Toy Room Organization & Free Toy Bin Labels
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)Â
Kidkraft Train Table and Train Set 
KidKraft Tall Wooden Bookshelf
Let me know if you have questions! Happy Organizing!
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!
I LOVE the wooden barn! What brand is it?
We love it to!! (It was a gift!) It’s a Schleich red barn. 🙂
I would love to use the editable version, but how do you add pictures to it?
I’m sorry, I don’t have a way to do that. You can just edit the text. You can email me and I can create some labels for you! angela(at)teachingmama(dot)org
Where did you purchase the grocery store? I can’t find it anywhere!
It is a KidCraft brand. I just looked online and I don’t see it for sale anymore. I’m sorry! If I find it, I’ll let you know!
I LOVE these labels!! We are currently trying to organize the chaos that is our playroom. Do you happen to have a label for Mr. Potato Head or Crinkle Blocks? I am not able to edit the labels. Thank you so much for sharing these!!
These are perfect and saved me so much time. The labels look great in my day care room. Thank you for sharing them so everyone can use them.
Love these labels! I’m trying to add a picture to the last labels to make my own, it wont let me input a picture, any tips?
Hello- so i love the toy labels- perfect for any setting! i am trying to edit the last 4 that you added but i just cannot do it. when i do it changes the font. i don’t know what i am doing wrong.
any advise? i love them and am desperate to use them but like it seems everyone else- i want everything to match – who knows why!
That’s so strange, Sally! It should not change the font. Have you tried using different browsers? Also make sure that Adobe is up-to-date because that can make things wonky. If you want to talk more, just email me at angela@teachingmama.org
thanks for responding so quickly. i use safari and firefox and both don’t want to work for me. can i purchase them somewhere on your site?
I found your blog while trying to find labels to organize our bins. Thanks for sharing!! I see you have the same Batman imaginext series. What do you do with the figures and all the accessories? In a bin too? We were given this as a gift and I’m so grateful but it needs a home!!
My boys love the Batcave!! 🙂 We just have a little bin next to it that we keep the accessories. Nothing too fancy! We were also given this as a gift, which was a blessing. They aren’t cheap!