Originally Posted By: Beenaberry
I've just started a new village, both kids couldn't pick up a mushroom!! It appeared right before my eyes and both the kids cldn't pick it up!!

This is the first time it's happened to me now... and my villagers were desperate for food!!

Try placing the kids just above the collectible or mushroom rather than plum on it. If you experiment, you'll prob find you can put them a centimetre or even more away and they'll pick it up nicely.