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I recently wrote about how I manage our toys in our play area. Our play area is a part of our living room so it’s important to me that the toys aren’t visible all the time. However, that poses one problem – it is hard to know where toys are and where they need to be put back.
Solution? A toy map!
Trig worked late tonight so once the kids were asleep, my work was done, and the kitchen and floors were clean I played on my computer for a few and created this toy map:
It corresponds with each section of our toy bins. I plan on putting it in a plastic frame that we can all reference when playing or cleaning up. That includes Raffi! I put a photo that represents each section to make it easier for him to identify.
Oh the things I do when my husband works late…
Cute.
Do you keep the puzzles in the ziplock bag? How do you organize the puzzles? Do they fit in your bins?
Hi Maria! We are still only using the Melissa & Doug puzzles with the big pieces. We haven’t moved on to jigsaw puzzles yet. So far these stack nicely in the bin. I’ve heard a tip for jigsaw puzzles – buy the mesh zip laundry bags from the dollar store and put the pieces in those!
Thanks, will do)))
Hey girly! Long time no talk. 😉 Where do you put the big toys? Maybe I just need to get rid of them, they take up so much room. I’m talking Little People farm, Little People race track sort of thing, big dump truck with blocks, etc.
Hi! We usually only keep one out at a time, well actually now 2 since there are two kids. We also have a trunk to the left of this that stores some toys we only take out occasionally like the baby stroller, dump truck, etc. Right now we have the wagon out and another little push toy. The little people farm fits in one of those bins – it’s in the top left bin in this pic. The Melissa and Doug mailbox is in another bin. Bigger things that don’t fit stay in my son’s closet and get rotated so only a couple are out at a time, but they are mostly toys to ride or push.