Staying organized is something that I love. With three little ones, my house doesn’t always look super clean, but I feel amazing when my house is well-organized. Since moving into our home, our toy room has been a mess. We are very blessed to have a huge room in the basement for all the toys, but I didn’t have a great way of organizing it all. Last week, I finally got it all organized! Today, I’m sharing how it turned out as well as a printable for our toy bin labels.
I don’t know about you, but over the years we’ve accumulated too many toys! Between birthdays, holidays, & garage sales. we have plenty. And I wonder why my kids still want more toys! 🙂
I sorted through the toys and separated them into plastic bins (from Walmart). I then made some labels and added them to the bin. This has helped tremendously when it’s time to clean up toys. My kids know exactly where each toy goes because they can look at the label!
Here’s a look at some of the spaces in our toy room…
I made this PLAY sign several months ago. I just took four 16×20 canvases and painted them with acrylic paint.
In big plastic bins, I organized large trucks, bigger balls, costumes & stuffed animals.
The kids love the grocery store!
Here is our chalk wall. I have a small basket of chalk on the floor. That will be moved once baby is mobile!
We also have a cozy book corner. To decorate the wall, I took book sleeves from hardcover books and placed them in frames. Then I just added command strips to the back of the frames and stuck them on the wall. Simple! The READ sign was made from letter cards from Hobby Lobby and a frame.
We have lots of books at our house. Here are just a few of them. In the red organizer, I have fun picture books and nonfiction magazines. In the red baskets are baby books. In the wicker basket off to the side other kid books.
And there is our play room! Hope you enjoyed the tour! It’s nothing glamorous, but it’s helped us stay organized.
If you are looking to organize your play room, you may want to download the toy labels I created. Here are a couple sample pages.
I’m so excited to share these toy bin labels with you. And now they are EDITABLE so you can make whatever label name and picture you need. Click on the link below to download your copy! (There are directions included in the PDF. You will need to download a free font if you want to match the other labels.)
Here are links to some of the toys in our playroom: (some links are affiliate links and some products I couldn’t find anywhere)
Kidkraft Train Table and Train Set
KidKraft Tall Wooden Bookshelf
Let me know if you have questions! Happy Organizing!
Hey! i love these lables and would like to use them for my classroom. however it is telling me that i cannot edit the blank ones without your password. im not sure what to do about this.
I’m so sorry! Have you tried updating Adobe Reader? That usually will fix this problem. If not, let me know!
This is AMAZING!!!! I love these toy bin labels! I am trying to make a couple for ones that you don’t have listed, I can’t seem to get the picture loaded. I can write the names on the blank pages but the little picture icon that is in the directions is not on the blank boxes at the bottom (unless I am doing it wrong which is possible lol).
Hi there! I’m sorry, the picture part doesn’t work right now. If you want to send me an email with what you’d like, I can make them for you! It’s angela(at)teachingmama(dot)org
Thank you so much for these amazing bin labels!
Amazing labels, Angela! I tried editing, but couldn’t so I went ahead and emailed you. This is exactly what I was looking for as my little one’s room definitely need some organization. Thank you so much for sharing them!!! 🙂
I can not even begin to tell you how AWESOME you are! I truly mean that! My daughter’s room is an absolute joke with all of the toys she has that it gives me a slight panic attack every time I walk in there. I am SO glad they are editable so we can make them fit our toys! Thanks so much, you put some sanity back into my life!
i am going to print the toy bin labels for sure. They’re fantastic. Not only are they colourful and ideal for preschoolers, but they are also editable. I am going to print them in my own language of course. 🙂
Hi,
I would really appreciate the editable version of the template so that I can change the text please?
Thanks so much
Jane
Hi Jane! You should be able to edit the template. Email me at angela@teachingmama.org if you can’t get it to work. Thanks!
Ok, I am so not trying to sound obnoxious or anything, but is that a normal amount of toys for just two kids? Obviously three now, with Lincoln being older. I’m thinking we must have just always lived in small houses which means our toy population is rather sparse…think Sahara Desert sparseness. Absolutely amazing organization, by the way. It makes me want my own play room! Because of toy sparseness, however, we are having TONS of fun with your many sensory activities! Thank you!
Ha, well I don’t know if it the normal amount of toys. My mother-in-law gifts us with lots of toys she finds at Goodwill! I promise we have hardly bought any of those toys. We have donated many of them after my kids stop playing with them. Anyway, thanks!
I can edit the labels but it won’t let me save it after I edit it. I love these! Please help! lol
I’m so sorry! Are you opening this in Adobe Reader? Make sure to download it to your computer before typing in the fields. Let me know if that doesn’t work!
Thank you so much for the labels. This is just what I needed to get our playroom organized. I am a SAHM of 3 little ones 3 and under so the pictures will be a lifesaver. Is it possible for you to make a couple more so they match the rest of the labels. Looking for:
Mr. Potato Head, barn and airplane
Thank you so much!!
This is great. Thanks for the inspiration! I’m organizing now after a big move from overseas. We obviously brought with us more toys than our playroom can handle, and there’s no option for transparent bins, unfortunately. So I’m doing my best to mark all the right places.
I’m thinking about non-captioned stickers, though. Did your kids were literate already when you made those? Did they use them to read? Thanks so much for your insights!
Hi! I’m glad these are useful to you!! No, my kids were not literate when I made them. That’s why I used the pictures. They seemed to remember fairly easily!