Storage systems for children's toys

Why is it seemingly bad when children have a lot of toys? And the fact that they are scattered throughout the rooms and their owners do not really like to collect them. Proper storage of toys in an apartment or house is a guarantee of order and tranquility (mothers in the first place), because even simple maintenance of order in this case is a task of increased complexity. It can and should be facilitated. To do this, you will need furniture for children's toys - racks, shelves or a closet, as well as a decent amount of boxes, drawers, bags and sacks.

Furniture for storing toys in the nursery

Furniture in a nursery is needed from the first days of life. And most often it is a chest of drawers and shelving. Only at first they are mainly busy with linen and children's clothing, and toys take up little space. But gradually funny things - rattles, bears, toy cars, dolls, etc. becomes more and more, they require a separate place, and sometimes more than one.

The most convenient option is a rack. Not a wardrobe with doors, but a rack with open shelves on which drawers can stand. Storing toys in this form is optimal - it is convenient for a child to take them out and put them away quickly.

At first, you can buy or make one rectangular rack and preferably with square cells. Now you will understand why ...

Rectangular shelving unit with square cells

While the child is small, you can put him “lying down” - as in the photo, with the long side on the floor. So it is more convenient for a small child - he will first master what is below, then move on to the upper shelves. And it is safer - grown-up children can use the shelves as a ladder, and in this position they will not climb high))

In a couple of years, the child will grow up, there will be more toys. You can turn over the rack and put it "in height", and in the vacant space you can install a second one or make shelves. By combining several shelves of different heights, you get a children's toy storage system.

Different racks are collected in toy storage systems

You can increase the volumes gradually: buy a single rack or, as they said before, a bookcase, then another one. The beauty of the nursery is that they don't even have to be the same color. And if you care about it, paint them or choose a neutral wood-like color.

How to store toys: ideas

You can put different boxes in the racks, into which you can load small and not so toys. Please note right away that wooden boxes (or plywood, Chipboard and other similar materials) for young children is not the best option. They are too heavy, children often injure their fingers when trying to reach toys. They also have hard traumatic corners, which, of course, can be rounded off a little, but they still remain hard. These boxes are perfect for schoolchildren. They already have more strength and better coordination. And it is better to organize the storage of toys for babies in softer and less traumatic plastic containers / baskets or in dense boxes covered with colored paper or cloth.

It is better to replace heavy boxes with light ones.

Furniture for injuries is not so difficult to buy or make, but to teach a child to put his toys there is a more difficult task. For girls, the rack can be designed as a house. Then she will settle the "tenants" herself and create conditions for them.

Rack for toys in the nursery for a girl

With boys, this option will not work. They usually have a lot of cars and the main task of storing the boy's toys is to arrange cars. For this, you can make a whole wall garage. These are long, narrow shelves on which the entire vehicle fleet is located. Other options are transparent fabric pockets (sold as shoe storage systems) or a shelf made of plastic pipes.

How to organize storage of cars (wall garage)

To stimulate the desire to "drive" cars into the garage, you can use masking tape to make markings on the floor, along which "after the change" they enter the parking lot.

The road to the parking lot

In principle, such pockets can be used for storing doll collections and for stuffed toys.

It is convenient to place both dolls and soft toys in the pockets on the wall

When there is not enough space on the shelves and racks in the nursery, more ideas are needed. In addition to the pockets, you can make drawers (large) for a bed or table.

Drawers under the bed - they do not take up space, but you can hide already annoying toys there

So that everything does not lie in bulk in large boxes, you can put plastic baskets under the small things. So everything will be found faster than in the general heap.

Store toys properly

Drawers can be installed in racks not only on shelves: there is a possibility to hang them. For this, grooves are cut out in the side walls, into which the sides of baskets and baskets are simply inserted. You can take plastic baskets (if you find them with sufficiently rigid sides), or you can take metal baskets from the complete set of dressing rooms or wardrobes.

How to install the toy basket in the rack

The largest free surfaces in a room are the walls. They can be used. For example, attach a Velcro strip to the wall (cabinet side, lamp shade, etc.). Sew small pieces of such a tape on the backs of soft toys. They will be easy to hang in place and take off. And the decor will become more diverse at the same time.

