How many of you are good at organizing toys? Not me!!! I have tried and tried again, but short of just throwing them all in the trash(which I don’t think will really fly with my kids), the easiest way to organize toys that I have found is to use storage bins. Now you can find them just about anywhere in all kinds of shapes and sizes. These storage cubes, buckets, containers are the answer to every parents nightmare of having to organize toys so that it doesn’t look like a bomb went off in your house.
Well my house still looks like a bomb went off but at least I know that somewhere under all that mess there are these containers where the toys should go. You can buy just the cubes, but I highly recommend getting the shelving units as well. (Here is where I get my favorite sturdy cubes. Amazon has some great ones as well for cheaper) When my kids were younger I had one for my son and one for my daughter. Having two gave them their own sides for their own toys so those once a month cleanings that we do upstairs we get out the storage cubes and toss all the toys in. At first I tried to separate the toys out by function, etc. but it soon turned in to just throw whatever in a bucket so that it is off the floor.
The house looks better and hiding in those sweet cubes are the mess that was once all over the playroom. We have since paired down the number of toys that my kids have which has helped them be better about using the storage cubes and it really has been the easiest way to organize toys.
If you are like us and have purged bags upon bags of toys, but yet want to let your kids try out new things then you might want to think about using a toy rental service like Pley. Pley has a variety of toys including many many LEGO sets(which can be so expensive) that you can rent each month to play with then send back. Pley is adding more and more toys to its list and what is even better is that they have a variety of plans so you can get one toy a month or more. Like I have said before I love this idea because it will help give you ideas of toys that your kids might want to play with on a permanent basis. Read more about Pley and see if it might be a good fit for your family. Then go get yourself some storage cubes for the easiest way to organize toys and give yourself a little piece of mind that your house doesn’t look like WWIII just happened in your house.
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