How do you store stuffed animals?! Is there a stuffed animal storage solution?
If you’re anything like our family, I can almost guarantee you have boxes, closets, and most likely, a child’s bed covered with stuffed animals!
A couple weeks ago we decided that we needed to tackle this problem of overflowing stuffed animals. Both of my children are still at an age where every stuffed animal is an important member of their childhood “family”. So needless to say, donating these toys is not an option.
Enter the desperate and creative mom….
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My husband and I put on our thinking caps and figured out a practical solution for stuffed animal storage. I bought a beanbag chair cover for under $20. Instead of filling the chair with the beanbag chair pellets, we decided to fill it with stuffed animals. My daughter was ecstatic when we told her that we were going to fill the chair with her stuffed animal friends.
She has a few treasured friends on her bed, but everyone else gets to “cuddle” her in her new beanbag chair. She was delighted to help fill the beanbag chair. Plus, she knows that if she’s ever missing a “friend” she can just take them out of the chair for a snuggle.
Do you struggle with stuffed animal storage? How do you manage the overflowing fuzzy “friends”?
UPDATE:
Since writing this article many years ago, I have discovered that numerous companies have started making “bean bag chairs” exclusively for this purpose. Hmmmm… should I get a cut of the profits?! I’m joking… but here are a few stuffed animal bean bag chairs that appealed to me.
Aren’t those chairs super cute?! I love the one with the peek-a-boo window! Will you try this stuffed animal storage solution?
I love this idea! Super clever!
Thanks Katie! You know the saying “desperate times call for desperate measures”? Well, this was a greatly needed storage solution!
That is a really cute solution! I love it!
Thanks! I’m so happy with it (and my daughter loves it too)!
I love this!!! What a great idea!
Thanks so much! I’m quite pleased with it.
What a wonderful idea! Where did you find an unstuffed bean bag chair?
Hi Clara! I found mine at WalMart but a lot of places sell new bean bag chair covers (and you buy the beans separately). If you can’t find one without the beans, they all have zippers, just take out the beans and fill with your child’s stuffed animals.
This is genius!!!
Thanks Susannah! I’m feeling quite proud of myself for it too!
Now that is an awesome idea!
Thanks Debby! We love it!
Brilliant! I’m going to show this post to my girls to hopefully get them on board!
Thanks Robin! I’m quite pleased with it! Hopefully you can get the girls on board!
Very neat :)
I just need to follow your tips. I love how organised you are, really!
Thanks Z. I try to be organized. Some days it takes more effort than others.
I’m back!! What a brilliant idea Jennifer! We have a big basket for all of Little A’s animals, but every now and then I go through it and get rid of the ones she no longer plays with.
xoxo
Welcome back Tiffany! I’m thrilled with this bean bag chair and my daughter loves sitting and reading in it.
xoxo
How clever! We just recently cleaned and purged the girls room (again) and their stuffed animals are always the things that they just need to hold onto. I have one container in their toy chest that has been overflowing into the rest of the toys in the toy chest…..keeping it from closing, lol. I just recently got the bright idea to take their mesh hamper and put the rest of them in there and leave it against the wall on the floor for them. I told the girls that they could only have 3 animals each on their beds. So far so good…….fingers crossed.
Whatever works right?! The sprawl of stuffed animals can be slightly overwhelming.
That’s a great idea!! My daughter is 13 and still has her stuffies!!
Thanks Tara! Isn’t it amazing how attached they get to their stuffed animals! This makes it all the more challenging to organize!
Such a clever idea, Jennifer!
Thanks Brandi! I’m feeling quite clever!
What a really cool idea. My son pretends to be not into them but at night? “Let’s tell Mickey nite nite, let’s tell Beaw nite nite,” on and on. I love the idea that they’re all in a beanbag!
Thanks Kristi! Awww, your son sounds so sweet.
It’s certainly solved a challenging problem for us!
Genius! (My solution–I just get rid of them!) :) Your solution is much nicer.
Yeah Sanz, getting rid of them was not an option. Glad this worked out.
Its a good idea to avoid spread across the room :)
I was desperate to control the stuffed animal chaos!
Stop it! What a smart idea! Thank you! I abhor the stuffed animal issue and the kids would love having their own chair out the deal too.
Thanks Jean! So pleased to be of assistance!
Genius, this is a great Idea. I think I have one on my storage room. I will do this! Thanks for sharing this idea.
Glad to be of assistance Remy! I hope it works well for you too!
What a great idea! I’ve never thought of this before but I have so much stuffed animals that they are slowly taking over the house. We don’t have a beanbag chair but may get one just to do this. :)
I was actually surprised at how willing my daughter was to cooperate. It worked out wonderfully.
Like everyone else said, this is a great idea! Much better than what my mom thought of when I was a kid (sorry mom). She decided to suffocate all of my stuffed animals by putting them in large zip-up bags, like the ones new comforters come in. PSH. Never did I see those guys again. Not cool mom. They really are like family members! Why else would I still remember them by name? lol.
Oh Becky – that’s tragic! Your poor little buddies!
Oh………you’ve made wheels turn in my head Jennifer…that might be just what we need. Only problem is that we have enough to fill about three beanbags !!! :) Awesome idea. Thanks so much for sharing.
Great idea! My son just piles them all on his bed and sleeps with them. Boys!!! He’d LOVE this though!
No.
I don’t store stuffed animals.
I refuse.
With 12 kids and a darling woman who LOVES them, I have come to detest them.
What’s worse…I KNOW they breed when you’re not looking.
I pack 10lbs of them when we move…and when we unpack, I get a hernia just lifting the box!!
They’re evil. EEEEEEVUULLLLLLL.
Now you know the reason I need therapy.
(…ok….ONE of the reasons)
Hi Jennifer, I came across your site because I was looking for a stuffed animal storage solution and saw a pic of your daughter and it is absolutely uncanny how similar my daughter looks like your daughter!!! I showed my daughter your picture (above) and I asked her who was in the picture and she said, “That’s me mommy!” But then she was confused because she didn’t recognize the pajamas or the bean bag chair (stuffed animal chair, I should say). Well, I thought I’d drop in that comment. If there was a way for me to share a pic of my daughter I would. Ok, well, have a nice day!!! Our daughters could be twins!
Oh my goodness Christina, now you have me curious! I wish I could see a picture now (can you message one through my Deliberate Mom Facebook page). This is the first time I’ve heard someone looks like my daughter… often I get that I look like a person that somebody knows! lol
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and share!