Priyanka Desai

Wondering, how to ‘Organize’ your kids toy room… well here are some tips and ideas!

Do you often find yourself standing in knee-deep toys whenever you enter your kids playroom? Well, I went through this everyday and thought where to start from! Have you witnessed or witnessing the same? 🙂

Due to the COVID’19 crisis and the lockdown situation- kids’ have got charged-up sitting at home, getting bored playing with the same toy and emotionally being affected. Many a times, they feel irritated, frustrated and sometimes low… With so many toys at home, the house is usually messed-up at the end of kid’s play time…. creating a stressful job for parents to clear them up!

My house has turned into a play area…. as my daughter (4.5 yrs) badly misses her weekends visit to the mall and playing on her favorite game -Trampoline. Hence, to get the feel and the ambience, she uses all the sofa pillows and bean bag available at home to create a jumping area for her:)

As kids in the present generation usually have surplus toys either gifted by their parents; family members who visit home; friends during the birthday celebrations. This unfortunately results in ‘LESS PLAY’ and ‘MORE MESS’. This is because kids get excited seeing so many toys at a time that they get confused what to play with and ultimately end up playing with their regular toys.

‘Organizing Kids’ essentials systematically’ is the only and best solution to the problem! This practice will help kids:

  • To get exposed to different toy- sets rather playing only with their favorite ones;
  • The fresh toys will keep them engaged for a longer time and spark their curiosity for the next day;
  • The room will look clutter free, much neater & cleaner;
  • Cleaning up the place becomes simpler;
  • Children will learn to play on their own and so on…

Thus, create a beautiful and a secure space for kids to relax; play; read; study and sleep. But ‘How should we go about it? & Where to start from’?

Here are some ‘Tips’ & ‘Ideas’ on ways to set- up / organize your kids’ playroom:


1. Time to let go-

Toys that are broken, any missing pieces, or the toys your kids have outgrown can be donated; recycled for any craft activity or could just go in the trash! Below are a few ways one can reuse the toys and create a purposeful thing as part of their home décor.

  • A Lego Clock
  • Toy Lid Mason Jars
  • A Dino Brush Stand
  • Toy Clothes Hanger


2. Organize toys in different categories-

3. Create Play-sets :

Once the categories are ready, it’s time to divide or pack them in a large storage containers that are kid-friendly and easy to use. Here are some ideas for your reference- Multipurpose Stackable Storage Containers having lids; Storage boxes / Colorful Bin /Multifunctional Box Organizer (which has cushions to sit as well as store toys)/ Multi-Purpose Modular Drawer Storage /Laundry Bag Storage/ Foldable Wardrobe . Also, while giving them you can choose the toys that encourages cross- play and promotes their areas of development (mix & match) from their toy section. 

4. Toy Schedule-

It is up- to you how often you would like to rotate the toys… either every day, weekly, monthly depending upon how soon your kids get bored or tired playing with the same.


5. Rotation Display-

Keep the toys ready that are assigned for that day and let the kids get a surprise each day!

6. Go for Quality & not Quantity –

Go for toys that encourages teamwork, creativity and imaginative play.

We asked a few moms on their thoughts, ideas for organizing kid’s room & décor. Have a look at their wonderful creativities, love and affection for kids.

Ms. Priyanka Arya

She is a software developer residing in USA. She has created beautiful room décor for her 3 year old daughter and 1 year old son.

  • A cozy sleeping zone
  • A toy shelf
  • Kids Playroom

Her advice to parents, “Toys are children’s words and play is their language. Their playroom must be something that can help them explore the world, I tried to do that by adding DIY stuff like rainbow, hot air balloons, moon, stars etc. My kids love to play there. But when it comes to cleaning and organizing, children don’t listen, they just follow us. So, I make sure everything is at its place once they are done playing and this habit really affected my daughter, she loves to put her toys back once she is done playing. She helps me every time I do cleanup. No toys out of toy room -that’s the rule we have set for them. And it works wonder. So, somedays even if you are not able to clean toy room, at least you wouldn’t find the entire home messy”.

Ms. Kalyani Bande

She is an MBA graduate and currently self- employed lives in UK. Kalyani is a mother of 23 months old child. She loves to spend time with her son and organize his toy room.

