Making better use of our toys

Although we have had our zoo theme this week, because we have had family visiting we haven't had time to do any specific craft projects. The boys have been busy being entertained! One thing I have been doing is having a bit of a sort out and re-organise, which started after I got thinking a bit more about the themed projects and reading. Partly this was also because we got a couple of new toys out, which are quite bulky, and it's meant a bit of a change around to facilitate playing with them without all the toys taking over!

We are lucky because we had the room to have a big built in cupboard put in our living room. Currently most of the toys we aren't using right now are stored in there, with a bit of overspill into the dining room. I was finding that the state of my living room was stressing me out a bit, always feeling within two minutes of the boys arriving downstairs that there was stuff absolutely everywhere! 

The solution has been to get some storage in there and split out the toys by different types. For instance, all the finger puppets are now in together. We have boxes for musical instruments, the two sorts of building blocks we have, and farm and zoo toys. It's now easier to get one sort of toy out at a time. I believe this is also helping them to focus more on the toys we do have out, rather than constantly flitting from one toy to another. It also (touch wood!) seems to mean less toys are thrown behind the sofa, fireguard and door which is what was happening.

It does mean some work for me - rotating the toys so that they don't get bored of them. So far though, it seems to be working :) How do you have your toys organised?