The worst toy is one with many pieces that my kids dump on the ground and then play with for only 2 minutes. This makes a cleaning to playtime ratio: 2 minute play vs 10 minute clean up
Sucking away my life as a parent.
This is not fun to clean
A beautiful toy is one that the kids play with a lot, over a long time, and that isn’t hard to clean up.
I score my toys across 3 dimensions:
1. Repeatability
Play once 1 —|—|—|— 5 Play daily for years
2. Length of play session
One minute 1 —|—|—|—5 30+ minutes
3. Clean up ease
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