Win The War And Organize Your Kids’ Clothes

It’s hard enough organizing our own clothes sometimes. If you’re stuck with just a chest of drawers, finding space for everything can be a nightmare. Even if you’re lucky enough to have a walk-in closet, there can still be times when you wish you’d got more space. Add kids to the mix, and things really start to get interesting. Not only are kids inherently messy in their approach to life, but the amount of clothes they accumulate seems to be never ending.

Despite my kids having spent most of their time in just a pair of pants or their cloth nappies, I swear they still have more clothes than me!

We need a solution to all this clutter. Fortunately, there are things that you can do. Take a look at some of these kids’ clothes organization tips and transform your house from bomb site to serene Zen garden.

Divide Up The Closet

There’s nothing worse than standing in front of a closet which clothes overflowing and all piled on top of one another. You can’t find anything. That’s why it’s such a good idea to install closet dividers. They are little pieces of plastic that hang onto the rail and allow you to separate out different types of clothes. What’s more, kids can use these dividers when they’re putting their clothes away, allowing them to separate out their t-shirts, pajamas, pants, hoodies and sweaters.

Put Extra Bins In Your Drawers

When drawers were invented, I’m certain the inventor didn’t have your kids’ drawers in mind. They probably thought that the average drawer would contain two items of perfectly folded clothing at most! Of course, this is nothing like what actually happens in the real world where pieces of clothing are just stuffed into drawers, and they are perpetually overflowing.

Although it’s not ideal, there is a quasi-solution to this problem: put bins inside your drawers. Bins are especially useful for drawers that contain odds and ends, like underwear, socks, hats and winter clothing.

Invest In A Shoe Organiser

Finding Belk promo code coupons and saving money on kids’ shoes is the easy part. Actually organizing those shoes is a heck of a lot more difficult. But fear not – there are things you can do. One idea is to invest in a closet shoe shelf. The idea is to line up shoes that your kids use most often on the shoe shelf and then pack the rest into boxes underneath. You’ll find that your children will often go months without using various shoes, like their winter wellies. So, these are best stored away where they can’t cause a mess in the summer. Another box could be for summer footwear, like flip flops.

Put All Your Kids’ Costumes On Display

Not all clothes need to be out of sight, out of mind. Some clothing actually helps to complement and even decorate the kids’ bedroom. We’re talking, of course, about superhero costumes, pirate flags, Spiderman hats and so on. Try hanging their costumes either on the back of the bedroom door or beside the bed on a rail. That way they can access them easily without messing up the rest of their clothes!

Help Kids Organise With Colours

What’s the first thing that kids learn to do? See, of course. And that’s why it’s so important to use colors to help organize kids’ bedrooms. Because they’re visual creatures, they’ll respond better to organizational cues that they can actually see with their own eyes.

So why not try a color scheme for where various items of clothing should go. Socks in the blue drawer, t-shirts in the green drawer, pants in the red drawer and so on. The great thing about using visual cues is that kids are able to tell colors before they’re able to read.  This means that you can get preschool children into good organizational habits from an early age.

Keep Some Clothes Within Reach, Others Out Of The Way

Because kids have an uncanny ability to create mess, it’s a good idea to look for ways to limit their capacity to do so. One of the ways you can do this is to create a two-tiered system in their bedroom: some clothes are within reach, and others are out of reach.

In practice, this means segmenting their closet into sections. Seasonal clothing should be near the bottom of the closet and be accessible in baskets, on rails or inside drawers. Then clothes which aren’t needed right now should be tucked away on top shelves, keeping them from being strewn all over the bedroom floor. Keeping all the out-of-season stuff out of the way means that kids can get directly at the clothes they need without making a mess.