How do you clean up a basement full of toys?

Question

I have a corner in my basement with a huge bookshelf full of toys, books, board games, etc. How do I clean it thoroughly?

Answer 1

TAKE TIME OUT TO TAKE EVERYTHING OUT AND CLEAN IT OUT AND WHAT EVER YOU DON'T WANT PUT IT IN A GARAGE SALE @ YOUR HOUSE... IT'S THAT SIMPLE!!!

Answer 2

RUMMAGE SALE.

and you get paid for it too.

Answer 3

donate them to the salvation army, they'll even have a truck to pick up the things,and it's tax deductable

Answer 4

Sell some, it sounds like your kids have too many.

Answer 5

Throw'em away

Answer 6

Organize, organize, organize!

Answer 7

What kind of stupid question is this? Yahoo Answers is turning to sh*t. People are constantly asking completely stupid, mindless questions.

Answer 8

pick them up and put them some where else!!!!

Answer 9

do a garage sell, or throw all of them away, or give them to charity

Answer 10

OFFLOAD!

Answer 11

Get boxes and catagorize every box with markers. And then get all the toys and sort em allll out into the boxes. then send 'em to charity {if you don't want them}

Answer 12

There is a yahoo group called freecycle, where you can advertise in the local group and people will come get them.  Check ebay.  Many times, old toys are worth a pretty nice hunk of money.

If you want to keep the toys and books, clean all plastic toys in the dishwasher, dry and store in plastic tubs, labeled.  Spray the board games and the books with Lysol, and launder soft cloth toys.  Clean all the shelves, and store the toys in bins, clearly labeled.