Best Ways to Organize your Children’s Toys

Published: September 08, 2021

If you’re a parent of a young one or a few young ones, you know how it is. Their toys can easily be scattered all over the kitchen, bedroom, playroom or every laundry room and can easily get lost or lodged away. Save yourself the unwanted trouble of having to explain to your child that their favorite toy is missing or lost with these 10 simple ways on how to better organize your children’s toys. Who knows, maybe you can also turn this into a game and get them in the habit of cleaning up their toys after playing!

1) Your own nursery. Get a bookshelf and some clear plastic bins. Place their toys in the bins on the shelves so they can easily see what’s inside and choose what they want to play with.

2) Clear Plastic Shoe Hanger for your Door. This is perfect as it can easily double as an action figure or barbie holder.

3) Color Coordinated Drawers. Have tons of building blocks all over the place? Have a special bureau with each drawer color coordinated. It may help your young child with learning their colors as well!

4) Hanging Baskets. Have several mounted on your walls from your playroom, to your office and even the kitchen for easy access to your child’s beloved stuffed toys.

5) Wagon for reading. Get a small wagon that can easily be pulled around and use it as a bookshelf. You can move from room to room with your child and read them a good story where they feel most comfortable.

6) Buckets and Bins for Creation. If you have some metal or plastic buckets, repaint them fun colors and fill them with your children’s art supplies for when painting or drawing time comes around.

7) Create a portfolio. Visit your local art store and buy a nice portfolio so you can store your children’s are within. It may also be a great keepsake for them when they grow up.

8) Put Playthings In Temporary Storage. Your children can easily grow uninterested in some toys but may love them again in a few months. In this case, you can get some storage bins and place their toys in temporary storage for easy access when they want to play with those toys again.

9) Drawers under their beds. Another great idea is getting some wooden drawers to place toys or books within under your children’s beds for easy playtime or even reading before sleep.

10) Play Tent with a Purpose. Last but not least, build or buy a fun tent for the inside of your home, so you and your children can enter for some fun and imagination.

We hope these tips will help you better organize your children’s toys while making playtime more fun and accessible. As always, feel free to contact a UNITS® facility near you to better store your children’s toys so they can perhaps pass these toys down to their children one day.