I'm sorry, but don't scarves and ribbons worry you? I'm a safety freak, but I'm sure you have everything in a safe place. I use things like this with our musical instruments for dancing too but then put them away.

We have a buggy full of baby dolls, a shopping cart full of dishes with a large kitchenette, balls, blocks, tons of books of course, construction equipment with little men, a big garbage truck, a million little cars and a parking garage, tambourines, drums, maraccas, xylophone, stand up piano, walker toy, and this is all just off the top of my head. There is so much more.

I have a variety of ages and when a baby starts I just keep repeating 'not in your mouth' over and over until I want to scream, but they learn. I agree also that the pick up and dump of toy after toy after toy is so annoying, but they learn not to do that in time too. We have a little clean up song that we sing since we have to clean up before naptime and at the end of the day. It's amazing how young they are when they learn how it works.