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Kiki 07:23 AM 07-09-2012
We don't really have any squishy lovies in our day care room because they drive me up the wall. Even my own kids are only allowed to keep 2 on their bed at a time, the rest are hidden in their closet where I can't see them.
After seeing this, I am seriously tempted to bust them out for the day care room, and my kids' rooms.



Also, this is for countrymom, I am just too lazy to dig up her thread, hope you see this!

I'm not a fan of the colors she chose, I don't think they are kid friendly, but I really like the idea of using the bookshelves like that for toy bins, and using the tops of them for other things. Imagine it-you put those along all of your walls for storage, and still have the whole center area of your rooms for play time.

I can't find a tutorial for 'The Zoo', it was just a pin I ran across this morning on Pinterest, I know a few of you have mentioned crafty husbands, and oh boy am I going to put my husbands craftiness to the test with it.

The one for the bookshelves can be found here:
http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com...f-baskets.html
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Buxterboo 08:20 AM 07-09-2012
WOW! I love both of those ideas. Unfortunately my husband is NOT a handy man, BUT my grandpa is! I know what I'll be asking for, for Christmas!!
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godiva83 08:59 AM 07-09-2012
I have those shelves as toy storage in my family room! I used the expedit shelves from Ikea - cheap and cheerful and just sewed the seat cushion!
They work great, my family room is easy to keep neat and tidy and it is great extra seating for large get togethers. I have gotten a lot of compliments on the
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EntropyControlSpecialist 10:21 AM 07-09-2012
When I was a home health care attendant, the child had a Zoo (the exact same one). The only problem with it is if the stuffed animal that they want is at the top/back. Then every stuffed animal is taken out to get to it.

http://www.littlezookeepers.com/
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countrymom 10:25 AM 07-09-2012
I have it pinned already and showed dh thats what i wanted. i pointed it out that I can go to ikea and just buy it, and he said fine, one less project for him. I don't want to do green, that color seems to be thru out my house. First dh needs to scrape the cottage cheese ceiling.
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DCMom 11:48 AM 07-09-2012
LOVE!

The basket/seating idea is just what I have been looking for for my hot wheel/little people/block area. And IKEA is only 20 minutes away

Thanks for posting the blog; lots of great ideas!
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Kiki 11:55 AM 07-09-2012
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpe******t:
When I was a home health care attendant, the child had a Zoo (the exact same one). The only problem with it is if the stuffed animal that they want is at the top/back. Then every stuffed animal is taken out to get to it.

http://www.littlezookeepers.com/

Didn't think of that! It is still on my future wish list though, just for the fact that it is cute as heck.

Ran across this too, we have board games here that are shoved under beds/on top of closet shelves that are just a pain to get to.




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SilverSabre25 12:23 PM 07-09-2012
Originally Posted by Kiki:
Didn't think of that! It is still on my future wish list though, just for the fact that it is cute as heck.

Ran across this too, we have board games here that are shoved under beds/on top of closet shelves that are just a pain to get to.



OH, that's nifty! Handy *and* decorative!

I bet you could also use the rain gutter bookshelf idea and expand it to store games, too.
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countrymom 12:27 PM 07-09-2012
my dd and dcb just finished playing candy land but the dora editon. Thats a good idea.
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Kiki 12:54 PM 07-09-2012
Originally Posted by SilverSabre25:
OH, that's nifty! Handy *and* decorative!

I bet you could also use the rain gutter bookshelf idea and expand it to store games, too.
! What is the rain gutter bookshelf?! Do tell.
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Blackcat31 01:54 PM 07-09-2012
Originally Posted by Kiki:
! What is the rain gutter bookshelf?! Do tell.
My DH put these up in my preschool room and then some lower to the groundin the infant/toddler room.

