Stay Organized – Have separate bins for different toys and label them to make it even easier and faster to get the toys put away. Teaching your kids good organizational skills early will benefit them as they grow.

Offer Rewards – While you wouldn’t want to do this every time, it can help to add a little more incentive to a clean room. Rewards can include more play time before bed, watch an extra half hour of TV, an extra story at bed time, etc.

Practice What Your Preach – Kids are especially keen to the fact that they have to do things that their parents don’t. To avoid this particular predicament, make sure your room stays neat and tidy.

Make It Routine – If you create a schedule, eventually, your child will learn to pick up their toys wthout being asked. A bedtime routine could be bath time, pick up toys, story time, then lights out.

De-clutter – If it seems impossible to keep your child’s room clean, it might be time to retire some of his old toys and put away the ones he doesn’t play with anymore. Ask them if they would like to donate any of their toys to get them right out of the house.

How do you get your kids to pick up their toys? What do you find works and what doesn’t?