Velcro is one of the easiest ways to find a place for stuffed toys

You can hang wire mesh pots or plastic pots on the walls. Small dolls-bunny bears or cars are also remarkably located in them.

Instead of flowers, put toys in pots

You can also borrow an idea from the kitchen: attach different bags to a horizontal pipe. To make the necks stiffer, you can tighten them with a hoop or sew in elastic wire.

Pipe pockets or pouches are another idea for storing toys in the nursery.

Pockets are also made on wooden bases. It can be cut from plywood, dyed, several hooks, pockets and pouches can be nailed. The mini toy storage system is ready.

One of the options for toy pockets

But not everything can be attached to walls. Some things require baskets or boxes. For example, sports equipment - all balls, balls and other projectiles. They are conveniently stored in wire bins.

Wire basket for storing sports equipment and large toys

If desired, the baskets can be attached to the walls and practice hitting the ball into the basket (away from breaking objects and windows).

Storing toys from the category of "cheap and cheerful" - folding cloth baskets. Of course, they are inexpensive, they look good, but they tear very quickly. Especially the mesh ones: the toy got caught, the child pulled it ... the hole.

Foldable cloth storage baskets for toys

No matter how hard parents try, children don't really want to put away toys. Rather, they don't want to at all. In this sense, just a perfect bag-mat.

Quick cleaning mat bag

This is an ingenious solution: along the edge of a round rug, a small “wall” is sewn, along its upper edge a drawstring is made into which a cord is threaded. To remove the toys, you just need to tighten the cord. The edges of the rug will lift up and the rug becomes a bag.

Assembling toys quickly is easy

Then these bags can be placed somewhere near the wall or hung on special hooks. Really perfect.

DIY toy boxes

Looking at not at all childish prices for cute wicker or plastic baskets in stores, you think that the idea of ​​making colored boxes for toys with your own hands is not so bad. You will need cardboard boxes made of thick (not corrugated) cardboard, most likely from household appliances. You can try your luck with friends: many manufacturers provide warranty repairs only with packaging. So people keep boxes. The warranty period has long passed, and they forgot to throw away the packaging. These are the boxes - the best option for children.

Another option is to ask at department stores. They, too, often receive goods in rigid packages. For example, diapers, napkins, etc. come to these.

We paste over with paper

We cut off the lid from the found boxes. In the side walls (narrow) we cut holes-handles. We glue all joints from the inside with tape.

We cut off the lid at the box, make holes-handles in the sides

We take multi-colored paper. Wrapping is perfect for packing gifts. It is dense, there are a large number of different patterns. You can also use scrapbooking paper. If the finish is made of paper of different colors, we cut it into strips of equal width, if we paste over with one pattern, we measure the strip along the height of the box.

We glue the paper

We take glue (PVA), grease the surface of the box with a brush and begin to glue from the corner. We try to glue without bubbles, smoothing the paper gradually, from edge to edge. We put the next sheet with a slight approach not the previous one. So, until we paste over all surfaces.

We design handles

Looking at the light, we cut out the handles with scissors. To make the edge more neat, glue the sections of the handle with a thin strip of paper. We also make out the top cut with a strip.

Ready-made homemade toy box

We cover with fabric

In this case, all corners of the box can be glued with tape on both sides - it will last longer. Next, we take the fabric and cut out two sets of blanks to the size of the box. One is strictly in size, plus a seam allowance, the second is 1 cm less and also with an allowance. Add 0.5-1 cm to the seams on each side. You can cut the workpiece immediately in the form of a cross, but this way the consumption of fabric is higher - it is more economical in separate pieces))

Cut out a double set of blanks from the fabric and sew them

We sew the parts first in the form of a cross, then making a bag from the blank. Trying on the box. We stretch one (larger) outside, straighten the second inside.

Fitting

Now we take universal glue and glue the fabric around the bottom perimeter inside and outside. Then we glue in the corners. This will prevent the fabric from shifting.

We glue the fabric along the edges of the box

We turn the edges of both bags inward, we sew the box around the perimeter by hand.

We sew the top of the toy box, cut through the handles

Using scissors we cut through the handles. Just don't cut large pieces. You need to leave about 1 cm of "extra" fabric. We wrap it inward, hemming the handle.

Sewn handle

Having decorated the handles, we get a ready-made box for storing toys.

The box is ready

Decorated with self-adhesive film