If everything has its place, children have an easier time keeping their closets organized.
If you have kids, you have messes. Getting children to keep their closets neat can frustrate even the calmest of parents, but homemade or store-bought solutions can help. With a little time and effort, children can learn to put their things away in their newly organized closets. Does this Spark an idea?
Child-Friendly Space
If your child can't reach a shelf or make a hanger work, the cleanup will not get done and things will end up on the floor. Give your kids child-sized items to use and lower storage areas to reach, advises Decorating-Kids-Rooms.net. Designing the closet to work for a child will help her follow directions to hang up her clothes and put things away.
Hang It Up
Kids more easily use child-size hangers suited to their clothes and small hands, notes the Disney Family Fun website. Get extra reachable space for clothing by suspending a second rod from the main one, either bought from a store or made from a broomstick attached to the rod with hooks and a chain, Decorating-Kids-Rooms.net suggests. Buy storage bags that hang from the rod for storing folded clothes or other items and hooks to hang up hats, robes and the like, Disney Family Fun advises.
Contain Clutter
Give your child a large basket to contain shoes, rather than expecting him to use a rack or shoe organizer. The shoes won't be separated by pair but they will be contained enough to find, Disney Family Fun suggests. Use labeled boxes, bins or crates for storage. The highest shelf is the best place for storing a bin with clothing that your child needs to grow into or will wear in another season, Disney's article suggests.
More Ideas
Stack plastic crates higher under short-hanging items and lower under pants and dresses to make the best use of space, Decorating-Kids-Rooms.net suggests. The site also suggests looking for one-piece tower shelving, sweater bags that hang from the closet rod and organizers that help your child store full outfits for each day of the week. You can also help your child stay organized by working with him to decide if his clothes should be put together by color, type of clothing or another method, the organizing site advises.
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