Such a thing as too many toys?

Do you think there is such a thing as too many toys?

From DD's point of view i don't see the harm in a lot of toys at her age, though she tends to get obsessed with one or two and cart them about for days and then go off them and pick up something else for a few days. I will NOT be getting her masses of new toys when she's older though as i was raised to pick carefully what i wanted for birthdays/christmases and not just expect whatever i wanted - it made me appreciate what i did get more iykwim.

From my point of view YES! I'm SICK of picking them up everyday ;) Lol

Bec

Hell yeah... You don't know how many times I've had to go through DS toys and give some away. He's only 3. DD has 2 50L plastic container box things full of her toy and she's 8 months I think I need to get rid of some of them aswell. lol.

BTW you know you have too much when the spare room is chokers(sp?) and your walk in robe is half full of toys as well. Plus all the strayer's throughout the house.

Ellie

I do definitely, we have a large toy box in which the lid is too heavy for the kids to lift, so our toys are rotated every couple of months to give them something "fresh" to play with

Love

Ooooh yeah! Flynnie doesn't have massive amounts, but we put 90% of his toys from his recent first birthday away with the plan of rotating them on a weekly basis, cause if they are all out at once he just sits in the middle of them and looks dumbfounded LOL!!!

ETA : Almost snap, Astrolady!

In agreeance here as well!! Waaaay too many stuffed toys in this house that just don't get touched EVER. I'm getting rid of all but the 3-4 he plays with. Other toys aren't toooo bad here just yet LOL!

Oh yeah. We are going through our toys this weekend to give some to good will.

if you could see my toy room you would say YES!

I definitely think children can have too many toys. I think it gets to a point where they have so many things surrounding them 1. They can’t ever find that one toy they want right now 2. They send so much time having to clean them up 3. They miss out on time with no toys and just using their imagination.

Just before Christmas I go through their toys and throw out anything really old, broken, that never gets played with, etc. It’s a good time of year to do it in our house because their birthdays are in January and March so it gets it all cleared out for the new stuff.

I also keep a toy box outside and find this helps keep them interested in all their toys. So they have some for inside only and then outside only.

I absolutely agree as well.

My MIL works for the Smith Family once a week and the toys that they get donated are incredible. Many of them look brand new to me and can't possibly have been played with many times at all. I compare them to the toys that we had as kids that had lost all their paint/fur/eyes etc and were still loved.

As kids our family was quite comfortable and we had more toys than a lot of other kids around but Mum always worked on the quality not quantity factor. Some kids rooms today and the storage that all their toys require just amazes me.

A GF of mine has a policy that every time she visits an op shop her kids have to donate 2 toys in order to get one in return. Seems to work for her :) Might have to reme,ber that one...

Yep! Before we had Caty I was adamant that she'd only have two or three toys in sight at any one time....though a few more have snuck in since we've trialled this in real life! I didn't have masses of toys growing up and am of the opinion that if a kid has too many toys they become less satisfied with what they have, don't learn the value of a good toy (!) and take it all for granted....which sounds a bit tight but I so don't want a kid who demands 10 new toys each birthday or Christmas IYKWIM?

LOL at the egg whisk Mads, Zander has a thing for tongs!

Most definitely!!! Apparently the average child will only play with AT MOST about 10 toys at once, so any more than that out at the same time probably means they won't get played with. We try to keep DS toys to a very minimum - I keep a selection at DH's office and the rest at home, so there are only about 10 at home and he doesn't even play with all of those. He prefers the pots and pans, plastic containers, safe cutlery, dust pan and broom, duster, etc. I am thinking of packing away a good portion of his toys - as I won't get rid of any until we are finished having kids unless it gets totally out of control.

Yeah there are... especially when they are all tipped out & spread around the room!!!!!... still working on the toy picking up part....!!!

But as Astrolady also does.. I rotate Alexas toys... that way they are like new toys again... without the cost of buying new ones LOL

Haha.. no never!
We've been lucky that my sister has given Jesse alot of toys from her kids, theyre all in brand new condition, but all those fisher price and little people ones. Jesse just loves them. We just leave his toys out in our lounge room (we tidy if someones coming over) and he goes from one to the other and it can keep him amused for hours. I also think its really good to have a few different types of toys to improve their fine and gross motor skills. That way they are always using their brain to touch feel and look (sometimes even taste!), all different things.

But i think it just comes down to how much room you have in your house! ;)

We rotate toys and hide a large box at a time. I think that we have too many toys. The other day I threw out heaps of toys which needed to be thrown, nothing salvagable for good will... but maybe next time I'll take some that are.

I often hand me down toys that Matilda grows out of & I have saved some for Jovie but not heaps. I only save the puzzles and the books.

Yes. DS has so many stuffed toys bought for him and my parents just bought him a load more! He now has 5 toys in my big bag, 2 toys in my small bag and the house is full of stuffed toys; DH and I still have loads from our childhoods! What does he like to play with? Teethers, mirrors and his playmat. Cannot care less about stuffed toys that don't rattle. Rattley things are OK, but only if they fit in his mouth. He may change his preferences, but for now he has waaaay too many toys.

We have our old boardgames too, can't wait for DS to start playing HeroQuest with me! That game HAS to be re-issued, most of my miniatures are broken now I loved that game so much. Or I could just buy new miniatures... well, give DS another 8-9 years or so.