Organizing Toys?

Question

I have 2 little ones that receieved so many toys this christmas that their rooms are almost impassable. Any ideas on organizing/storing larger sized toys that probably own't fit on a bookshelf?

Answer 1

Right before Christmas we went through all of my sons toys and donated the new to gently used ones to angelsonamission.org a charity that helps families in need. with all of the "old toys" getting new homes, we have plenty of room for the new ones. It is also a learning experience, I told Jakee that we had so many great toys and Santa and family where bringing more that maybe we could help a little child that did not have toys for Christmas. It was a great experience for all of us!! Lots of charities take donations year round.... Good Luck!!

Answer 2

We have foster kids and we usually have 4- 5 kids ages 10 and under at any time what i to is i put their bigger toys in see through Rubbermaid containers with their name on it. I have the Rubbermaid containers on wheels with drawers for the smaller items. I have trained the kids that they can only take out one toy at a time and put it away before they get another one. It works well. The toys they don't play with much i usually store in the crawl space and switch the toys around every few months. We go through the toys and the ones they do not want anymore I put in containers for new kids or I give them to Children's aid/ social services for kids that come into care with no toys! I do the same with their clothes. I always label the containers with a list of what is in there. And I save a copy of those lists on my computer so I can easily find what they are looking for.

Answer 3

My sons toys are mostly kept in tubs. We have the big tubs stacked in the closet. Each time the kids want to get a toy out, they dump out the labeled tub. Before another toy coms out though, those toys have to be put back. Keeps everything together and the kids love finding new toys each day.

Answer 4

Get respectable baskets, a darker brown thick wicker/leather-based/pretend leather-based or wood or ones with lids like those little sq. ottomans. aim has that stuff too. That keeps it a sprint greater consistent with a front room. in case you do greater of a playroom element, then circulate with the colour'd ones. This months Cookie magazine - which basically got here out the day previous, had some stunning playroom techniques too with an organizer from Ikea.

Answer 5

I use larger baskets for bigger toys. I bought a few that match in different sizes and put everything from big radio controlled cars to a large collection of dinosaurs in them. They are overflowing but it looks more organized since the baskets match.

I also go through the toys and get rid of some that he has outgrown or rarely uses. I use shelves in his closet, bookcases in his bedroom, and then loads of matching baskets to control the clutter.

Best of luck to you, take care.

Answer 6

Try to get a bigger place where the children can have a play room, sort of like a daycare setting. Because if you store them in a storage then it is a waste, they will never get to play with them. I think for now you must have the toys around.

Answer 7

I would only bring some of them out for now and just swap toys out every couple weeks. They tend to play with them more when there are less toys and changes from time to time keep them excited about the toys.

Answer 8

That happened to my son, too.

Next weekend, We're cleaning his room, top to bottom.

All usable toys are getting donated to a church's sunday school classroom, or a day care. If they're not interested, I'm offering them on freecycle.org.

Or, if you really want to keep them, Rubbermaid has large plastic storage containers!!

Answer 9

It is okay to put them in tubs and stack them (in a closet, garage, attic, basement). They will forget about the toys being stored... then you can rotate them every couple weeks and it will be like Christmas again!

Answer 10

first off, their rooms are probably impassable because they have too much stuff for the space. try to take notice of what they dont use, and store it in the garage/closet(not children's closet)/other storage. large items that cannot be stored on the shelf like , idk, a rescue heroes aircraft carrier, can be handled in an intuitive way. let the large item/combat HQ thingy sit on the ground and put EVERYTHING removable elsewhere.