Need Tips for Organizing Toys?

 

Toys Toys and MORE Toys!!!  What to do with all those TOYS?  Well, I have a few tips that have made my life easier and hopefully yours too!

Toys have a tendency to be all shoved into one place or thing.  A closet, under a bed, cabinet and toy boxes. But, there is a better way…

Kids get frustrated when looking for that certain toy or that certain accessory.  So how do you make it easier for kids and parent/caregiver?

Bins!  There are so many shapes, sizes, colors and made out of many different materials.  So the options are endless.

Here are a few ideas for those many types of toys.

Here are my son’s Star Wars action figures. He wanted to be able to sort them by human, animal, droids an their weapons.  I found this at Wal-Mart, for under $10.00 and it is locking and interlocking. This way he has each category and can access them easily and keep them organized easily.  This is also great because it is portable to take Grandma’s house or on those long car/plane trips.

This is an open canvas bin that sits on a shelf with many others.  They are sold everywhere.  I get mine at Wal-Mart because they are always under $10.00 and they go on sale too! I love that you can slide a label in.  Notice the label has a picture too.  I normally print them out on the computer so I can get the font I want and size. Then you can add a picture of the item.  I added the picture for toddlers who can’t read, but can recognize the picture and are capable of “clean-up”! This is a great teaching tool too. This helps them with reading and recognition. They feel more helpful around the house too.

This canvas bin is great because it has an attached lid.  This is great for those miscellaneous toys kids have, that may not have more than one in the category or not enough to warrant an entire bin.  I put those items in baggies and label them (eg. walkie-talkies, matchbox cars, etc,) that way they are still grouped in the baggie for an easy find and contained in a neat container.  This is under my armoire in our living room for my kids and guests kids.  They ALL know where the toys are. This makes for an easy clean-up.

I bought these clear plastic bins from Wal-Mart too. They were all under $2.00 apiece. They hold all of my son’s “collections”.  From rocks, to playing cards and of course more LEGO’s.  He has certain Lego collections that he prefers to have separated. This makes it easier to build them. I also keep all the instruction booklets in plastic gallon bags for later reference. Then, the open shelving holds his collection of Star Wars toys.

They are all concealed in the armoire that I purchased from a shop with unfinished furniture for under $200.00.  I stained it myself. 

He loves it because he has his toys in his room and they are easily contained and cleaned up.  Mom is happy and so is he!

Happy organizing and Happy playing!