Playroom toys and furniture

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I rotate my toys so the kids aren't overwhelmed and to keep things exciting. Every single time I switch toys around it's like Xmas.

I have a young group right now except one 2 1/2yr old so I have emptied lots out to create more space for cruising and also with the cold winter I wanted more room for gross activities. I have removed my play kitchen for now as it is big and only the 2 year old plays with it so it has been removed until the rest of my group are into roll playing. The 2yr old enjoys it but there are plenty of alternatives so its not the end of the world.

I decided that all the toys in my playroom would be toys that had to be 'played with' as opposed to watching while a toy did something! No battery operated things here!

I love this Wonderwiper, I think it is very smart. I only have 1 noisy toy which is Thomas the train as everyone loves it but I have a once a year rule for batteries so when its dead that's it for a year. The only other noisy toys are my two activity centres but they are played with not just stared it. I have two of them as I have 3 under 18mths and two of them are cruising too so a great play station for them.

My room includes little people, musical instruments, blocks, cars and a car mat, grocery stand including 9 different fruit and veggies in groups of 6 along with 5 grocery baskets. Boxes of board boos too aswell as a reading corner with comfy cushion for storytime....lots more too.

I am also in the process of making a sensory wall. Its a village scene where the kids can manipulate certain components like moving panes in the sky, ducks in the pond etc and it also has different materials and flowers in different textures including noisy crinkly ones. I'm excited and will share it once it is done.