Losing toys under sofa

[mumofone]

Does anyone have a good method for stopping this happening?! :-)

[greenfaerie]

Haha, I wish I had a forcefield, but no. Every single lost toy winds up under there (and under the TV cabinet) I just find them when I do the hoovering. I might have to put a bar across under the TV stand though, as any small balls roll in that direction without fail!! O_o

[FloraDora]

Unwittingly, we put the jigsaw we had for Christmas on a piece of wooden board under the sofa to finish. It is now playing a great role of stopping things from going too far under - it's a couple of cm's deep and is acting as a bit of a barrier - even when we have completed the jigsaw I might keep the wooden board there now!

[loocyloo]

I don't have a sofa :-D

[BallyH]

Ive got a long low tv stand from Ikea that they use a low table for crafts etc. I use to find lots under it until I got a big piece of mdf and one rainy afternoon the mindees helped me make a wooden railway track pattern and we stuck it on. This slids in and out easily and stops anything else getting trapped. Just like to add we still have 100s of wooden track left for imaginery play.

[shazsull]

have to laugh at this looking for hubbys glove this morning and unearthed what looked like the stock of argos!! and a few xmas sweets (im sure ive cleaned it since then)

[mumofone]

Thanks everyone, some kind of board or MDF under the sofa it is then!!! Thank you for all your replies!! Glad it's not just me that has a whole load of toys under the sofa!! :-) x

[Mouse]

One of our favourite activities here is "I'll lift the front of the sofa. You lot crawl underneath and grab whatever I can before I drop it on you!"

[AliceK]

One of our favourite activities here is "I'll lift the front of the sofa. You lot crawl underneath and grab whatever I can before I drop it on you!"

lol. I do that but I send the dog under rather than the children as it's usually his toys that end up under there.

xxx

[BallyH]

One of our favourite activities here is "I'll lift the front of the sofa. You lot crawl underneath and grab whatever I can before I drop it on you!"

I love it. I think Bunyip would appreciate this activity.

[kellib]

One of our favourite activities here is "I'll lift the front of the sofa. You lot crawl underneath and grab whatever I can before I drop it on you!"

Haha that happens here too, the kids also love getting my big sweeping brush and seeing what treasures they can pull out from under the couch with it!

[halor]

My other half fitted wood to the bottoms of our sofa and they work a charm. Luckily, the gaping horrendously huge so you can't see the wood unless your on the floor looking for it :-)

[bunyip]

Does anyone have a good method for stopping this happening?! :-)

Sit on the floor.

Also handy when drunk, as you can't fall off.

[bunyip]

One of our favourite activities here is "I'll lift the front of the sofa. You lot crawl underneath and grab whatever I can before I drop it on you!"

May we see you risk assessment?

[bunyip]

I love it. I think Bunyip would appreciate this activity.

I'd be more inclined to check behind the cushions for lost money and take the mindees to the pub with the proceeds.