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How does this Barbie doll case help the kids to keep their own dolls in order?

A Barbie doll case should be easy to use, helpful for the parents and good for the child.

Watch this video of a child experimenting with a prototype of what I believe is one of the better ways of storing toys:


Any toy storage organizer, sucha as a Barbie doll case should met the following 10 criteria:

  1. Good interesting toys
  2. Not too many toys (3-6 is sufficient)
  3. Child can see each toy (not piled up in a box or chest)
  4. Each toy has a "home" (child knows where to put each toy when done with it and, consequently, knows where to go to get it when then want it.)
  5. Child must "make a choice" or selection (not just grab everything and dump it out. Also the child shouldn't have to "discard" some toys to get at the one they are interested in, thus devaluing the toy the have to "toss aside".)
  6. Child is never faced with cleaning up a huge mess of toys.
  7. Safety
  8. Durability
  9. Decor
  10. Price
Other pages of this web site discuss the first 2 criteria. The last two, decor and price, matter more to the parents. Most kids toy organizers meet criteria 7 and 8, although there are occasional recalls. However, criteria 3-6 are pretty hard to find in commercial products.

Unfortunately, most parents seem to start with the bottom of this criteria list and never even get to the top half, where we look at the Barbie doll case from the child's point of view. Parents are then disappointed when they constantly find the system doesn't keep their children from being faced with cleaning up a huge mess of toys. This becomes a point of conflict in the family and repeats every day throughout childhood.

Toy storage organizer

This toy organizer, available at Clutter Free Kids is one of the few that meet any of criteria 3-6. (It sort of meets criteria "3. Child can see each toy", and could meet criteria "4. Each toy has a home" if the parents limit the toy selection to only 6 toys.)

Traditional toy storage ideas such as those from Sears, Land of Nod, the Company Store or Target all have the same features: what goes in can (and WILL) eventually all come out and all over the floor.

Toy storage organizer

The One at a Time Barbie doll case shown in the photo has 5 compartments, each with its own transparent door. The mechanism allows at most 2 dolls out at one time. After the second doll is removed, the doors lock until at least one doll is returned to its storage place.






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