springmom said:
bkshopr said:
I just cleaned out my daughter's walk in closet last weekend and we threw out at least 20 outfits and several Build A Bears. That is at least $600 down the drain. Kids grow out this product really fast and expensive cost for a short window imo is the biggest rip off. Girls will then move on to American Girl Dolls but they will hold on to their doll for a much longer period of time. It actually did end up in her trunk rather than in the trash.
How old is your daughter? Mine is 12 and she nor her brother who is 9 will let us throw any of their stuffed animals out! I managed to get rid of several when we moved when they weren't around, but we still have several boxes in the garage cabinets full of stuffed animals, BAB included. Of course I still have my two favorite stuffed animals from when I was a kid on my dresser. My husband just doesn't get that....
I still won't let my mom throw out my ratty stuffed animals from childhood. My daughter is 10 and my son is 12 and neither will let me throw out the animals either. I think some toys make fun heirlooms to past down over generations. My grandmother kept many of my mom's and uncle's toys from the 50's. When I was a girl I played with all of my mom's orginal barbies. My son played with my uncle's match box cars. My daughter loved my toy kitchen.
We are saving my son's Thomas the Train collection to past down. For a good 7 years our whole life was all about trains trains trains. Now that is a pretty good toy lasting 7 years (he still occasionally gets them out) We practically lived at Griffith Park's Travel Town and little steamer trains (BTW if you have small children you have to take them to ride on the
steamer trainsin Griffith Park. It's free and very cool.)
Bk, I'm surprised you never got into building miniature doll houses with your daughter being an architect and all.