Organizing toys question; what do you do with big toys?

docmay25

We have a room that we now use as an office, but are thinking of changing it into a play room instead.  It is off of the living room and kitchen ,so I want it to look as nice as possible without spending tons of money on shelving or storage.

My kids have a lot of bigger toys, like the little people sets (farm, castle).  What do you do with things like this?  We do not have a closet in this room. 

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put them on top of the cube organizers I have along the walls, or on top of the book shelves

CleoKitty

They sit on top of the low shelves that we have along one wall of the room.

Mrs.Tony

We have a few of these toys as well and I put them on the built-in shelves we have down in our playroom.  some of the larger toys like the stand up things are just down there. I try to keep them on the outer part of the room so at least there is a path to walk!

#6

I have the It So storage cubes from Target. The cubes are actually pretty big.  You can stack them, connect them, put canvas totes in them, add a door, add a shelf, add plastic baskets/buckets.  They can add up $$ wise but are so easy to customize.  We have bought a few at a time.  Each has 2 cubes, one with a tote and one with a door.  Almost all of their toys fit in them.  We are going to do 2 more rows (6 more cubes/2 cubes each)  and add totes to 1 row and doors to the other.  The top row we will put puzzles, bored games, and art stuff.  

If you dont have 3 kids you wont need as many cubes.  I want to have 4 cubes/child so it adds up.  But they look really nice.  We dont have a play room so this keeps the toys in one area and all packed away when needed.

 

Chrisy-Wyobride

In or on top of bookshelves.  The actual Little People are in a basket.  Small pieces (like from a dollhouse) go into a plastic container.