  • A beautiful Canopy
  • Neatly Organized
  • Kids Room

Sharing few tips … she says, “We should involve kids in cleaning and organizing activities so that they can learn to organize toys once they are done playing. They will do it on their own after a few days. Kids get bored quickly no matter how many toys they have so what I do is rather than buying new toys every now and then, I make some DIY activities and games for my son.”

Ms.Snehal Mahajan

She is a creative mom residing in India. An art teacher, my partner in running an activity center for kids ‘ Little Xplorers’ and has her own fb page-‘Being Creative’ where she shares various artworks and takes online workshops. She has a daughter who is 4 years old.

She often rotates her kids’ toy shelf, where she adds a mix of toys to engage her daughter that involves different areas of development viz. Reading Time; Dramatic Play (Doctor Set); Story Session Toys; Gross Motor Skills (Ball games); Cognitive Play (Building games/ Solving) and Creative Skills (Drawing, Coloring, Painting)…

  • Toy Display -Rotation
  • A Pretty Tent

Ms.Vathsala Manjunath

She is a full-time mom from USA and has a 4 year old son. This is how she beautifully organizes her kiddo’s room…

  • Breakfast area
  • Toy Display
  • Fridge Play Magnets

  • Before
  • After
  • Bed-Time

She share a few tips for mommies, “Invest in a toy organizer which suits your house. If you have a step wise organizer, do keep on the shuffling the toys as kids tend to reach the top shelf first. Make a rule to place the bins back once they are done playing with them and do not mix up eating, playing and study time:)”

Ms.Poonam Aggarwal

She resides in Ireland and is a mom to a 3.5 year old kiddo.

  • A soothing bed
  • Attractive Stickers
  • Book-Shelf

Her advice to parents, “Incorporate color in the room, but do not over clutter with toys or decorations… Try to keep as simple as possible to ensure the children don’t get overstimulated.”

So, how have you been organizing your kids’ toy area, do share with us your beautiful ideas, pictures and we shall cover them in our next blog article…

HAPPY PARENTING!

Published by Priyanka Desai

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while” – Steve Jobs I have always been passionate about creating opportunities for children to hone their creative thinking and problem-solving skills, which they could uphold till their adulthood too. What captivates me is their innocence, intense curiosity and keen desire to learn new things. My mom inspired me to teach, she was a gifted teacher and was loved by all her students. This is why teaching became my part-time profession where I taught children, played with them or simply interacted with them at different levels. I am a Marketing Communications professional for over the past 8 years and have worked in different sectors. I had to pause my work as I had become a mum to a beautiful baby girl and we named her Siya which means ‘Goddess Sita’. Kids -Aren’t they precious and innocent human beings? Well, when my baby was born, we were on cloud nine. We found all her actions so cute and adorable. And I love this subject, that being said, it was also tough and seemed frustrating at times. Gone are the days we sat imagining and experimenting things, today’s children like to get introduced to many new things each day/each minute. With the digital age, my kid got exposed to mobile phones, internet, tabs at a very young age which then became a go-to method to ensure that she ate her meal, got ready to go to school, after school hours as well. Due to which I found my baby distracted, bored and with lesser attention span to do anything. I always used to think, is it possible for me to keep her away from these devices, not completely but whenever possible? I am sure most of the parents must be facing the same issue as I am. This compelled me to do hands-on experiments and keep her engaged in activities that fostered creative spirit and kept her mind healthy. In this creative world, where creative thinking is required at every stage of our lives, the challenge of learning becomes even harder for the next generations. Developing the sense of creativity in children ‘right from the formative age’ is the key to this problem. Everything I write about in my blog is geared towards the right use of creativity and how everyone in a child’s ecosystem i.e parents, grand-parents, teachers, coach etc. can help a child stand-out in this innovative world by making learning a fun element. This could help them adapt and face the unpredictable challenges easily. I hope that my blog will encourage and help you figure out ways to keep a child engaged in creative activities, as at the end of the day, the goal of any adult is to spend quality time with children where every day will be a new learning and enjoyable experience with them! The blog also focuses on children’s health & nutrition, recipes to prepare with them, Mom to be/baby care tips and advice by industry experts and so on. Hope you’ll hang out with me here on my blogs so that we can together explore ways to encourage children to express their emotions and become a good learner.

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