Terrabelle Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Hi everyone, Does anyone else have this problem? My girls (12 and 9) have a ton of stuffed animals that they want to keep. They don't want to put them up somewhere. They don't even like to put them in their closets. Therefore, there is a pile of them on their beds that get thrown into the floor each night, which makes walking into their rooms a hazard. I'm glad they like them so much (I was the same way as a child), but I'd love a way to organize them a bit better so they're not so messy. Thanks ladies. Terri:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan25 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I have used those nets before.....and that seemed to work out great. The nets attach to the ceiling....maybe in a corner.....and up they go! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I use a cloth shoe organizer on the back of doors. Works really well for smaller animals. This leaves only a few big ones which go in a basket by the bed. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 *sigh* I have this issue, too. My dd even has a huge bookcase with room for stuffed animals, but there is a dog-gone herd that "has" to live on her bed. It does annoy me. I hate clutter. But I'm living with it right now. The best I could do is insist that she put them on the bed neatly. It bugs me, but it's just not the hill I want to die on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 how about a laundry basket near the bed? Even a more attractive basket would work. It'd be easy enough for them to throw the babies into every night, but contained in a way that they could still have easy access to them in the morning/daytime. We have a basket o' babies in the playroom, and it works well. The rule is that there can be no overflow, though. Before any new babies join the herd, there must be a culling. It's nature's way ;) LOL. I let them donate still-loved but need-to-go-to-make-room-for-new babies to our local abused womens' shelter so that other kids can enjoy them as well. They like that, makes it easier to give up babies they are fond of. I like idea of an over-the-door hamper or shoe holder, too - wrote that one down for future reference :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 We've used the corner net above the bed. DD8 has that now. And we've used a large wicker laundry hamper to throw them in at night for older girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_claire Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Why not ask them? Suggest some ideas mentioned here, but make the only rules that they can't be on the bed at night (maybe 1 can sleep with them per night) and they can't be on the floor. If they want to move them from the basket (or other option) onto the bed everyday, let them. It's their time, not yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vita Passiva Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I put them in a duvet cover which I don't use anymore. I tie it up to use as a "bean bag" chair. When they are in the mood to play with the actual stuffed toys we just open it up and spill them out for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNC Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 My son has a lot of stuffed animals. He likes to be able to see them so he can choose which one to play with. This is what I bought to store them neatly and enable him to see/chat with his "pets". http://www.organize.com/dolltree.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Wow. DD never throws hers on the floor at night. She would feel so sorry for them if they weren't on the nice soft bed. DD is 12. I'm told that this is a normal result of surging hormones. It seems pretty babyish to me, but I'm dealing. On reflection, it does help that she has a double bed. So there is actually room for her and them together. A tight squeeze, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Ugh. Ugh, ugh, ugh. We have a HUGE stuffed animal issue here. Let's put it this way.....we have two stuffed animal nets hung in the room. We have two huge laundry bins full of stuffed animals. We have two baskets full of stuffed animals. There is a laundry bin full of baby dolls. And there are still various stuffed animals scattered around the playroom/living room. My daughter LOVES stuffed animals (she's five). But I completely understand, I was the exact same way when I was a kid. And I still love stuffed animals as an adult. But something has got to give LOL. We are being overtaken by stuffed animals!!! My daughter cries and cries and cries when we have to go through them and get rid of some. And whenever she gets any kind of money, she will buy some sort of stuffed animal. The kid just loves them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendow1 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 We have the same issue here! Webkinz have taken over my entire house!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I have the same issue with my daughter. I solved the problem by making a "stuffed animal zoo." