Recycle and organize toys at the same time

Christmas has come and gone, but all the toys my kids received this year are still here! A lot of them consist of little pieces which leaves quite a mess at the end of the day.

Thankfully, I wash out all my yogurt containers and keep them stowed away for times like these.

Yesterday I pulled out 5 yogurt containers and used them to organize all the little pieces of toys including cars, puzzle pieces, markers and crayons, doll clothes and plastic farm animals.

I snap the lids on when they’re full and pop them onto the top shelf in my daughter’s closet. When they want to play with something, I pull one container down at a time and make sure everything is put away before I bring another one out.

This saves me space, time (from having to search for all the little pieces in the big toy box) and it helps teach organization skills to my kids.