With the holidays upon us it is important to
be on top of the toy room. Getting the toy room organized will help get
your house ready for the new toys that will be coming from holiday
presents.
It is always good to clean out the old toys at least once a year
and you can then take those toys that the children have out grown and
either sell them at a yard sale or donate them to a charity.
One of the first things that you need to do when getting the toy room
organized is to get at least 3 large boxes and label one for toys to keep,
one for toys to throw away and the last one for toys to donate or sell.
This will help you quickly sort through the toys with ease.
You can tackle
one section at a time and organize as you go or you can go through the
entire room then set it up as an organized playroom.
You can enlist the help of the kids as well as your husband but you may
find that you and your husband will get through it all faster if you do
not have the children there as they may have a hard time letting go of
some of the toys even though they do not play with them any longer.
If you
find that the kids have a great deal of toys that are still age
appropriate but they just got lost in the mix you can organize them in a
few bins that can be switched out every month to give the kids something
new to play with.
This allows them to play with all the toys and leaves
none to be forgotten.
Once you have gone through the toys and you know what ones you are keeping
and what ones are getting donated or sold you can start to make sense of
the room.
Some great organizing tools for toy rooms are the racks that
have removable plastic bins, usually 3 to a row with 2 or 3 rows. To help
the kids keep everything in its place you can put a pictures of the toys
that go in each bin right on the bin, such as: cars and trucks in one bin
and Lego's in another.
You can use book shelves to organize such things as
books and board games as well as movies and music CD's. The ideas are
limitless.
Just use your imagination and be sure to make a home for everything. This
will help keep the room from just getting all cluttered again. If you are
on a tight budget then you any want to check out some yard sales or thrift
stores for book cases and storage bins to help you get things in order.
You and the rest of the family will enjoy the toys much more if you can
easily find them in your newly organized toy room.
