If I had to vote for the room I love the most in our home, I’d have to say it is the kids Toy Room.
The bright colors, and fun feel that hits you when you enter the room, is enough to stamp happy on your heart for the rest of the day!
But when Hurricane Bunny (yep, our 2 year old!) hits the room, it’s a totally different story!
Take for instance, our collection of plush toys. Yes, I’m known to ruthlessly pick out stuff the kids don’t play with and donate them…but the plush toys, are another story.
The ones that have survived from Clear Out wrath are cuddlies that have a story behind them.
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Needless to say, the collection of memories is quite a large one considering you can preserve accumulate quite a bit, in a 6 year old’s life span!
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Storing Plush Toys…in an Organized Manner!
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Thankfully, I discovered the Boon Animal Storage Bag. I have to admit I didn’t think a 24″ x 22″ x 12″ pouch could hold very much.
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I mean, hello, we’re talking about a huge bunch of soft toys!
How many bags would I need to ensure the Plush Container we have does not overflow to the seams?
3?…
4?…
Shockingly…
Only 1!!!
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We could actually cram 28 plush toys into the sack…and I’m sure we could have done many more if I’d kept out big Mr Giraffe, our Chick-fil-A cow, Bunny Boo’s helicopter pillow and huge Elmo!!
And what’s awesome is this alternatively acts as a seat for the kids in the toy room!!
How cool is that?
Having solved the plush issue, lets move onto that stack of board games.
Storing Board Games…in an Organized Manner!
If you have preschool aged kids or older, I’m sure you will have a fair share of board games.
It’s easy to stack these on easy-0-reach shelves, but if you have a toddler at home, you can be sure to have inquisitive little hands digging into each box… pulling out counters, cards… making a right down royal mess!
The other option is to store the boxes away on high shelves, but then your older child would not be able to reach them.
My solution to the board game predicament is to store all the little odds and ends in Ziploc sandwich bags and store your games in a toy box.
This keeps everything intact and allows your older child to access the games as and when required.
We love our gender-neutral Elmo Toy Box from Delta Children’s Products
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This wooden storage chest can hold 8-10 board games and serves as a mini-bench for the kids as well.
It’s easy to set up…
and the bright colors add life to that corner of the kids’ room.
Because the kids have a 4 year age gap, I can’t give away our set of preschooler board games as yet.
Plus we have a set that’s age appropriate for Bunny girl.
Having the toy box around to store Bunny Boo’s board games in, has definitely been very helpful…
And has been working so far to keep things organized!!
Finally onto all those little what-nots…
Storing the Little Toys…in an Organized Manner!
Bunny girl has always loved little toys-characters, animals, accessories, dolls et al.
She can go hours on end in her world of imaginative play and I love that. It has helped sharpen her creativity and story-telling skills.
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the pile of assorted little things are a massive pain to sort out, if a certain little 2 year old decides to go on a “Lets empty the buckets” spree.
That’s where our Step2 Fun Time Room Tropical Organizer comes in!
Everyone knows I have a thing about labeling and/or color-coding while organizing. ( It just makes things easier, more systematic and helpful for a child…and Mama too!)
This hot in the market, new, gender-neutral, organizer is perfect for the kids room. The buckets are generously sized and the I love that it’s considerably more sleek than our last organizer…
and as with all Step2 products, is super-easy to put together.
And here’s what I really, really, love about this…
the fact that I can label ALL the bucket-boxes with a Dry-Erase marker.
Love it!!
Oh yeah!
I’m definitely in Organization Bliss-Land right now…
atleast for the kids’ toy room.
I just need to find a way to organize their art supplies and creations.
That’s next on my list!!
Tell me what you do to bring some organization sanity to your child’s toy room?
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Shelves, storage crates & …piles… *sigh*
We use shelves in my grandson’s room and a safe toy box for him to store toys in.
Right now I am using the cloth baskets which I can stack on top of each other. I need a better system though.
