How do you sort out your child's toys and stuff?

I think that you must decide on your plan and then establish your ground rules. I suggest that you have seven boxes in your spare room. Then your daughter is allowed to have one box in the living room each day. On the boxes it could say the day of the week. The rule would be have up to five toys out of the box at a time. Then at the end of the day your daughter should put all the toys back in the box. Alternatively in her bedroom you could have the seven boxes. In another box you could have craft activities which your daughter could choose to do instead of the box in the morning or afternoon. I have my children's toys in their bedrooms. They are allowed one box of toys in our living room. I change the toys regularly so they don't get bored.

My daughter is exactly the same. All her toys are in our room (because we don't have a spare room). I try to sort them out by what type it is, like all her stuff toys are in the cabinet. Her computer, drawing materials, papers, pens and the like are all in her study table. Up on our cabinets (out of her reach) are her cooking toys, little doctor stuff, blocks, doll house, barbie dolls and the others, each type are store in a bin or shoe box. When she plays, sometimes she brings it also to the living room. I set some ground rules while playing. When she pull out some toys, its okay however she wants to play with it, wherever she wants and whenever she wants as long as: 1. she keeps all her toys after playing with them. 2. she can only get one set of toys. Like if she wants to play doctor, only one box will be taken out. She's not allowed to take out her blocks or doll house with it. If she wants she can play with one toy, then keep it, then pull out another set of toys, then keep them. 3. For her stuff toys, since she has a lot, she's only allowed to pull out 5 stuff toys at a time. If she forgets to put away her toys I tell her that I will give her toys away because she doesn't know how to take care of them. Their bins and boxes are her toys homes so I tell her that after playing, her toys needs to go back to their homes. If she can't help her toys go back home, the DSWD (...charity) will get them and give them to less fortunate children. Since she accumulated a lot of toys from gifts given to her, some of her toys that she doesn't play with anymore she allows to go to charity. She'll say, "Okay mom, let's give them to DSWD." If she says that, she know she's not going to see her toys again so for those toys that she really likes, she makes sure the "DSWD" can't get them.

First it sounds like she has way too many toys. Most children do. With my children and now grandchildren. About four times a year every season. I make them go through all their books, toys, clothes. They are allowed to keep favorites. If it comes down to 30 favorites as an example, they can choose 15 and that is all they can have. Books the same. The rest is sorted out according to how dirty, ragged, worn, torn etc. The really worn goes to the dump. Better items are taken to Goodwill or another charity or thrift store. If they do not choose then it is up to you as the mom and parent to choose and stick too it. That will eliminate a lot of clutter and mess. Next allow her only say 4 toys and no more at one time. If she gets out a fifth one she must put another one away. If she rebels or gets upset take those toys away put them up and make her play with something else. If she still has an attitude tell her is she continues you are going to give them to another little girl to keep. If she behaves she can earn them back with little chores. This is tough love, discipline and will help her know her boundaries and the rules she has to follow. You have to stick to the rules as does dad or other adults in her life. Be firm. Do not let her rule she is the child and needs to learn to follow rules and respect you.

as such, you can't do much either you establish a ground rule that she can only play in the spare room or live with it...It could help if you would call the spare room her playroom or play den, but if your daughter is anything like my students then just be thankful that she cleans her mess:))