These incredible strategies for storing outdoor toys will help you keep your garage neat and organized! Organize bikes, sports equipment, lawn games, and more with these helpful outdoor toy storage ideas.
We hope these outdoor toy storage ideas will be helpful for you as you work on organizing your garage, patio, or shed!
Brilliant Ideas for Storing Outdoor Toys
1. Create a DIY outdoor storage box.
This storage box is great even if you don’t have a lot of garage or shed space to store outdoor toys. It could easily sit on a porch or deck looking super functional and beautiful at the same time!
2. Build a DIY kid’s garage.
Along with gaining tons of storage space, this gives kids their own area for their gear, making it easier to keep both kid and adult items organized.
3. Install a large slat wall to store toys and equipment.
Kids’ toys, lawn games, bike accessories, and other equipment hang neatly out of the way, leaving plenty of space to park cars and keep them out of the elements.
There are tons of different attachment options for the slat wall, and the configuration possibilities are endless.
This makes it easy to store outdoor toys in the way that makes the most sense for your family. AND it’s simple to switch things up when the kids get older and their toys change.
4. Use a heavy-duty storage bench with a hinged lid as a catchall for balls, sports, gear, chalk, helmets, and other small outdoor toys.
Who said outdoor toy storage can’t be pretty?!
The wire sides make it easy to see what’s in each bench so you can grab what you need anytime. And there’s room to sit while putting on shoes, applying sunscreen, or just taking a break from the heat.
5. Create a DIY Nerf gun storage rack.
Nerf guns seem to multiply and they’re awkward to store. This hanging solution keeps them tidy without taking up too much space.
And can we talk about how cute that hanging basket is for the darts?! The open bin makes it easy for kids to throw the darts back in when they’re finished. And it’s simple to remove it from the hooks and carry it around while picking up darts as well.
6. Create a garage toy storage and organization cabinet for all categories of toys.
Keep outdoor toys tucked neatly out of sight with an organized cabinet.
We love how every category of toys has its own designated spot (with labels!), so there’s never any question of where things should go during clean up time.
7. Label clear bins to make sure everyone knows where things go.
We are a huge fan of un-lidded storage bins for kids’ stuff because it makes it so easy to return items to their rightful place. (And the easier the system, the more likely kids will be to follow through!)
Clear bins make it simple to see what’s in each bin so kiddos can grab the exact toys they’re looking for.
Such a great way to make outdoor toys easily accessible for the kids!
8. Get creative with your tennis and pickleball storage.
We play a lot of tennis and pickleball at our house, so when the rackets, paddles, and balls started piling up, I knew I had to come up with a smart way to store them.
We installed a few sets of hooks on a blank wall in our garage. The ball hoppers hang neatly on the top hooks.
Then we used collapsible wall bins to store the tennis rackets and pickleball paddles.
We were especially excited about these bins because they gave us room to grow. If we need to store more equipment, we can just expand the bins and more gear will fit easily!
9. Keep the kids’ storage bins down low for easy access.
If yiu want your kids to be able to take out and put away their own outdoor toys, they need to be able to reach them!
You need purposely put your kids’ stuff on the lower garage shelves so they could get to them whenever they want.
The two small aqua bins on the bottom shelf hold sidewalk chalk and small outdoor toys. Then bigger toys like balls, frisbees, and bats are stored in the larger bins with lids off for easy access.
10. Hang awkwardly shaped items up out of the way.
This hockey net was taking up so much space in our garage and getting in the way of being able to park our cars.
Simple wall hooks ended up being the perfect solution to get it up out of the way. It’s still convenient to grab, but parking is no longer a problem.
Extra hooks for the blocker and hockey sticks ended up being other great ways to maximize wall storage in this corner of our garage.
11. Use large stackable baskets for storing outdoor toys.
We love these open, stackable bins because they provide a home for each type of toys while making everything easy to take out and put away.
They also use the vertical space well. Rather than lining up a bunch of bins on the floor, stacking them takes up so much less of a footprint!
12. Create a covered kiddie parking garage.
Large outdoor toys like cars, tricycles, and diggers can pose some of the toughest organizing challenges.
Kiddie parking garage not difficult to put together, and you can choose your preferred style of fabric, ensuring that the storage unit isn’t an eyesore.
And best of all, cars and trikes are tucked neatly out of the way, leaving the lawn area looking tidy.
13. Use a garage pegboard to store outdoor toys and equipment.
With so many different hooks and attachments available, it’s easy to customize the pegboard for whatever outdoor toys you may be storing.
