my neice was born 6 months ago) - and I have a big family.

Books definitely don't count!

Its way to many

way too many, we pick up alot at car-boot sales, the girls room is full and the garden is full of ride-ons, sand pits etc...

hmm

is no one going to say "not enough, not enough"?

my kids have far too many - totally spoilt as only grankids on eitherside and Dp has a fairly paid job so insists on buying them everything too. We had to build an extra room downstairs to put them somewhere. I even tell people when they ask what do DD's wnat for b'day/xmas i say no more toys but noone listens

Way, way too many, could not possibly list them - DD is only 15months yet the toys are taking over the house!! BUT we have vowed that each year, before Santa comes, at least two bin bags of toys HAVE TO go "to the babies who don't have as much" - we cleared out 3 bags this xmas - sent to charity - even though shes so small and probably does'nt notice/care - we want to get the habit started from day one!. (in our defense, she plays with EVERY toy, so makes good use of them all...)

couldnt tell you how many as such but have garden toys[lots thanks to pil] and there is a toy box downstairs and a kitchen ride on toy that is DDs and a dolls pram.
Ds has a toy box full of cars in his room then lots of jigsaws and board games. In the DDS room there is one toy box and a rocking panda[belongs to ds] and a bouncing zebra thing.

I can honestly say that DS's have far more toys between them now (2 yrs 10mths and 11mths) than myself and my brother did throughout our entire childhood...
Quite disgusting really and I am planning what to buy/ask for for their birthdays in March at the moment BUT I make sure they grow up knowing to look after them and tidy them up at the end of the day!

Oh Loopymumsy, that is sooo true and drives me insane!!!

Too blooming many and I only have one and we only buy at xmas and birthday!!! I do have a rotation system now though so they're not all out at once!!

..far too many and have just got all my old(we're talking 30 years old) barbies and sindy's and caravans and horses and beds etc etc from mams loft!!!!!..dp is NOT happy!

A playroom full
2 bedrooms full
A littering elsewhere in the house too...

... too many....

bloody hell, itemise the kids toys? hellfire! I have no clue.

2 huge boxes (crates really!) of assorted crap and unidentifyable plastic rubbish, an 8 drawer cabinet of art & craft stuff, 5 shelves of the more expensive stuff and about a hundred books. plus a sega and a disney thing that plugs into the tv and they can play games on, which live downstairs.

plus what's under the bed, which would probably fill another box.

oh, and a big roses tin of those small cars that get every bloody where and a bag of k-nex. f@{@%^&&% k-nex.

Mine have tons. DS (nearly 6)has:

magnetix (about 200 pieces)
beyblades plus arena
over 100 matchbox sized cars
a large box with bigger cars in
a Tonka dumptruck and digger and fire engine
a large box of brio track and about 15 trains/carriages - many of them "Thomas" ones
a large box of power rangers figures including megazord transformer
a hot wheels electric car track
a huge box of lego (some of which was DH's)
a large box of playmobil plus the airport, plane, tour bus, bin lorry and refueling lorry
a millenium falcon and lots of Star wars figures
a castle and about 20odd knights, plus battering ram, seige tower, large playmat, jousting fences etc
a basket with assorted action men, spiderman, etc figures in
a gun that shoots discs
a junior meccano set
a kids knex set
a farm board and one basket of tractors, ploughs etc and another basket of animals
a car playmat
2 light sabres
about 5 swords
dressing up outfits - power ranger, darth vader, harry potter
Lego star wars playstation game
toy trumpet and keyboard
a bike
a football goal
about 7 footballs
a cricket set
a golf set
some outdoor plastic trucks etc
about 10 age-appropriate jigsaws
top trumps cards
pinball game
5 bouncy balls
and there must be more that I can't think of.

DD (2) has:
large play kitchen
trolley full of food
large box full of crockery/cutlery and till
about 10 handbags
My little pony adventure island, boutique and a basketful of ponies and accessories
Baby Annabel plus 4 other baby dolls
Large box of accessories for babies - clothes, nappies, dodies, bottles, bath, soap etc
Baby cot (was mine), buggy, pram, car seat, highchair
large box of duplo (was DSs)
wooden double decker bus with passengers (also DSs)
picnic hamper plus contents
about 15 age-appropriate puzzles (many were DSs)
basketful of cars of varying sizes
Happyland mat plus house/church/tearooms/postoffice and a basketful of accessories
ELC plastic palace
Hoover and cleaning set
Snow White and Cinderella dolls
Doll which you can dress
Furreal kitten
5 ragdolls
Funky footprints
sandpit
lawnmower
trike
scooter
several balls
5 bouncy balls
Untold numbers of beads/rings/necklaces
About 4 dressing up outfits inc. Snow White which is her fave.
Girl's World (which I have hidden)
Noah's Ark

And that is without thinking about the craft stuff that is kept in the utility room and includes an easel amongst other things.So when I say a lot I mean a lot.

And it is DS's birthday this month. Argh!

dd (5) has;

My little pony castle and about 20 ponies (job lot off ebay).
Animal Rescue Vet centre and ambulance.
Polly Pocket House of Style (never plays with).
Polly Pocket bus.
Sketcher thing.
Electronic cat tamagotchi type thing.
Mandalar designer (never plays with)
Wooden dolls house
Big ELC garage and cars
Loads of hama beads
Jigsaws
Fishing game
Various card ganes - snap, happy famalies, top trumps.
Toy farm and animals (used to be mine when I was little).
Megablocks.
Various board games.
Radio controlled car
Toy kitchen (in garden)!
Trampoline
Scooter
Bike
Go-cart
Dance mat.
Doll and cot (never plays with).
About 50 cuddly toys
Loads of books
Play dough
Various other tat

My DD is only 16mths and has 3 huge boxes plus loads of dolls plus pushchair etc other smaller boxes of mega blox and train sets etc but almost all were purchased at NCT nearly new sales or charity shops or given by loving relatives for birthday and xmasses so I'm just trawling EBAY now for a TARDIS to put it all in...........

Right I did forget tons of things:
playhouse
megablocks in garden
wheel barrow
two leappads and about 10 books
bat and ball set
baseball set
boules
dancemat
etc

Too many....

Far too many!!