| Kid's closets can be harder to organize than an | | | | 3) Consider putting a shelf about three feet off |
| adult's closet, but with these tips, you can set it | | | | the floor. This will give you a great place to put |
| up in a way that works for you and your child. | | | | bins, buckets, stacks of t-shirts, or pajamas. |
| Getting things to where a child can manage them | | | | Underneath, you can have storage, a laundry |
| is key. You will need to clearly label where things | | | | basket, toy shelves, or just leave it empty like a |
| go and make sure that you have a special place | | | | little club house. |
| for everything. Read on for more tips and ideas | | | | 4) Children do well with things like shoe organizers. |
| for getting your kid's closet organized and easy to | | | | Utilize the space on the back of their closet door |
| care for. | | | | for shoes, hats, hair accessories, gloves, scarves |
| 1) Make the closet an interesting place for your | | | | or purses. Put plenty of hooks within their reach. |
| child. You can paint the door with pictures of | | | | Use hooks that attract them to the space. Big |
| things that they like. Paint their name on it or hang | | | | knobs are great for kids because they're easy to |
| something to make it special. You can use a | | | | manage and they don't have pointy ends to poke |
| bulletin board to hang their art or school work. Let | | | | them if they're not paying attention. |
| them decorate the door however they want. It's | | | | 5) Make space for things like board games, |
| okay if it doesn't go with the rest of their room. | | | | building blocks, art supplies, or other toys that |
| You don't have to keep it like that forever. You | | | | have a lot of little parts. If you want your child to |
| may even decide to take the door outside and let | | | | have to ask for these items to play with them, |
| them paint whatever they want on it. | | | | just put them up higher. This will keep them and |
| Personalizing their space makes it more interesting | | | | their friends from dumping out too many toys at |
| for them to take care of it. | | | | once, creating more for you to clean up. |
| 2) Put lots of hooks and containers within their | | | | 6) Use children's hangers, infant hangers, or baby |
| reach. Label each one with what goes inside. | | | | hangers to hang their clothes. These are smaller |
| Containers with open tops, like baskets, are great | | | | hangers that won't tear or stretch the necks and |
| for organizing socks, underwear, hair bows, dance | | | | shoulders of their small clothes. They save space |
| clothes, sports equipment, and more. If | | | | and are easier for small hands to manage. Once |
| everything has a labeled space to go, it will | | | | everything has a place, you and your child will |
| encourage reading, word recognition, and will be | | | | enjoy keeping the space organized. |
| easier for your child to clean without your help. | | | | |