[tiggywinkle]

I have one child who is 2.5. At the moment she mostly plays in the lounge, as that is where we keep all her toys (and we can supervise while cooking etc). DH and I are wondering if we should develop a playroom upstairs at some point. Or do your children prefer to play in their bedroom, or where they can be near you? We are expecting another child in a few months (so there will be two to share the playspace eventually). Interested in others' experiences.

[~Supernova~]

My kids have a toyroom...which rarely gets used. They play everywhere, my room, their rooms, the kitchen, but mostly outside. The whole line of sight thing doesn't stress me out, I know if it all goes quiet...something bad is happening lol.

[CrazySingleMum]

DS has never really played in his bedroom. He generally plays in the loungeroom. Or the kitchen. Or my bedroom. Generally wherever I am at the time

[belinda1976]

When they were younger I use to allow my DD's to play in the lounge area as I could keep an eye on them but now that their older it's mainly their bedrooms. TBH I try to encourage them to play in their bedrooms and that's where they seem to like to play as all their toys are there. They are quite happy to play by themselves a lot of the time.

I would so love them to have a toy room though!

This post has been edited by belinda1976: 05/02/2013, 09:04 AM

[mombasa]

My kids have a toy room which they prefer to use as a toy storage facility and would rather drag all the toys out and spread them from one end of the house to the other.

[Sunnycat]

He plays anywhere in the house or outside out the back. He is 15 months old and has free reign of the house, except toilet and laundry. Our house is very small though.

[Madnesscraves]

I turned the dining room into a toy room and moved dining table out into living area. It was big enough for that. It meant the toys stayed in the room, I could see them in living and kitchen area and not worry too much. She does play in other areas of the house sure, but her toys remain in playroom.

[tres-chic]

My three roam all around like a destruction squad.

They predominantly hang out in the loungeroom where the TV is. Our house is 'upside down' with bedrooms downstairs and living area upstairs which makes playing in their rooms difficult - although they do get sent there when they're in time out, they then wander into our room and mess it up!

They spend a fair bit of time outside too, in the backyard.

[Wahwah]

My kids have a toy room which they prefer to use as a toy storage facility and would rather drag all the toys out and spread them from one end of the house to the other.

Mine too. The toy room is where the toys sleep at night (can also be found sleeping under couch, under table, in bookshelf, bathroom and so on). The rest of the time every square centimetre of the lounge, hall and kitchen is dedicated to kid crap.

I think they just like to be near the one they love most, although I would be quite happy for them to be somewhere else, along with the lego, ponies, etc.

[IVL]

We have an open plan living room in at the back of the house which is where our kitchen is. This is where the kids toys are and a big sofa (that has some removable washable covers), we have just put a study nook in the corner for homeowrk and using the computer.

We like to keep them out of the formal lounge and dining room and have only books in their bedroom as I prefer to keep that just for sleeping. We are lucky to have full view of the backyard and there is an undercover courtyard just out the bifold doors, so their messy play happens outside.