AWESOME idea! Paintable, washable and cheap!

http://raisingolives.com/2009/07/rai...lves-tutorial/
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spud912 02:04 PM 07-09-2012
This site you quoted has a tutorial for a magnetic wall. If I wasn't living in a rental, I would sooooo do it! It says to paint the magnetic paint and then paint the wall whatever color you like. Once everything is dry, the wall is magnetic! My kids would absolutely love that!!!
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Blackcat31 02:06 PM 07-09-2012
Originally Posted by spud912:
This site you quoted has a tutorial for a magnetic wall. If I wasn't living in a rental, I would sooooo do it! It says to paint the magnetic paint and then paint the wall whatever color you like. Once everything is dry, the wall is magnetic! My kids would absolutely love that!!!
Hmm, that is weird because when I click on it, I get her instructions on how to make raingutter book shelves.

Well here is another link about them anyways.... http://www.mamanotes.com/2010/02/rai...okshelves.html
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cheerfuldom 02:33 PM 07-09-2012
We are doing a magnetic wall downstairs! I will post pics when it is done.
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Kiki 02:46 PM 07-09-2012
I think I'm in love with those bookshelves. That would be awesome for my own children, they currently share one bookshelf between all 3 of them, and separating their books to their own little space would be amazing.

Originally Posted by cheerfuldom:
We are doing a magnetic wall downstairs! I will post pics when it is done.
I have one pinned on my Pinterest for when we actually own a home, it's a race track with magnet cars; I want to see how yours turns out when it's done, I'd love more ideas for ours!

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spud912 03:01 PM 07-09-2012
Originally Posted by Blackcat31:
Hmm, that is weird because when I click on it, I get her instructions on how to make raingutter book shelves.
Sorry, I should have been more specific . When you click on her link, there is ANOTHER link for the magnetic wall. Here is the direct link:
http://raisingolives.com/2009/06/dis...magnetic-wall/

Originally Posted by cheerfuldom:
We are doing a magnetic wall downstairs! I will post pics when it is done.
Ohhh, I want to see too! I thought it was a super cool idea!!
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spud912 03:02 PM 07-09-2012
Originally Posted by Kiki:
I have one pinned on my Pinterest for when we actually own a home, it's a race track with magnet cars; I want to see how yours turns out when it's done, I'd love more ideas for ours!
Niiiiicccceeee!
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nanglgrl 12:31 AM 07-10-2012
Originally Posted by spud912:
This site you quoted has a tutorial for a magnetic wall. If I wasn't living in a rental, I would sooooo do it! It says to paint the magnetic paint and then paint the wall whatever color you like. Once everything is dry, the wall is magnetic! My kids would absolutely love that!!!
I have a magnetic wall. First I painted a few coats of magnetic paint and then two coats of chalkboard paint on top so it is magnetic and a chalkboard. You can also get chalkboard painted tinted to a ton of different colors now. A few things about the magnetic paint though: 1. put several layers on 2. the wall has to be pretty flat...we did not texture the drywall in that area (we were remodeling) 3. Even though our surface was smooth and I had put several layers of magnetic paint it would still only hold large magnets (letter magnets fall off).
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Meyou 02:29 AM 07-10-2012
I'm thinking about doing this in my playroom. I've just painted it and I'm still searching for wall ideas.



I have book rails already....like the rain gutter ones but I actually found very narrow shelves to use when I was looking for something else to hold the books.
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SilverSabre25 07:15 AM 07-10-2012
Originally Posted by Meyou:
I'm thinking about doing this in my playroom. I've just painted it and I'm still searching for wall ideas.

I have book rails already....like the rain gutter ones but I actually found very narrow shelves to use when I was looking for something else to hold the books.
Oh those little animal swings are ADORABLE. I think I need to do that in DD's room. We just rearranged it and I'm having trouble with storing her multitude of stuffies. She plays with them, so storing them on shelves up high isn't working.
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Childminder 11:59 AM 07-10-2012
I really like the "zoo" idea but have no more wall space. =( I do have this hanging up and it works great for stuffed toys plus the kids know where to find and put them away. I paid $5 for it at Ikea and it has the different levels so the varmits are easy to find.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/images/pro...E176467_S4.jpg
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Meeko 12:41 PM 07-10-2012
I use a few "stuffies" for decoration only. Our state requires that stuffed animals be machine washed regularly if the kids play with them. I don't want to do that, so I have some of my kids (and mine!) best loved ones on high shelves as decor. Washing all the time would eventually wear them out.
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