Stealing what would u do?

Ok my son is 5yrs old, not far off 6. He came home carrying a bakugan toy which i knew wasnt his. I asked where he got it from and after some pushing on my part got the whole truth out that he went into a boys bag while he was swimming and helped himself to this toy cos he didnt have one and wanted one.

what we did

1. we made him return the toy (the boy lives over the road) and apologise and explain when he took the toy etc
2. we explained to him about stealing and law and jail etc and then made him go away and think about what his punishment could be
3. he came up with no tv for a week which i thought was good cos hes forever watching motorbike dvds or cartoon network so would be a good one to cement home daily why hes not watching it

Then 3 days later, i find him with his pockets full of another friends boys cars and he had no intention of putting them back before we left...........arrgghhhh

So now he has had all his hotwheel cars taken off him for a week.............and have told him the next time he will be going to the policestation to have a talk about stealing and what police do if people steal etc..........

What else could i have done, could i have done it differenlty??

I tell Jake stories at night - try and make them vaguely moralistic if he is having trouble gasping a concept.

What about telling him about "bob" who has some neat toys - but not many. and he loves the toys. and then someone took them, and he was sad cause he had no toys. Happy ending the thief brought them back and he was forgiven. something like that.

perhaps trying to get him to think about the other kid - this will be difficult thgough as they ar typical pretty egotistical at this age

tysmummy thats super extreme and i personally would never do that. when they are young they dont understand the concept of stealing or even mine and yours... they just think everything is there for them. and at five to most kids its not a case of stealing but more they dont get that they cant have everything they want.