New uses for your kid's old stuff

Published: September 21, 2007, 8:03 am

Tags: playroom clutter, playroomclutter, real simple, realsimple, stuffed animal organization, stuffedanimalorganization, toy organization, toy storage, toyorganization, toys, toystorage

Filed under: Lifestyle, Toys, 6-7 years, Child's room decor, Creative projectsEllie is very sentimental about her things and finds it difficult to part with old toys. Other than clothes, which we send to a younger cousin, Ellie has retained just about everything she has ever owned in her entire life. That makes for a pretty packed playroom.I've been sneaking things out that I think she won't notice, but the going is slow. What I need is a way to re-purpose and organize some of these things so she can actually hang on to them in a useful way. Real Simple magazine's family issue has some ideas that just might help clear the clutter. How about taking an outgrown pair of boots, filling them with weights and using them as bookends? We are still playing with the Twister game, but somewhere down the road, it may find a new use as an easy-to-clean table cloth. And all those little plastic figurines that seem to multiply every time you turn around? Attach them to the wall and turn them

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