Bins and baskets
We have added shelves with plastic containers and we do a purge every other month and donate the toys to a locate thrift store that supports abused children.
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We use puzzle racks, storage cabinets and labeled bins.
We use a lot of storage boxes and cupboards.
We have a toy box and cubby for my son.
We tend to accumulate a lot of odd buckets because each of his grandparents (and great-grandparents–he’s got 8 sets, total!) feels the need to do things like make an easter basket up for him. So I reuse those to keep all the small toys organized! We’ve also got some small shelves that are perfect for keeping coloring books and puzzles on. Just having a place to put each thing is the biggest challenge, I think! Once you’ve got a place for it, things are much more organized and easier to put away…even when it seems like the toddler tornado has run through and there’s no hope!
We have most of the toys in small laundry baskets. I’d love to be as organized as you!
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storage boxes and cupboards!
Piled high storage cubes!
I’ve been using those over the door plastic holders. Thanks!
We have a toy bin organizer and I have many of my son’s toys sorted in those tubs. It is really hard to keep kids toys organized.
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We have boxes for different toys and a shelving system kinda thing
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Several Storage Cubes and Toy boxes!
My grandson has toy bins and tubs to try and keep toys organized.
I just recently organized my daughters’ room with storage cubes, bins, and shelving. The stuffed animals, however, are still my greatest challenge and are overflowing at the moment. Could reallllllly use this Boon bag. Fingers and toes crossed, thanks for the chance!!!! megancrose@gmail.com
I just make sure that everything is it’s it proper place.
This bag looks like a great thing! Would love to try it!
tons of shleving
We recently bought storage tubs for under my son’s bed for certain toys. Now every toy has it’s place!
We go thru my kids room every few months, if it hasen’t been used or worn, it’s donated!
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I try to keep types of types in certain areas of the room, dolls one side, stuffed toys one side, board games another…etc
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I used to have shelves and toy boxes. I love what you have done!!! Wow!! You are organized. I am impressed.
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I have rubbermaid totes I store things in.
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i have our toy room divided into “play areas” which makes it very easy to keep toys organized
i use storage totes with lids for some of our lage train sets and make sure the pieces get all put back in so we don’t lose any before the lid goes on
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I have storage totes, and bags in there. They have a bunch of doll clothes so I put that in this black duffle that I got when they were infants, and it works great!
We use clear plastic storage boxes on shelves and a toy box. I love your m Step 2 Organizer and the Boon bag to store plush toys and have a seat too is a great idea!
we have a toy box but its really small and doesnt hold much
my grandson’s room has bins to separate his many many toys!
we use the big grey plastic bins….. uuuuugggg
We use the cube stackers and have bins in them and put their toys in there. When they are a little older I will label them so they know what goes where.
I’m a mess right now, I really need to get organized but we have a few baskets and bins we use right now.
I have a toy organizer with all the bins somewhat like the one you have shown, I have all the smaller toys sorted in those bins, that makes it so much easier when picking up because everything has a place!
SHOE Holders on the doors and CLEANING OUT with the old on a regular basis!!!!
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under the bed storage bins.
I use lots of bins and storage containers to house toys in the boys room.
I use rubbermaid type containers & baskets then I put them on shelves..
I had everything under control in small tubs with lids, now that doesn’t seem to be working with a toddler who opens and dumps!
We have many canvas bins that helps keep the toys from taking over
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We have a shelving unit with square cubes. Some are open and some have the fabric bins. The cubes are overflowing now, though!
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I use lots of bins and baskets to keep everything tidy!
Wow that’s what I call organisation! As a child I had to make to with a big wooden toy box that I kept stubbing my toes on…the bag idea is much better
I have a lot of their toys sorted into tubs and I also donate the toys they don’t play with, to cut down on clutter.
I keep some toys on high up closet shelves and rotate them so there arent too many out at a time and have labeled bins
we use laundry bags and tubs
thirty-one storage totes! (www.mythirtyone.com/99969
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have storage bins to sort the toys out for our little grandson
I have tubs everywhere but I son likes to combine everything and ruin all my hard work.
