Last winter, we spent a great deal of time in our basement playroom. Consequently, I spent a fair amount of time picking up toys off the playroom floor.
When we first set up the playroom, I grouped several Ikea Trofast shelves together like this:
Ikea created a brilliant design with these shelves. The shelving unit contains several grooves that allow their plastic Trofast storage boxes to slide right into the shelving unit. It makes it easy to pull out a specific activity bucket and play with the contents {anywhere in the playroom}. Most importantly, it creates an easy organization system that allows for easy clean-up.
On one particular day, I decided that it would probably be easier to clean up the playroom if I changed the set-up. Instead of having all of the toy storage in one location of the room, I moved them around to create centers.
Creating centers quickly cranked up my creative juices and "centers" quickly turned into a "village"!
Welcome to McMiniville!!
The Market:
Canvas grocery bags
The Deli:
The Kitchen:
The Repair Shop:
The Lumber Yard:
Collection of building blocks
The Train Depot:
Collection of trains {including McOne & McTwo's beloved Thomas!}
The Garage:
Collection of cars and trucks
The Post Office:
Coming soon: {Oh, Pinterest} posts on how we created several aspects of McMiniville including the awnings, the post office, and much more!!
