To discuss a few years ago, started out as my children what they thought they would be happy Hanukkah gifts, I took a look at all the toys and games they had. Well, my kids are not really very spoiled, but somehow we have tons of toys. If you think birthdays, holidays and visits to his grandparents, who live out of town, and multiply it by five, we talk a lot of new games each year. How many times we take a toy or comment? Certainly not to the extent that they had entered the house.
The toys are often a parent, fantasies, such as leaving a computer for their children day and play the sound, as we grew up. Children's toys are in order at every corner. You can "never" get rid of something. Toys sun is collected and harvested.
With a quick spiritual, I discovered that our toys are classified into five categories:
1 - our son loves to play with toys and often - Keep this is not too much.
Toys could play with our children once a month - - 2 to get rid of them once a month never happened.
Used toys for our children to ensure a level - 3. Now I'm sitting on the shelf - get rid of them, are just collecting dust. The next child will never play with the hand of his brother - me - down toys.
4 - Toys, we thought our child to play with. EVEL toys, creative or as we loved as children - Get rid of them, get real!
5 - The toys that were almost new - mostly those who had brought the grandparents - get rid of them, but once an image to send to Grandma.
We needed a way to get rid of toys to find the first influx of holiday, but how?
Then I had a great idea. We have a "toy swap." "Take Dust" trade the toy for those who have the interests of the child may peak periods. Toys neighbors better than yours. And it is easier to dispose of or exchanged against toys, and later, when wearing them. Once I told my children, were traded, and would have new toys to replace the old, we were able to fill two large boxes of toys.
I have a friend, Shoshana, work on this project with me and we did it was a synagogue Hanukkah activities.
We explain distributed leaflets to all parents, the idea of toys and swap rules. All toys are welcome. The only rule is that the toy had to be in good condition. No missing parts. No cars without wheels. Does not bear without ears. No books torn ...
Boxfulls toys - I do not think I was the only parent with too many toys.
We scored the fields you want to know who they came from. Then there are the toys into four categories put colored stickers on each toy
Violet - Nice box games
Green - Big Baby toys (we have given a high rank, as people of all new toys for children, they brought with them to get a baby gift), puzzles, toys, very large (lathe, electric trains, race cars .. .)
Yellow - Easy Toys - stuffed animals, books, CDs, disks, balls, cars, trucks, dolls ...
Red - very small, cheap toys - toy cars, action figures - almost anything can
We were good in all four colors. Being considered a toy and a sticker on it, we use a coupon corresponding envelope of color in this family. Shoshana and I almost made the series as we advanced. We tried to be honest, but it was really difficult. It did not matter. Once someone has taken the toy out of his home, was not really matter what their value.
The date of exchange of toys
We have a couple of girls (about 14) to help them. We handed over the envelopes with the checks for each family. Even if people had brought boxes full of toys, which were still on the number of coupons available now surprised her child, to buy new toys.
We arranged the tables around the room, each with table cloths, the colors of a coupon. All toys with purple stickers were placed on a table in the corner purple purple ...
The table purple (the color of the highest), you can buy a good purple. At the green table (the row), you can purchase a coupon with check green or purple. On the red table (the lowest rank), you can choose any color, while a good red can only be used on the red table. We had signs on every table collection that you can use the color.
There was no possibility of a combination of coupons to add a higher rank, and no "change" was given, if you use a higher flush at a low table. If you do not see something you like violets on the table can use the good food at a lower level purple. A child who wanted a doll (yellow) did not mind paying for it with a game of Monopoly (purple).
The exchange has worked perfectly. I could not believe. I think it was so good that only very few mothers lie. This may sound silly, but the rate of adults in the value of something on their monetary value. Children rated their "play value". A coupon of purple (maybe Monopoly) for a bag of marbles (yellow) from a child very happy. Sounds like a good trade for me. It 'been so many toys and children had their hands full with "money". Everyone was happy (except perhaps their mothers when their children come home with more toys to replace those that had just been eliminated).
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