We all dread that moment we have to tell the kids to cleanup their bedrooms. While we have already talked about organizing your kids bedroom, it is now time to talk about Organizing Your Kids Toys. There are tons of amazing storage methods out there, but at the end of the day it’s all about making things useful and easy for your particular child to use. This week we are focusing on how you can take a few steps to create a great organized toy bin for your child.
Organizing Your Kids Toys
Purge Broken Or Unused Toys: This is something you may want to do when the kids aren’t around. Organizing your kids toys starts with the classic purge. Broken pieces are often a huge clutter issue in kids toy bins. Clean out anything broken. Also make a stack of items that your kids don’t play with or have outgrown. Depending on their quality and what shape they are in, you can donate to another child or possibly sell to make money for upgrades in your home like new toy bins.
Separate Types Of Toys: Kids toys all jumbled in one big box can often lead to some things being hidden and rarely used. Separate your kids toys by type so you can properly sort them into bins or storage shelves. It’s much easier for your kids to find what they want to play with, when they are stored appropriately. Larger items like dolls, trucks, ride on toys and similar can be stored in larger bins. Small things like action figures, cars and Lego’s or other blocks or puzzles will need to be stored in smaller convenient tubs.
Use Toy Bins Appropriate For Your Child: Younger children do well with small low height shelving or bins for their toys. Using a multi-colored bin storage system can help them to learn colors (put all cars in red bins, etc.), as well as teach them to clean up after themselves. Older children may do well with storage totes, bookshelves or even hanging hammock style toy holders.
Create A Clean Up Rule: One of the biggest problems with toys getting messy and disorganized, is that kids aren’t aways held accountable for cleaning up after themselves. Rather than taking a look into their room or the toy room only once in a while, make it a daily routine. Daily pick up after playtime should be the rule, not the exception. You are teaching your children that part of the privilege of toys is the responsibility of caring for them.
You’ve chosen to organize your home this year, and this week investing the time to get your kids toys in order is one of the most important parts of ridding clutter and messes in your home. When your kids have great storage methods and rules to follow, their toys will not only last longer, but they will enjoy their playtime more. Organizing your kids toys may take a few hours, but the results will be well worth it.
{52 Weeks to a More Organized Home/Life}
If you have any of the hoarding tendencies we describe in this post, you may want to work on getting organized for the New Year. Getting organized and staying organized always seem to be on my list of New Year’s Resolutions. Would you like to join me in getting organized for 2015? Each week we will tackle one area of the home to help you get organized, reclaim your sanity, and save money since disorganization can lead to spending more or missing out on discounts.
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