Spruce Up Your Kid's Closet

Kid's closets can be harder to organize than an3) Consider putting a shelf about three feet off
adult's closet, but with these tips, you can set itthe 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 themUnderneath, you can have storage, a laundry
is key. You will need to clearly label where thingsbasket, toy shelves, or just leave it empty like a
go and make sure that you have a special placelittle club house.
for everything. Read on for more tips and ideas4) Children do well with things like shoe organizers.
for getting your kid's closet organized and easy toUtilize 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 youror purses. Put plenty of hooks within their reach.
child. You can paint the door with pictures ofUse hooks that attract them to the space. Big
things that they like. Paint their name on it or hangknobs are great for kids because they're easy to
something to make it special. You can use amanage and they don't have pointy ends to poke
bulletin board to hang their art or school work. Letthem if they're not paying attention.
them decorate the door however they want. It's5) 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. Youhave a lot of little parts. If you want your child to
may even decide to take the door outside and lethave 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 interestingtheir 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 their6) 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 greathangers that won't tear or stretch the necks and
for organizing socks, underwear, hair bows, danceshoulders of their small clothes. They save space
clothes, sports equipment, and more. Ifand are easier for small hands to manage. Once
everything has a labeled space to go, it willeverything has a place, you and your child will
encourage reading, word recognition, and will beenjoy keeping the space organized.
easier for your child to clean without your help.