My grandma did something like that to my dad!
My dad told me this story repeatedly while I was growing up. Apparently on evening when my dad was little he didn't want to pick up his blocks. My grandma starting picking them up and throwing them into their wood burning stove. That got my dad to pick up his toys real quick!
My dad always told me this story as a threat to keep my toys picked up. But it wasn't much of a threat because we didn't have a fireplace (or wood burning stove).