My daughter who is eight has a very small bedroom and I'm looking to store a mountain of toys! Any ideas??
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I have the same issue with my sons toys. He's 6 and it just INSANE how many toys he has. You know what though? This time of year is EXCELLENT to donate toys! My son clears a whole garbage bag of toys out of his room before every Christmas for donation. He feels good about himself, and it opens up room for the new toys he'll get. Plus if you're daughter is the eldest child. Pass un age appropriate toys down to the younger kids.
To store the rest of his toys, (he's ADHD too) I found these under-the-bed totes at Wal-Mart and we seperated types of toys into those. Plus he has his regular toy box, plus he has shelves for some of his toys and books. If you own the home get some on the wall shelving for some of her items as well.
Use the wall space. Hang shelves. You might think about having her select some toys to give to a shelter to make more room.
Give older toys away so you have more room. By shelves or make them if you are handy.
Get rid of some of the toys. Most kids have so many toys they don't even play with them all. Look through them and see what she actually plays with and get rid of the rest. Obviously let her have a big part in the decision-making process of what to keep and what to get rid of.
Get rid of a lot of them... Kids shouldn't have more than one or two toy boxes full... Even if they had more, would they even play with half of them.. No. And if you don't want to get rid of them, give her a big bin, and ask her to fill it up with toys that she plays with.. and then put the rest in storage. a few months later, go through the ones in storage and she can pull out another bin full... Then she wont get bored of them.. and she will have more room in her bedroom. Kind of rotate them I guess... Hope that helps
There are also oversized plastic storage units that can be placed under the bed.
Well my son has a small bedroom also, but he is only a year old, but I found that utitlizing the spaces that are not seen by eye ; like under the bed, closet space or whatever the theme is for your child's room find a toy box that compliments and store away honey. I hope this helps
you can get those under be storage bins, also another idea is to put shelves all around the room about a foot from the ceiling (especially good for stuffed toys, dolls, etc) They also have those nets that hang in the corners of the room you could put a cople of those up one over another.
Get bins that will easily store under her bed. Put things like small toys, Barbie clothes, etc. in them and that way she will easily be able to pull out the bin and then slide it back when she's finished.
Get a bookshelf and store small toys and books on it.
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Get rid of stuff that she no longer plays with and won't miss. This can be a good time for her to learn the art of donating. Example that its a good cause and will help other children have great toys as well. Or you could just sell them. Choice is yours.
If you are looking to store stuff anyway try the big plastic containers that fit under beds. You can also get a net that hangs in the corner for stuffed animals or put shelves up and put toys on them.
I have 4 kids and I bought under the bed totes with rollers on them, you can line up to 4 under a twin bed. And when you kid wants to play with her toys she can just pull it out!
We moved to a new house about a year ago. The house is bigger but the kids bedrooms are on the smaller side. One thing that you really have to do is go through all the stuff with her and put the things she does not play with or has outgrown and put them in a box and donate them. I was surprised that we filled a large moving box.
Shelving helps with storage problems as well.
If she has a lot of stuffed animals get a toy net (they are $10 at babys r us) that will hang in the corner of her room :) They are great for organizing yet still look cute in a room. Give all the toys she doesnt play with or need anymore to a shelter or do a garage sale. Otherwise I would get a toy chest to put at the end of her bed to put them all in..or you can go tto walmart and get a stacker with drawers.then you can organize (im an organizing nut) you can put all her barbies in one drawer or whatever... then put that in the bottum of the closet to hide it and it will be easy to keep her room clean.
I had this problem before. We suspended all her small stuffed animals from the ceiling with kite string, it had the mobile effect. We hung the bigger ones in the corners. We also hung a lot of her dolls on the wall. And we had shelves for other things. We added shelves to her. Also, we got some bed risers and that created more space under the bed for storage. It only took one day and boy did that ever make a difference. Good luck to you.
This might be a good time to downsize and donate some of her toys to charity. With Christmas coming, ask her to give away one toy for every one she keeps. If she can do that, there should be plenty of space for the gifts Santa brings.
YARD SALE!! I bet there are so many toys she forgot she even had.
Use closet organizers and shelves for the rest of it.
Have a foot locker or chest at the foot of her bed and tell her to fill it up. The rest give away. Never let her have more than can fit into her chest. This will teach her value and responsibility.
My daughter is 7 and has the same problem. I noticed that she does not even play with half the toys in her closet. So we went through them together and she picked out the ones she still likes or have sentimental value and we donated the rest. it helped us clean out her room, make room for new Xmas gifts, and taught my girl about giving to those less fortunate! Good luck. also you can buy a toy chest, we have one in a storage closet and it helped make room in her bedroom.
I agree that you should probably go through the toys with your child and talk about giving away some of the toys to children who are not as fortunate. I do this with my son at least one time per year. For storage of the toys he has, our solution was to build his bed so it stands an extra foot off the ground which allows for larger storage containers to be stored under the bed and out of sight. When he's ready to play, he can just pull the roll out storage container and have fun.
Our four year old has two specific lines of toys that he enjoys. We have found that the rubbermaid tubs are great for organizing these toys. The low ones slide under the bed. The taller ones can stack away in a closet. Clear tubs allow you to see inside, while the solid one can be labeled simply with masking tape.
Shelves, toy hangers that hang from the ceiling... I think they are called toy nets, fold down toy boxes, etc. Hope it helps.
Shelves to the ceiling, use the air space. Buy several rubbermaid type containers and label them with toy catagories. An idea for not accumulating too many toys is whenever your child gets a new toy, have him pick out an old one to give away. It helps your child appreciate what she has and teaches that it is good to help others. I do not agree with removing toys w/o your kid's knowledge as some Parents do.
They have these things called pet nets that are netting you can hang in the corner of the room like a hammock and they are great for tossing stuffed animals in just to get them off the floor.
Before you store them all, if I may suggest, why don't you and she go through them and the ones she doesn't even play with give away? Or you could hold a yard sale and give her the money. That's what we did.
After we weeded out all the stuff that he didn't like my son and I went through and put things into storage boxes that he could get into with no trouble.
It looks like everyone has most of the options covered!
My daughter's room is also small (and has two doors, two windows, and a radiator taking away wall space!) and we have done several things to make room. We added several shelves in her closet above the clothing rack to put away things she didn't need readily accessible. I then put all her out-of-season clothes in under-the bed containers to make a little extra room in her closet. I bought one of those white laminate shoe racks (Walmart) and the matching two-drawer cube to stack on top of it and put those in her closet for her shoes, underclothes, pajamas, etc.
I made a very pretty toy hammock out of sparkly tulle and beaded ribbon to hang in one corner of her room for her stuffed animals.
We hung a few display shelves for her collectible dolls, and a shoe bag on the back of her door for smaller toys and dolls.
On the back of her closet door, I hung small hooks for all of her necklaces and bracelets.
When we were done, she still had room for a table & chairs, doll crib, book case, her bed & nightstand (which holds a pretty canvas bin for more stuff).
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