I have an organizer with pull out bins that have certain toys in each bin
i put toys on closet shelves, tubs…anywhere I can find room!
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ClosetMaid modular shelves and Rubbermaid bins.
I keep all the little toys together in drawers, and the stuffed animals in a big bucket
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We try but 4 kids in 2 rooms is just hard… baskets for toys and bookshelves for books and our dining room is a toy room too lol
I have a bookcase with baskets
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Well, instead of me being the one to try to keep it organized and clean, I leave it up to my little one! He has a 3 minute pick-up-athon
It turns it into a game and he has fun racing the clock to get cleaned up!
The organization part can come with the Boon accessories
I place the toys/stuffed animals in plastic totes. Thanks.
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We have two over filled buckets, this would be cool to get!
I have bins for the little items and totes for the larger ones in the closet..shelves for books and games and hooks for things on the wall like capes and dress up clothes
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we use a toy bins for each kids room
get rid of broken toys and toys that dont get played with anymore
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Reorganize regularly and have a place for everything to go.
We use bins and baskets.
I use bins and label them with a p touch
right now we just have tubs that slide under their beds so this would be wonderful
Luckily my son has a fairly large closet, I try to keep things picked up and organized in his toy box!
we have different sized wicker baskets but nothing ever stays organized in her room!
We also have toy bins.
We have a huge container for all of her toys, it’s just one big one she can throw everything in. It’s not pretty but when we need a fast pick up, it works.
Plastic containers are wonderful for keeping all the legos or things together. Ziploc bags can help gather game pieces or playhouse furniture.
We have toy boxes and storage drawers.
Rubbermaid container for lego toys and a storage bin with drawers for other toys
toy boxes and shelves.
I label everything so my daughter knows where to put everything back! (Plus, it helps with her reading skills)
we have all his toys in a pile. were geting him a toy box for his birthday tho
A bunch of labeled storage bins and large storage Cabinets.
We use bins for her playroom
We have a toy box, storage bins and shelves.
we use giant plastic containers and store stuff in the closet.
We rotate toys… I fill up plastic bins and switch them out weekly
Lots and Lots of bins !!
We have 4 of the storage drawer organizers and a different type of toy goes in each drawer except for legos they have an entire 5 drawer system. And the large toys go in the closet on shelves we built into the side.
I have sets of toys organized by clear bins and I rotate them. The kids are not allowed to exchange their bin for a new one until all of those toys are put away.
Lots of buckets and my label maker.
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storage bins that are labeled for different things
we have a few bins to help keep things sorted
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i use Storage bins
We have a toy box & a bin organizer but its not enough for all my grandson’s toys lol.
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I have a toy box and bookshelf to help with some of the mess
I have bought shoebox size plastic containers, fill them up with one thing, and stack them ont he shelves.
We try to use bins and baskets to keep things as organized as possible in my child’s room.
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Storage containers and lots of them lol. We are planning on getting some shelves built in my daughters room right now to help more with storage.
my kids are grown but my niece keeps her toys in a couple big blue bins
We keep my daughter’s books in a bookshelf and most of her toys in her toy bench.
everything has a place and we try to put things in their place each night before we go to bed so we can maintain some organization!
We have one toy bin that unfortunately is starting to overflow!
I would go through all the toys he has and make sure they still play with them and organize them in toy boxes and shelves
We attempted bins and sorting toy sets and everything has a place, but that really has not worked lol
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I finally had to have shelves installed
My husband made a toy box with shelving units for each of our children. Since they were able to paint it with him in their favorite colors they are so proud of them that they put their toys in their places after playing with them.
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Bright Colorful plastic containers form Staples.
The kids have their toys in bins and books in a bookcase.
we have alot of plastic containers but her stuffed animals are out of control!
I have lots of shelves and lots of baskets. I also labeled my remotes since they kept getting transported from room to room.
Keep stuff in labeled bins and make a game of clean up time