{"id":25378,"date":"2013-03-19T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/?p=25378"},"modified":"2014-01-27T21:16:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T02:16:44","slug":"how-to-organize-toys-with-picture-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/how-to-organize-toys-with-picture-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Organize Toys with Picture Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by contributing writer\u00a0<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/yNpDjM\" target=\"_blank\">Angie<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25379 alignnone\" title=\"Organizing Toys with Picture Labels\" alt=\"organizing toys with picture labels\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/containers-with-labels.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/containers-with-labels.jpg 490w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/containers-with-labels-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Toy organization can be a difficult task to keep up with, especially when there isn&#8217;t a clear place for each toy. \u00a0We found ourselves struggling with this a few years ago until we finally found a system that worked for everyone. \u00a0Today I&#8217;m sharing our method for how to organize toys with picture labels.<\/p>\n<p>While there are many ways to tackle toy organization, this system was very successful for us and works for young children who don&#8217;t read.<\/p>\n<h4>Supplies Needed:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Containers of your choice to hold the toys.\u00a0 We opted to use plastic baskets that would fit well on the shelves we had installed.<\/li>\n<li>Camera<\/li>\n<li>Laminating paper<\/li>\n<li>Yarn or adhesive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Instructions:<\/h4>\n<p>1. F<strong>irst go through all of your children&#8217;s toys<\/strong> and sort out any that are broken, missing parts, or are no longer played with.\u00a0 Throw away or donate toys, as appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Group toys into piles based on similar attributes.<\/strong>\u00a0 Examples of this might include grouping all the Littlest Pet Shop toys together or all items that are used for pretend kitchen play.<\/p>\n<p>3. Once you have decided on your groupings,<strong> put all toys into their new containers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Take pictures of a good representation of what will be in each container.<\/strong>\u00a0 When we did this, we kept the surface and background the same on each picture.\u00a0 We had fun with this step, and often set up a little scene, if we were able to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an example of the scene that we set up for the label of small Care Bear figure sets:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25380 alignnone\" title=\"Making a Toy Picture Label\" alt=\"making a toy picture label\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/toy_labels1.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/toy_labels1.jpg 495w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/toy_labels1-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Print and laminate one picture for each container.<\/strong>\u00a0 We also opted to write a printed description of the theme of the container, such as &#8220;Barbies,&#8221; on the back of the picture label.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not have your own laminating machine, you can purchase self-sticking lamination papers or use contact paper.<\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Attach your new picture labels to their respective containers.<\/strong>\u00a0 Since we used baskets with holes, we hole punched each picture label after it was laminated and strung yarn through the holes to hang the label on the basket. \u00a0You could use tape or other adhesive to attach labels to baskets without holes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25381 alignnone\" title=\"Toy Storage\" alt=\"toy storage\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/toys.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/toys.jpg 460w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/files\/2013\/02\/toys-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>We found that not only did the picture labels help our daughter to pick up her toys more easily, but it also helped everyone else in the house who might be helping her clean up.\u00a0<\/strong> Nobody had to guess which toys went where, and I didn&#8217;t have to get upset when I found that older children weren&#8217;t reading my mind and keeping similar toys and sets together.<\/p>\n<p>While we eventually grew out of the system as our children got older, had fewer toys, and no longer needed picture labels, it really saved our sanity for several years and was well worth the extra time to implement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you organize toys at your house?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/author\/angie\/\">More posts from Angie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by contributing writer\u00a0Angie. 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