The Toys Must Die

Once upon a time (January-ish), Ariel discovered D.I. sold a lot of big toys for really cheap. And little toys too. That were awesome. So she fell in love, and went there once a week, and collected way more toys than she realized.

Then, tragically, her daughter lost interest in ALL OF THEM, and only wanted to watch movies all the time. And Ariel thought this was super-lame. Something had to be done.

She'd been interested in toy rotation for a while, but didn't know if she had enough to really make it work. Then, all the toys were gathered into the front room, and it looked like this:

actually it looked a lot more hectic, this was after it had already been divided. But you get the point! 

So, toys were put toys into three different groups, categorized by all sorts of things (like toys you build with, big toys, Little People habitats, games etc.), with a little of each in each group. 

Here's proof: 

Sideways proof, anyway. 

So here are the groups! 

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

There are also a select few toys/items, that are always available. These:

Basically art supplies, a few balls, and a handful of favorite little people. They get to stay out all the time. 

As for the rest! Two of the groups are in a tiny closet under the stairs...I'll have to figure out a better arrangement because they are all just squished for now, but out of sight out of mind! And one group (3, if you're curious) is in our toy armoire downstairs, or in Jori's room. 

Ta-da!!!!

Ariel will hopefully live happily ever after.