Show and Tell

This is my first time doing Friday Show and Tell, and I am excited about joining in.  I am going to show how I control the toys in our home.  I have been using this system for only a month in my home and it is working great.  We don't have a playroom or family room so toys were stored wherever I could find a spot. We used to keep toys all over the place.  You had to walk all over to put things away.  It really wasn't working.  So I started exploring how others did it and discovered some people use a toy closet.  We have a strange little area in our kitchen, perhaps meant as a breakfast nook back in 1931. But it really isn't big enough for a table for our family and always seemed like wasted space.  I decided to turn it into our toy "closet". 





The new toy "closet".  We used our old computer cabinet and old tubs from the basement.








The inside of the old computer cabinet.  I managed to squeeze in all the toy tools, Legos, play food, Technics, Brio track and trains, marbles and tubes, doll house furniture, Play Mobil, army men, puppets, and Bay Blades (spinning tops game).  I still need to finish labeling everything.





Along the floor are tubs of blocks, Lincoln Logs, musical instruments, figurines and the kid's Matchbox car mountain.  When they want something, they get the tub out and then bring it all back in the same tub when they are done.  So far, they are doing a great job returning everything.





This is our table time cabinet (old pie safe).  The kids can get anything out of here and play with it at the dining room table.  This part of the system has been around for a long time.  In here we have Mr. Potato head, Lite Brite, Playdough, money play, puzzles, coloring books and sticker books, crayons, markers, pencils, and lots of small games or games one can play by oneself.


There are still some toys in each child's room.  However, those toys are supposed to stay in their rooms.  In their rooms are dolls, our rather large Fisher Price village, dress up and the My Little Pony collection.  We also have a lot of games, family puzzles, and art supplies in two closets that the kids cannot get into by themselves.  I am so pleased with how this new system is working.  It is about time my home does not look like a toy store all the time!  


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Blessings, Dawn