Information on Kids Toy Organization

Probably not; after all, he had created a toy wonderland that is loved by kids of all ages even today. It would have been a great idea (and it still is, if the company is listening) if he had created a sister store filled with great toy storage and organization options.

Children and toys are a force to be reckoned with. Any child worth his salt can wreck the maximum amount of chaos in the minimum amount of time. The best way to make heads or tails out of a playroom is to sort the toys when the child is asleep and put them into categories by size and item. For example: books in one pile, blocks and building items, small toys such as cars, large toys like stuffed animals, etc. After you do this you will have a good idea of what you need to buy for storage and organization for the room. Whether you buy storage that can be stacked on top of each other such as bins with drawers, shelves, cubbies, etc. or horizontal storage like cabinets and chests will depend on the age of your children and whether or not you intend for the child to be the person who puts the toys up.

If you intend to teach your child how to pick up his toys and how to place them in the correct storage area, you will need to purchase storage and organization items that are his size. Consider the child’s age and his height. If the storage is too high for him to reach, he will not be able to do the actual placing of the items and that will leave the cleaning up to you. It is better to teach your child that the responsibility for his toys belongs solely to him and that he has to take care of them unless he wants them to disappear. Learning this at a very young age will teach him something that will help him in his life at school and then at work.

Little toys like Legos® should be kept in bins that can be stored in a cabinet or on a shelf. If your child has lots of these tiny little items, you should teach him to divide them up by color and keep them straight that way. Stuffed animals can live on shelves or in hammocks and baskets hanging on the wall. Games and puzzles should be stacked neatly on shelves within the reach of the child unless you want to police their use of them.

Doll houses and large toys such as castles find homes on counter tops that are waist high to small people or on long tables off of the floor. If you have purchased trains for your child, a train table with tracks and landscapes on the top and bins for storage on the bottom are a great purchase.