Tackle It Tuesday - Our 'zoo' (Updated)

I debated what to tackle this week. It was between cleaning out my junk drawers, dealing with the overflow of stuffed animals in Abby and Hannah's room, or dealing with this:
Since Becca's closet is a bit much to deal with this week (not to mention I really have no idea where to put all of the piles and piles of outgrown and 'to grow into' clothes), I'm going to procrastinate (yes, a total cop-out here!) and instead tackle the stuffed animal issue.

Yes, stuffed animals are quickly overtaking my house, starting with Abby and Hannah's room. So far I've been able to keep them under control in Becca's room, but her collection is starting to grow as well. And while I'd love to get rid of a ton of them, I've already weeded out the ones they absolutely do not pay any attention to. They play with the others. Every single one of them. And they notice if one is missing!

I've tried several different options over the years to corral the girls' zoo. When we first moved them into the same room, I bought a couple of those toy hammocks and hung them on the ends of their beds to stuff animals into - more like a toy 'net' than a hammock. This solution didn't work well because animals just fell out the bottoms as more were stuffed in the tops. Plus they were very bulky off the ends of their beds and the girls would empty the nets looking for specific 'friends'.

Since then, I've tried a few different things like this for the big stuffed animals:
And this for the smaller ones:
And yet even with both of these filled, the girls' beds still look like this:
And more often than not, everything ends up all over their floor and we find ourselves wading through their room.

So my 'tackle' for today is to find a home for each and every one of the girls' furry friends! I think it may incorporate this:

Check back later on to see how well it went... And check out more Tackle It Tuesday posts over at 5 Minutes for Mom!

Well I do have an update and a picture although this didn't quite work the way I'd expected, LOL. It does hold all of the stuffed animals that were on the girls' beds very nicely but unfortunately I've now learned the lesson about making sure you either use a drywall anchor or attach into something other than just plain drywalled ceiling.

I hung it, then lowered it with a loop of yarn so that the girls could reach most of the compartments. I was really very proud of myself and promptly began to collect all of the furry friends I could reach to fill it up. Was about to head for the camera to take my great 'after' picture and turned around to find this:


Whoops. So we now have what appears to be a large sausage stuffed with animals... Even the kitten was curious if you look closely enough! So I guess this Tuesday tackle won't truly be tackled completely (oh it's late and I'm tired, humor me!) until I can get my hubby to anchor the ceiling hook better. LOL

(Ugh, ignore the horrible stained carpet in this photo - we really need to replace it all in the house eventually...)