Getting the children involved in decluttering their toys is a game changer to taking the stress out of this necessary task leading up to Christmas. We've found that Christmas is an ideal time to get them involved because of the obvious promise of more things to fill in the gaps and when they are on board the task for me (and many others we have spoken with) becomes so much easier!

Decluttering children's toys is something i personally really struggle with, here's why :

- i have 3 children and so i'm always convinced that the next one will play with the toys as they get older;
- because in the holidays things do get dragged out and used (although i am wondering whether 15 mins is a good enough reason to hang onto a whole room full...!)
- because if I take items out when the children are here they start relaying stories and memories which is then closely followed by Oscar Award Winning dramatics providing 101 reasons to put each item back in the box; and
- It's hard to...