Help!! My 4 year old's toys are out of control!! Need ideas to help organize them!?

Question

She doesn't really have small toys yet like the polly pockets but she does have lots of games and puzzels and books and right now they're just all crammed on a book shelf. I need a nicer looking, more sensical way to put her toys away

Answer 1

I use plastic storage bins to store all my stuff. You can get them at Walmart and probably a bunch of other places. They're durable and clear, so you can easily see what's in them. A word of advice: teach her at an early age to put away her toys when she's done playing. It will save you years of saying "Clean up your room!" over and over again.

Answer 2

A Million Dollar Question
These Days Children Have So Many Toys, Actually To Many,, Mine Do As Well.. I Just Try To Go Through Them As Often As Possible, Get Rid Of The One's They Have Out Grown, and Place The Rest In The Top Of The Closet.. Allow Your Child Access To Their Favorite Toys , And Get The Others Down Only When Necessary,, That Way They Won't Get Bored With All The Toys And Things They Have .. They Also Have Great Plastic Covered Tubs My Daughter's Use To Store Books And Puzzles Etc.. They Fit Perfectly Under The Bed...

I Know The Feeling Of Too Much Clutter .... Also, I Know It's Hard To Throw Stuff Away ...

Try Not To Worry,, Just Focus On Trying To Organize

Best Of Luck To You

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!
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Answer 3

My solution was to rotate toys - I went through and put an assortment of toys in about 4 different sets of boxes. Every couple of months I swap out the boxes, so my kids have a fresh set of toys to play with (or when they seem to be getting bored and say they have nothing to do)
One box goes to the kids' rooms/play areas to be sorted out and the others go to the basement to be stored for a bit.
For the box to be used, I group similar items together in baskets, boxes or drawers depending on what they are and sizes and the kids seem to be able to keep them organized ok (not great, but I have hope for the day when I don't have to follow behind and pick up after them)
It keeps them from getting tired of the same toys all the time and it controls the clutter.
I don't have to pick up so much, they find it easier to try to keep things picked up and they look forward to discovering what a new box brings.

Answer 4

this may be hard, but you go through the toys that she really doesn't play with anymore and donate those to charity. Then GEt some of those big plastic storage containers and categorize the toys that way and put big labels or pictures on them so she knows what they are. The also make shelving units that have little pull out bins especially for kids at Target (used to work there). Good luck!

Answer 5

I referred to your daughter as a HE through this whole thing! I apologize. Please still read. Good ideas!

Books are best kept in a sturdy milk crate like system. Something they can carry from one place to another. Puzzles, first take all those board puzzles and sit on the floor and make them. The ones that are missing pieces toss. The good ones you are going to flip over and take the board part off the back and leave the pieces back side up. Then, depending on your child's advancement, take a red marker and draw a circle on the back of all the pieces that go with say the 101 dalmations...then you are going to draw a red circle inside the board part where the pieces go. Then, grab a freezer bag label it with a red circle and put the pieces in the bag. This will show you and your child exactly where each piece belongs. YOU keep the piece bags in a safe place and give the child the board that he can store on a dishrack (slotted great place to line them up.) When he wants one he can show you the puzzle and you grab the bag, he is responsible for clean up.
Games, I would do the same thing. All the pieces get a colored dot. You keep the bag of pieces and give him the board to store in that same dishrack. (toss the box).

Keep the dishracks on top of the bureau or on the floor where easily accessible.

Answer 6

You could get a toy box or plastic see-through boxes were you can neatly stak games and books in without the place looking untidy. Have 1 box for games and another for books. You could even buy her a first bookcase for her room then you only have to stack the games.

Answer 7

I clean out my kids toys every couple of months, throw away the broken toys, give away the ones they haven't played with in a long time and then put 1/2 of what is left away and routate them. Also I use seperate bins Ex: bin for big cars/trucks, bin for matchbox cars and smaller cars, bin for lego etc..

Answer 8

When I was younger I use to have my bed set with drawers on the sides. When I got older and got a newer bed, I got my stuff sorted out in shoeboxes and those Rubbermaid clear bins. They add a fresh look to the room as well. Racks in the closet and storage ottomans are good.

Answer 9

Plastic tubs are great. You can put a lid on them, stack & label them. They can be bought in any size or colour that suits & most can be tucked away in cupboards, under beds etc. Each time one is brought out you can make sure your child puts all parts away before they can bring another one out so they also learn how to clean very easily.

Answer 10

toy chests are good with drawers , i have shelfs in my daughters and in the closet id put a long shelf and stack the puzzles u might also just need to get rid of stuff