How can I store soft toys cleverly?

[LimeSlice]

when we were kids we have big plastic chains with clips on them that hung from the ceiling...they were ace

[Nelle]

Lime! We had those! Oooooh the memories. They were ace.
I was coming in to suggest a hammock/fishing net thing too... you could even theme the room a bit under-sea-ish if they're into that, hang fish from the bottom of the net, or turn the net into a boat that all the soft toys live in.

I want one when we move house, I reckon my kids would love throwing their toys up there at cleanup time. And conveniently out of reach too.

[Willow]

Trish - we have a big plastic tub for each child in the lounge area, a few other larger toys out there too and that's it. We don't have any toys in the kids rooms. I prefer to have them all in one place than scattered all over the house. Makes clean up time easier. Compared to most kids, we don't have many toys at all really and we like to keep it that way.

DD does however, have half a bed full of her stuffed animals. She loves them all and each has a name etc so I could never make them disappear either. They've been sitting at the end of her bed since she moved to a big bed, but I'm finding it such a hassle to sort them out every time I make her bed, to the point where some days I just don't make it! LOL. I might think about getting one of those net things myself actually. Only thought about it this morning.

[Tinks]

when we were kids we have big plastic chains with clips on them that hung from the ceiling...they were ace

I was going to suggest those too. They are called Teddy Chains.

Ikea have these hangy things made of mesh with compatrments that you can stuff stuff in. For the life of me I can't remember what they are called but they are reasonable cheap. THey are quite funky.

[HotI]

when we were kids we have big plastic chains with clips on them that hung from the ceiling...they were ace

Lime! We had those! Oooooh the memories. They were ace.

me too! i agree, they were the best.

[DoubleK]

i have one of those pop up hampers for stuffed toys. they're tall rather than wide, so dont take up too much space. and they're easy for little people to get into. we also have one full of dd's doll clothes \and blankets and bits and pieces.

i got them from Kmart, they were clearence $9each. one is Dora, and one is the wiggles. they also have Thomas. they do still sell them, not sure why they had clearence on them!!

we also have one of those Ikea net thingys, but because we rent, i dont want to put a hook in the roof, and i think dd would pull it down anyways

i had those teddy chains as well as a kid! loved them!

[~Trish~]

Thanks everyone for your replies! We have soooo many toys it's not even funny which is why I'm trying to find a way to make our soft toys not look so cluttering. I told DH about the hanging basket thingy and he said he thought it would look cluttered . Like I mentioned yesterday, he is really fussy about things like that, but he can't give me a solution either . At least I try LOL! I still think a hanging thing is a great idea and I actually can picture a really good place for it where it's not obvious. Will have to discuss it with DH tonight.

The hanging toy chain sounds so cute! I must be deprived, I never had one growing up LOL!

Thanks again everyone!

[squidipa]

space bags under bed thats what we do

[Tinks]

WHy don't you space bag the ones that she doesn't play with and alternate them every month or so? Then you'll only have a few at a time to worry about.