Storing Kids Toys!

Flashdaisy

Evening all!

Those of you with younger children, how/where do you store their toys? I have 2 DD's aged 9 and 3, their rooms are fit to bursting with toys, and I am just wondering what the best storage would be for them?

Any ideas/suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks

choccymoose

I would be interested in this too, I have the plastic storage boxes but they are so ugly and things just get chucked in them. Toys are driving me to distraction now. Oh and i have the wheely tower drawers aswell and hate them to

choccy

wifeforlife

Hi flashdaisy

I've just one dd aged 4 and my house is fit to burst, I've made a room upstairs into a toy room, I've 2 double rooms and a box room. So dd's bedroom is the box room and the spare double is the toy room. I have one of those long canvas units from argos, it's got 2 inside shelves and material that can be rolled up to access the toys or down to cover the mess lol it's been the best for me so far

It means alot of the toys are upstairs and not lying about, I've a pine chest in the living room for a few toys which is handy when visitors land unexpected and you can just throw everything into it

Every november I clear out the toys and donate alot to the local childrens unit at the hospital or ebay it!

HTH
Cate

Flashdaisy

LOL Choccy, I feel driven to distraction too, I just can't think for the life of me where I am going to store the numerous toys and "stuff" the kids are going to get for Christmas this year.

Flashdaisy

A toy room sounds a great idea Cate, I am currently trying to persuade hubby that we need a small conservatory on the back of the house to have as a toy room. Having said that we do have a spare bedroom that we use as an office/junk room so perhaps I could sort something out there for them.

wifeforlife

If you have a spare room, I'd move all the toys out of their bedrooms and amalgamate them, plus you'll probably find lots of things they arent interested in anymore and maybe can free up some space too.

I have a tv for games and cartoons in the room aswell, as I prefer my dd's bedroom just to be for sleeping in at night makes bedtime easier!

It's a big job sorting toys out too haha

Goodluck with it
Cate

cheeks

Hi, i know exactly what you mean! we have a DS aged 6 and a DD aged 2and a half and live in a smallish 3 bed house. We have an Ikea coffee table in the lounge which has a pull -out storage box under each end, so we put some toys in there (ive just looked on the Ikea site but cant find it). They also have a cabin bed each, DS has a high one with a wardrobe and desk under, and DD has a lower one with drawers and cupboards under. Both have quite a lot of space behind, so we shove larger things behind them! I also keep half their toys in boxes in the loft and swap them over every month or so, as well as saving space in the living areas it also pleases them when toys they haven't seen for a while come back out, its like having a whole new set of toys! hope this helps x

TAG

Have you thought of boxing some of them up and putting them away for a bit. Maybe the shed, garage or loft. Then in a couple of months time or when they're bored with the ones they currently play with. Bring the 'new' toys out and put the old ones away for a bit.

That way you halve the amount of toys you have around and you'll find that they'll play for hours with toys they haven't had/seen for a while.

TAG

Looks like Cheeks got there just before me.

cheeks

TAG wrote: »

Looks like Cheeks got there just before me.

Sorry!:D Great minds think alike!!;)

Spendless

Underneath the kids beds (standard single beds not cabin beds) in plastic containers that I buy from in-store.

When we had a summer-house built last year it is part play-house for dd who has the smalelst room and is set up as a 'house' for her with her toys.