• Home
  • About
  • Organize Your Home
    • 20+ Easy Practical Ways of Organizing with Baskets
    • EASY Home Management
      • The Family Organizer
  • Decluttering
    • Declutter and Organize Your Space
    • Get Rid of It! A Step-By-Step Decluttering Guide for Beginners
  • Routines
    • The FlyLady System
  • Time Management Tips
    • Stay on Track Pack
    • Coloring Planner Sheets
    • Plan Your Week and Get Things Done!
  • Menu Planning
  • Free Organizing Printables
  • SHOP
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Google
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • About Organizing Moms
    • Disclosure Policy
    • Privacy Policy/Terms of Service
  • Work With Me
  • Contact
  • Blog

Organizing Moms

Realistic. Easy. Less Stress. Less Mess.

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Google
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • RSS
  • ORGANIZE
    • EASY Home Management
      • The Family Organizer
    • Organizing with Baskets
  • DECLUTTER
    • Declutter and Organize Your Space
    • Get Rid of It! A Step-By-Step Decluttering Guide for Beginners
  • Routines
    • The FlyLady System
  • Time Management
    • Stay on Track Pack
    • Coloring Planner Sheets
    • Plan Your Week and Get Things Done!
  • MEAL PLANNING
  • Free Organizing Printables
  • SHOP
Realistic playroom organization ideas that are easy to implement and maintain. Simplify the organizing toys with these totally do-able tips.

Easy Playroom Organization Ideas Your Children Will Love

This post contains affiliate links. I may receive a commission, at no cost to you, when you choose to use the links provided. See the Disclosure Policy for more information.

Shared by Katie

Realistic playroom organization ideas that are easy to implement and maintain. Simplify organizing toys with these totally do-able tips.

Bright playroom filled with organized toys

Do you have a playroom in your house that is chronically disorganized? Are you looking for ways to cut down on toy clutter?

Have you stepped on one too many Legos? Maybe you’re just looking for some toy room organization and toy storage ideas…

I can’t pretend to have all of the answers to the question of how to best keep a playroom organized.

design a home management plan that works for you

Ours gets out-of-control on a daily basis.

The only time it stays neat and organized is when we’re not home.

Even though our playroom goes from organized to chaos every single day, there are some things that we’ve done that have helped us reign in the mess.

We’ve been thriving by letting things get creatively messy, and then quickly tidying up with our systems and storage solutions.

Playroom Organization Ideas

  1. Don’t expect perfection. It’s not going to happen. I want our playroom to be a place where our kiddos can have fun, be creative, and learn through play. I’m just not going to stress myself out by flying off the handle every time there’s a toy(s) left out. We’ll take care of putting stuff away in #10.Bin filled with toys, toy storage stool on floor
  2. Store things in baskets and bins. When our sons were younger, I was all about using soft storage containers so they wouldn’t hurt themselves when trying to take out or put away toys. Now that the kids are older, I don’t worry about that so much. But, having easily-accessible baskets and bins has made it much easier for our kids to put away their toys.children\'s books organized in baskets on colorful floor
  3. Consider NOT labeling everything. Most playroom organization tutorials recommend putting pictures on all of your bins so kids will know how to put things away. To me, that seemed complicated, and I didn’t want to make new labels every time our kids hit another developmental milestone and started playing with new toys. We try to store toys by category, but sometimes they get commingled. We have all survived. I love to label things, but in our playroom it’s easier for all of us when we don’t.Toy storage and playroom organization ideas that are easy to implement and maintain. Simplify the organizing toys with these totally do-able tips.
  4. Invest in kid-friendly shelving if you have space for it. We purchased a couple of shelves that have cubbies built in as the bottom shelf. They’re great for storing oversized toys like big trucks.
  5. Rotate toys. We have several toys that are stored in opaque (non see-through!) bins. When we bring them out of storage, they’re like brand-new toys to our kids. If, when we bring them out of storage, our kids are no longer interested in them, we know we can get rid of them.red fabric toy storage box that can also be a bench next to a black trash canA close up of a box with toys inside
  6. Use seating that doubles as storage. We picked up a few storage ottomans, and we’ve used them to store all kinds of toys over the years. The kids don’t sit on them a lot, but they sure are nice for adults who can’t get down on the floor easily.Playroom organization with white shelves filled with toys and artwork on walls
  7. Display children’s artwork in the playroom. It adds color to the walls, and it looks much nicer than if we put artwork on the refrigerator. We use pants hangers to hang the artwork so it’s easy to change what’s on display.A close up a toy train set on colorful foam flooring
  8. Consider using foam flooring in part of the playroom. It’s soft, yet more durable than carpet. It makes a nice play surface for blocks or trains, and it’s easy to clean up. We’ve had our foam flooring down for a while, and it’s saved me hours of work in cleaning up “accidents” on the carpet.
  9. Declutter junky toys. Somehow we acquire more freebie toys all the time. I “rescue” them once there abandoned, and save them in a box in my closet. If the kids ask about the junky toys, I know where to find them. Usually, they’re out-of-sight, out-of-mind. Once it’s full, I plan on donating the box to a teacher who uses a treasure reward system in the classroom.
  10. Do big pickups. Every day or so, we completely pick up the playroom. The kids like showing off their clean playroom when they’re done, and it just works for us. I know a lot of parents recommend making kids put stuff away when they get out something new. If that works for you, stick with it. It didn’t work for us, so we implemented the big pickups.

So, that’s how we’ve kept our playroom somewhat organized. It works for us now, but I have a feeling that we will need to start labeling bins as the toys get smaller and more intricate.

Need to get organized? Click here to see our favorite organizing tools on Amazon.

 

Best Toy Storage Solution

My favorite toy storage solution is the Sauder Pogo bookcase. I bought it off of Amazon a few years ago, and it’s made it through several moves, several Nerf gun battles, and who knows what else. We have two in our playroom, and they’re super versatile and easy for our kids to use.

playroom toy shelf storing books and stuffed animalsGo here to learn more about this toy storage shelf.

More Playroom Organization Ideas

Step-By-Step Toy Room Organization

It’s Time To Stop Worrying About Toy Clutter

Toy Storage Ideas

How to Organize All The Legos!

How to Organize Your Home – 30+ Ideas!

 

Playroom Organization by Organizing Moms

 

how to organize a playroom

New to this community? Start here, friend!
1464 shares
  • Facebook237
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Organize, Routines Tagged With: kids, playroom, toys

About Katie

Obsessed with simple, easy home management. Mom to twins. Founder of Organizing Moms.

Top Shared Posts

Step-By-Step Photo Organization

10 Ways to Use Your New Air Fryer

Your Home Is Living Space, Not Storage Space

10 Incredible Ways You Should Be Using Your Instant Pot

Organizing With Binders: The Best Way to Organize Important Paperwork

Archives

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Categories

Privacy Policy / Terms of Service

Search

Copyright ©2022, Organizing Moms. All Rights Reserved. Custom design by Pixel Me Designs