HELP! My Son's Toys Are Everywhere in His Room!

Updated on September 16, 2009
S.J. asks from Cherryville, MO
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Moms,

My son is almost 5, and has accumulated quite a few toys over the years. I am looking for a good and inexpensive way to store his toys. Currently, he has a storage rack with bins and a small pop-up toy holder, which doesn't hold much. He also has a 3 drawer dresser which barely fits all of his clothes, and I am not an over-buyer!

I was trying to stay away from buying a $120 toy chest (the cheapest I have found for a nice one), but I feel so overwhelmed! He has small toys (army men) all the way up to big spaceships that need stored, so I really need something like a toy chest, unless you moms have other suggestions!!

Please help me organize my life.

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K.B.

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My daughter had lots of toys at that age also and they are certainly overwhelming when these items are all over the room. You might consider buying inexpensive plastic bins, which come in various sizes to store the toys. The idea is to keep one bin at a time in his room and rotate the toys between the bin that is kept in his room and those stored elsewhere.

Let him be in charge of identifying his favorite toys to put in the one bin that will be kept in his room. The other bins can be stored elsewhere outside of his room. Every so often, allow him to swith out (withdraw) the toys in his room for those in the stored away bins. If he wants three new toys for his room collection, then he must deposit this same number of toys to the stored away bins. You can even make coupons that he can present to you whenever he wants to make a switch. One coupon per toy. It's like having a toy bank, where he can make withdrawals and deposits and reduce the overall clutter in his room.

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A.T.

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I'm not a big fan of toy boxes...everything gets lost at the bottom. We spent I think around $100 and got this unit from IKEA that has http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70103085. It is laid it down and is surprisingly sturdy. We got clear boxes to go in it...that way they can see the contents. We spent more because we think it has potential to grow with with our kids.

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J.G.

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we had a toy box for a long time but that is not a good idea. they can't find specific things and end up taking everthing out and creating a big mess. i think the little cubbies with the bins and baskets in them is great. you can separate everything into its own bin and even put pictures on the outside of what is in each one. the ones at target are 60 bucks and the bins that go inside are pretty inexpensive. we have 2 cubbies and it holds about 6 bins in each one.

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J.G.

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We have this one from IKEA http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40108659
Slightly less expensive at 80.00. They have tons of great storage items in the kids section.

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