August 2005 � Sydney, Australia. Sydney mothers have discovered a way of providing their children with high quality children�s educational toys and they�re only paying 20% of store price. These mothers aren�t spending hours in discount stores or second hand toy stores. They�re buying high quality, highly sought after children�s educational toys and instead of paying $100 they�re paying only $20. They�ve organised themselves in groups of 5 or 6 and each mother is buying a toy worth $100. These toys are then circulated within the group so that the group has toys to the value of $500 - $600 and each child has a one month turn with the toy before passing it on to the next family.
Ute Fumeaux, CEO and founder of child-educational-toys.com is a mother of 3 who empathised with the thousands of mothers who find it tough finding the extra cash for those high quality children�s educational toys on the market.
But then, Ute came up with a great idea, one that to date has probably saved her 100�s of dollars�����.In fact this idea has saved 4 of her friends 100�s of dollars. It was such a simple idea, that when Ute shared it with 4 friends in her mother�s group, they laughed. It just seemed too simple not to be something that everyone did.
The idea?
Toy Sharing
Hang on let�s clarify. 5 mothers of boys and girls of similar ages got together � had a look both on-line and at the multitude of toy catalogues in the mail box. They each chose $100 worth of high quality (relatively unisex) children�s educational toys.
They then set up a share system or toy library system with the toys. Each family had 1 month turns of each of the toys. At the end of each month the toys were rotated within the group.
Now let�s have a look at what this meant firstly for the children:
�New high quality educational toys each month.
�Just when they were bored/no longer using the toy as often, it went to someone else and a new toy arrived.
�More space to play as their rooms were less cluttered with toys
�There was more money available to the family for other �necessities�.
And then of course from the parents perspective:
�Because new toys were circulating every month, there was always an answer for �can I have��
�Money saved
�Less unused toys lying around the house
�High quality educational toys were available to their children.
This process may seem simple but we all know there are 1000�s of families feeling the pinch who still like to be able to provide high quality children�s educational toys for their children. Well why not try Ute�s idea and save yourself 100�s of dollars and be able to give your children their toys?
Mum of 3 and the CEO of www.child-educational-toys.com
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