Make old toys fun again
Most kids get bored with the same toys after they play with them over and over again.
And who wants to keep going out and buying more! Here is an alternative to doing that. ( for the record we still come home with new toys from time to time-mostly hotwheels). Take and put up some of the toys the kids are not into at the moment. A few months later get them out again for them to play with. We made this more exciting by putting them in this little valentine mailbox we have. My toddler loved opening the mailbox and seeing the new toys inside! I must say his older brother liked this too. Little brother took the toys and pulled them out and dumped them out. He would not play with these toys a few months ago but to him now they seemed pretty interesting.
Opening the mailbox.
Now big brother has to come see what is going on.
To me he is thinking, “oh, maybe I do like this toy.”
Pulling toys out of something just seems to be fun at this age. You could use a box or container…
He had fun doing this and we have done it since and he still likes it. To include big brother one day I filled it with the hot wheels and gave it to him to look in. Of course little brother loved that too and was next to big brother to help him play too! This idea of filling the mailbox with toys has been fun for both of my kids. And they both like when I get toys out that have been put up for a while to play with again. Hope you and your kids can have some fun like this too.
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Jaime
Hi! I am Jaime, mama to three high energy boys. With three boys, life never slows down, but I wouldn't have it any other way! We love creating, learning, and crafting together and we can turn anything into an adventure.
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That’s a great way of making things fun again! Another way I’ve found… start playing with it yourself, lol. They will want to play with it sooo much lol. Discovering things in boxes is a lot of fun though 🙂
I am a big believer in toy rotations. Sometimes toys just blend in to the background when they have been hanging around a while. Great post.
That is such a great idea. I always mean to rotate the toys, but usually I just forget about the ones that I have packed up.
I’ve just started rotating toys out and bringing toys out to play with differently and it’s been a real revelation how they play with them.
A great idea to refresh the entertainment value
I totally agree with you about putting toys away and bringing them out again later. I love how you present them in a little mailbox. That just adds to the interest!
I wrote a post too about making an old toy new again, and at first I was worried that I had written the same post as you. 😉 But it turns out we have very different posts. =)
Nothing quite like reviving and old toy!
we store ‘spare’ toys in our guest room. Every so often Goblin goes in and will rediscover an old toy and will be so excited. I have actually thought about wrapping old toys in parcel paper and giving them to him, I’m sure he’d be in heaven
Yes, kids get bored with toys so quickly. I have been trying to cut back on how many we have. I also love giving old toys new life
Toy rotation is such a great idea. Having too many choices in toys can be overwhelmng for a baby especially. I love the letter box – so cute!
Fun idea! I have weird kids. They don’t get bored of their toys, and if I rotate they freak out a bit and wonder why everything isn’t where it belongs. (They get that from me, LOL.)
Lovely idea, we rotate toys a lot too, but its always good to find a new use for something. x
I agree I try to rotate things out periodically.