Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video, we are doing a huge toy clear out and
organize. Basically, I have let the toys just build up and build up. Jackson and Caleb have
just had birthdays and it will be Christmas soon, so I just want to clear out any toys
that they're not playing with, before it's Christmas. Also, loads of their toys that
are normally in their rooms, creep down over the months and I haven't done a clear out
like this in ages.
So, today me, Matt and Jackson are going to tackle the toys and I'm so embarrassed, I'll
show you how bad it is now and then we're going to speed clean and then I'll show you,
hopefully, how nice it is at the end.
So this is the kind of sort out you can do with a toddler, because they think that you're
playing with them, with the toys but you're actually sorting them out. Can you say hello?
He's like, 'WHAT?' Hiya! Hello!
So ... Hiya!
How do you feel about it Jackson?
I like your top.
[inaudible 00:01:07].
Your top's nice.
So this is the state of the toy area that we're dealing with. We have these two storage
units here, but as you can see, there's just stuff on top of everything and this is actually
from upstairs. It's creeped down somehow and it's full now. This should actually be in
Fraser's room. Yeah, it's just like there're toys everywhere. So, we really, really, really
need to have a declutter.
So, the first thing that we're going to do is pull out all of the toys and then we'll
have the empty baskets to start sorting things back into the baskets, like Lego, Playmags,
different categories. So, we're going to pour them all out everywhere and then we're also
going to have a bag for rubbish, a bag to donate and a pile of things to go back upstairs
and let's do this!
So the first thing that we did, was take a few of the very large toys back upstairs that
belong there and then we literally just started dumping out baskets and trying to sort through
all of the toys. I was kind of like showing Jackson some of the toys as we went along,
to see if he was even interested in them and then we made a few piles on the couch. One
was cars, one was Lego, one was figures and one was play food, just so that we could then
put them back into boxes, in their groups and we found all kinds of things.
I was just clearing out the Lego and I found a lump of cheese in it. It's rock solid. God
knows how old it is. Don't eat that. It's disgusting.
Daddy's helping. Well done, Daddy.
Then we pretty much carried on dumping out baskets of toys and sorting them into categories
and chucking anything out that we didn't want anymore. There were so many bits of Play Dough
or broken toys that we found on the way. That is actually a little rubbish pile, next to
Matt and I had a big bin bag as well. As wee, we donated so many things. We just thought,
do they actually play with this or not and there were so many little cards as well, like
these ones, so I managed to get the Uno pack back together, the flashcards and the Match
Attax and I chucked so many Pokemon cards as well.
There's just so many things that they've gone off or haven't played with because it's been
so long since we had a clearout. Then I tackled the things on top of the toy storage. I'm
just going to clear that off and then give it a spray with my Method Cleaner and a good
wipe, as well.
The same goes for the top of our other toy storage. I'm just going to clear that off
because it very much became a dumping ground and then once it's clear, I'm going to give
it a bit of a spray with my Method Cleaner and a wipe as well.
When it came to some of the smaller toys, like the little cards or Match Attax collections,
I decided to use a Ziploc bag to put them all together. Sp, if Fraser wants to use them
and play with them, he can get out that bag, but he needs to put them back in that bag
and keep it organized.
Next up, we tackled this big section of our toy storage and once we sorted through everything,
I gave it all a wipe because there was loads of dust and crumbs, where it's been so long
since I did this.
How's it going? We were like, 'Oh this won't take long.'
This is like when you-
Three days later...
This is the phase when you regret that you hoovered stuff [inaudible 00:04:18].
No, I'm not.
There's just so much stuff. Isn't there?
This is tidy, supposedly. We haven't gotten to the bit where we color coordinate yet,
have we?
And the last thing that I did was take all of the soft toys and books, back upstairs.
Matt has just taken Jackson on the school run with him and I've just quickly finished
up putting everything away and I quickly hoovered, as well because there was loads of little
bits of Play Dough everywhere, but I wanted to show you the finished results before it
gets dark outside, but I'm so pleased. I feel less stressed, looking at this corner of the
room already. We took so many toys back upstairs, that the boys had brought down. We also chucked
one big bag of rubbish and we have donated two bags of toys.
So, we have so much less stuff now, but this is all the stuff that they actually play with
and then I've put a few bits, like their big car garage, into the garage and I'm going
to rotate the toys. So, I've left the car track out but I've put the garage into the
garage and I'm going to rotate big toys like that.
So, yes, this is what it looks like. So, both of these toy storage units are from The Great
Little Trading Company. I'll link them down below. We've had them for ages, but now the
top is a lot clearer and I've juts put out a couple of their rainbow, wooden toys that
we really like. That's from Not On The High Street. This is a gift from my sister, it's
like a little Noah's Ark.
And then, we've got the baskets and I've been keeping the very small toys in here. So, the
Shopkins and any little things that they collect are in there. And then I also have just a
few little bits in there. Look how empty they are. A puzzle in there. What's in this one?
Oh, yeah, these are their Orchard Toys, that they really like to play. So, the favorite
ones are here and the rest are in the utility room.
And then here, I have all of their flashcards, their Uno cards and his Match Attax collection,
as well, Dominoes too. And them, look how empty this one is. It's got like a watch in
it. This basket, down here is completely for Duplo Lego. This is one of Jackson's favorite
toys, so I wanted it there and accessible every day. This one is full of cars and this
one, over here, is full of little figures. So, anything that was a little person, is
in here, like a character.
Over in this unit, which is looking so much clearer. This had been built up, on that bit
there. So, now we have Peppa Pig's house, just here and all of their Playmags are in
this basket. And as I said, this is Great Little Trading Company, as well and all the
baskets are from there too.
These baskets, I really like the way they look, but when the kids ... the kids have
sat on two of them and completely broken them, they can get holes in them quite easily. Over
on this shelf, I've put Caleb's favorite Fisher-Price toy, so that is nice and accessible and then
down here are larger toys. I have the big boys Lego in this thing here and then a few
other bits; there's like Star Wars, puzzles and stuff. But yeah, that is it.
I really hope you enjoyed it. I'm so pleased with the results and that we actually took
the time to do it. It took us about an hour and a half to do. Obviously, there was two
of us. So that would be three hours for one person, but it was nice. It was the kind of
thing you can do with a child or with the kids, maybe not the older kids because they
probably want to hang onto everything, but it's probably a good idea to have a toy clearout
before Christmas and the influx of toys, but also it's nice to donate all of those toys.
Some of the toys we gave away, were perfectly good, it's just that our children didn't play
with them enough. So at least they've been donated now and other people could buy them,
in time for Christmas as well.
So thank you so much for watching and we'll definitely be tackling other areas of the
house very soon. So if you're not subscribed, I would love you to subscribe and I'll see
you on the next one. Bye guys!