Organizing Kids Rooms & Toy Rotation
Organizing kids rooms with a toy rotation and how to organize their seasonal clothing too. How to organize rooms one at a time throughout the year.
It's a never ending battle right?? Kids are prone to drop things when they're done with them, and tend to NOT put things back where they belong….especially when they have a lot of toys to choose from! We're a bit of a clutter fiend and cannot stand when there's a lot of this and that around the house where it shouldn't be. About twice a year we spend some time organizing kids rooms in order to whiddle down the amount of toys they have to choose from….here is what we do. (affiliate links present)
Toy Rotation
We have 3 children. Two are close in age and still young enough to play with games, toys, and stuffed animals…..and love to make messes. We find the more toys they have the less they play with them, and most of the time don't even realize what they have!
Organizing kids rooms
Take these LEGOs and Star Wars figures that were once our husbands. They had these scattered about and hadn't played with them in several months (probably because they didn't know where the pieces were).
Taking some time to gather the pieces together and put them in the appropriate bin made all the difference as well as a med. sized plastic container to hold the Star Wars figures with a sticky name tag on the side labeling what was inside.
We found this little table at the thrift store and grabbed two of these seats/foot stools that have storage underneath online so they now have a table to build things and/or play with their figures (plus you can store things under the table)….great way for organizing kids rooms.
Now, let's get to the idea of toy rotation. Twice a year we use storage tubs and pack away about 2 bins worth of things they haven't played with in a while.
Typically we do this in Nov. (right before Christmas), and then again right before Summertime. It works great! It's a free way of getting your kids excited about “new” toys…..they were already theirs months before but seriously they will hardly remember that!
How to Organize Kids Rooms
We have used large storage bins as well as older laundry baskets to store and rotate our kid's toys, either is fine. We each have a designated laundry bin in our laundry room organize a laundry roomso if they need to be replaced around the time we are rotating toys we have used these.
It isn't long enough for things to become terribly dusty, but if you want it enclosed large storage bins do work best. find a variety of things they haven't touched in a while, get rid of toys that aren't age appropriate anymore, and rotate seasonal books too.
Organizing a Small Kid Room
Fill storage containers and/or laundry baskets full of toys and books and put them in the closet or garage. In about 6 months pull them out to reveal “new” toys!! Seriously, they get excited. We also do this with their clothing at the same time.
These long shoe holders are solid to store bathing suits in November that they won't be wearing again until May or so when you rotate the toys again. Dresses and heavy coats can be swapped as well at this time too! These are a few ways in organizing kids rooms and make old toys new again for them!
