Read more Here about how I decluttered our house
Our house was over run with stuff!
Her toys were literally everywhere.
Ugly, broken, plastic, unnatural, not pleasing to the eye...blinking...noisy...obnoxious...uggg!
So about two years ago I started making huge changes.
I did this room by room, drawer by drawer, closet by closet...so not to overwhelm myself. I did it during nap time, when she was at the park with grandma..anytime I could find I decluttered.
I started selling all of her unused plastic toys at consignment sales.
Ugly, broken, plastic, unnatural, not pleasing to the eye...blinking...noisy...obnoxious...uggg!
So about two years ago I started making huge changes.
I did this room by room, drawer by drawer, closet by closet...so not to overwhelm myself. I did it during nap time, when she was at the park with grandma..anytime I could find I decluttered.
I started selling all of her unused plastic toys at consignment sales.
I would take a garbage bag around with me...then stick it either in the attic if I wanted to sell it or in the trunk of my car if it were to go to Goodwill. (They know me by name there now)
I gave some away to friends. Anyway I could think of I got rid of more and more.
She was so young that she didn't miss them...
I gave some away to friends. Anyway I could think of I got rid of more and more.
She was so young that she didn't miss them...
She now knows that the Toy Fairy comes often to get rid of things that she doesn't play with.
The rest that were broken or I couldn't sell I took to Goodwil...again and again and again...(Tax break for those).
I then started to add beautiful wooden, natural, soft, silky.....beautiful hand crafted toys...toys that would last a lifetime...toys that felt good on the skin...open ended toys...toys where she could use her imagination...
The rest that were broken or I couldn't sell I took to Goodwil...again and again and again...(Tax break for those).
I then started to add beautiful wooden, natural, soft, silky.....beautiful hand crafted toys...toys that would last a lifetime...toys that felt good on the skin...open ended toys...toys where she could use her imagination...
We started with this simple little wooden kitchen
and kitchen
...wooden eggs
...wooden dishes
...these are super cute
, wooden food, cutting board, oven mitt
. In the basket we have silks
...which are the best thing ever for imaginary play!! They seriously are the best toy ever..and they are not even a toy.
The wood kitchen is right by our home kitchen. It is played with daily!
and kitchen...wooden eggs...wooden dishes...these are super cute, wooden food, cutting board, oven mitt. In the basket we have silks...which are the best thing ever for imaginary play!! They seriously are the best toy ever..and they are not even a toy.
Then around the holidays and her birthdays we added a little area for her to play in directly behind the couch.
It has an iron
, ironing board
, drying rack
, hi chair
, doll bed
, cradle
, sheepskin rug
, bolga basket
...
..Out of sight if someone were to walk into the living room....like a secret hideaway.
, ironing board, drying rack, hi chair, doll bed, cradle, sheepskin rug, bolga basket...
She loves this area...her own special place.
It has been a labor of love - I love to declutter, organize, get rid of stuff....and man o man what an imagination it has created for Pipiri.
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