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrabelle Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 Hi ladies, Thank you so much for your ideas. I asked my firls about the net and the shoe organizer but they said it wasn't fair to the animals!!! :001_rolleyes:It really is sweet- I want my girls to be compassionate. Anyway, I told them I'd allow them to go on the back of their room doors so they wouldn't be shut up in their closets ALONE, and that we could buy new shoe organizers especially for the animals so they wouldn't be in the smelly old ones that have had the little brothers' shoes in them. Also they can put them in the order they normally sleep with them, and we could create special stickers for each one's cubby with the animals names on them. THEY AGREED! I'm so thrilled. The organizers won't hold all the animals but many. Thanks for your help. It is funny to see how many kids have this "problem." And I say that to be funny- this is really no problem - a blessing of being a parent! Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I have the same issue with my daughter. I solved the problem by making a "stuffed animal zoo." I like that! And you can always pull out the staples after they've outgrown the stuffed animal stage, and use the shelves for other purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Ugh. Ugh, ugh, ugh. We have a HUGE stuffed animal issue here. And I still love stuffed animals as an adult. But something has got to give LOL. We are being overtaken by stuffed animals!!! I am laughing over this thread! But not because of ds and stuffed animals. He long ago culled his, gave away what he didn't want, he and dh made and put up shelves above the windows and along one wall at the same height as the window shelves and put the animals he still wanted there. NO problem! :) HERE'S the problem. DH!!! I kid you not - we have 20+ stuffed animals on. our. bed. EVERY night, I trudge them to the couch in the living room, and EVERY morning I trudge them back to the bed. It takes two trips, sometimes three, EACH morning and evening . . . Just recently, dh added ANOTHER stuffed animal. I said I am. not. going. to add another animal on the bed OR to the twice-daily trips. Soooo, he put it on the night stand - and every night it finds its way to the couch where of course I find it in the morning. Oh - and the animal that I had on a shelf ABOVE his dresser, has somehow found its way to being ON his dresser, so he includes that one, too, in the couch-line-up!:tongue_smilie: Ah well, we are stuffed animal "lovers" from way back, but I agree with ChristusG: Ugh. Ugh, ugh, ugh.:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 About the age of 7 or 8 we started a new rule. ONE animal in equals TWO animals out of the same size or equivalent. A large new animal may be worth 5 or 6 Webkins size, so she has to consider that too. So, if we are at the store, and she sees an new animal, she can only buy it if she can tell me which animals are going to get donated to make room for the new one. IF she can't come up with two and she still wants to buy it, I get to pick the two that leave, sight unseen, when she is not around. The thought of that has really limited which animals are brought into the house. It also has allowed us to create a donation pile that lives in the attic. It is animals that may not be ready to leave yet...but she is considering their place in the family. There are now TWO big black bags full in the attic but still piles around the house. When she is trying to figure out which ones to get rid of, my suggestion is Always from biggest to littlest! We also have told all the grandparents that if they buy her stuffed animals, the animal has to live at their house and will get mailed back to them if it escapes and comes home on 'accident'. They will be expected to keep it forever, and they know it, so they quickly stopped buying animals for her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I put them in a duvet cover which I don't use anymore. I tie it up to use as a "bean bag" chair. When they are in the mood to play with the actual stuffed toys we just open it up and spill them out for a while. Cute idea...a lot cheaper than these $60+ solutions, but for what it's worth, there is a "commercial" version of this idea: http://www.booninc.com/products/OvalAnimalBag/802 - small http://www.booninc.com/products/OttoAnimalBag - medium http://www.booninc.com/products/TrioAnimalBag - humongous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LND1218 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 My son has a lot of stuffed animals. He likes to be able to see them so he can choose which one to play with. This is what I bought to store them neatly and enable him to see/chat with his "pets". http://www.organize.com/dolltree.html I love this! I have to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 My son has a lot of stuffed animals. He likes to be able to see them so he can choose which one to play with. This is what I bought to store them neatly and enable him to see/chat with his "pets". http://www.organize.com/dolltree.html This rocks! But I think we'd need two or more: maybe even a small forest of stuffed animal trees :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan25 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I love this!!!! But gosh! The price!!! Maybe just an empty beanbag chair? I wonder how expensive those are....... Cute idea...a lot cheaper than these $60+ solutions, but for what it's worth, there is a "commercial" version of this idea: http://www.booninc.com/products/OvalAnimalBag/802 - small http://www.booninc.com/products/OttoAnimalBag - medium http://www.booninc.com/products/TrioAnimalBag - humongous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 My girls ended up with bunkbeds for just this reason. The stuffed animals live on the top bunk and they sleep on the bottom bunk and then when they are older they will have an extra bed for sleepovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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