The Big Messy Art Book But Easy To Clean Up

When was the last time you saw the floor of your child’s room? Is the mess in there piling up to the point you might lose your child in it? If so, let’s clean it up. Then let’s coordinate it in a way it will be more comfortable to keep neat.

First, go through all the toys in your child’s room. Have two piles. One pile is for stuff to keep. The other pile is for things to give away (charity) or to trade at a garage sale. Honestly, your child doesn’t need 100 stuffed animals. Their room is not a big storage space. It’s a place to play and sleep. Let them keep any particular stuffed animals and the ones they play with. The rest need to go. Also, get rid of any games or toys with broken pieces which can’t be fixed, or in reality, won’t be fixed. You may make an exception if it’s their very favored toy or game that their grandpa or uncle gave them. But tell them everything can’t be their very bestloved toy. Go through the books. Keep sentimental ones and ones they might read again. Also, if they have a younger sibling keep books he/she might read. Donate the rest to your local library. Many libraries have on a monthly basis book sales to raise cash for new books, etc. So not only are you instructing your child how to clean up, but you’re likewise showing them how to support out their community.

Once the toys and books have been gone through, take a look around to see how to best coordinate them in the space you have. If there is plentiful room underneath the bed, get a great deal of rolling plastic bins to go underneath. Organize the toys inside by sizes. If there isn’t much room beneath the bed, buy a good deal of plastic bins of various sizes. Keep the store receipt and return the bins you don’t use. Put games in one bin. Larger toys in another. Toy cars/small dolls in yet another. Building blocks may have their own bin. Etc. Label the bins. Then put them on the closet floor. You may stack littler ones. If your child doesn’t have a closet, stack the bins versus a wall. Or better yet before buying bins invest in a bin organizer. You get four to eight metal/plastic bins which fit inside a wooden or medal shelf system.

To save room you may buy a hanging net to put stuffed animals in. Hang the net in a corner. For the books, hopefully, your child has a little bookcase. If not, consider buying one or making one. For a applied one look online on Craig’s List. There are some real bargains to be found there. If you prefer to make a little bookshelf you may buy wood pieces and nails at a hardwood store. You may paint and stencil it too. This could be a nice project to do with your child.

Once the toys and books are taken care of, go through any papers. If your child has a desk, get him/her to coordinate the papers. Afterwards put them inside folders. Put these folders inside the desk. You may buy a folder organizer. Call your local office supply store to see if they carry them. If your child has trouble getting rid of old schoolwork and art tell them they may keep X amount per school year and the rest needs to be freed to the recycling bin. Or for the art it may be given away to relatives. If your child doesn’t have a desk, once again, you may put the keepsake papers in plastic bins. But don’t store them in your child’s room if he/she doesn’t need them. Store them in the garage or attic. Or even the hall closet. The point is you don’t want your child to go through the papers again and then have them strewn regarding the room once more.

Hopefully by now things look neater. If the room still seems cluttered, look around and ask yourself, “Does my child need each item in here?” Remove excess furniture and big toys your child doesn’t use. Maybe it’s the rocking chair you rocked her in as a baby. If she doesn’t use it, remove it. She may use the space. If there are any huge toys, such as a plastic doll house that hasn’t been used in ages or a frog bean bag chair that has a leak, either put it in the attic or get rid of it.

I saved organizing clothes for last. Pick a amount of time in the day you and your child will have sufficient time to go through their clothes. Go through all their drawers, as well as the closet, to see what fits and doesn’t fit anymore. Clothes that don’t fit, but are still in good use, may be passed down to a younger sibling, a relative, or a friend. Or you may give them to a homeless shelter. Once you have gone through their clothes, instruct your child to fold their clothes neatly. You may label what goes inside what drawers with removable sticky tape if you want. It’s easiest for children to have discerned drawers for each costume type. A pants drawer. A shirt drawer. A PJ drawer. A sock drawer. An underwear drawer. Though the socks and underwear may go together to save space. If you live where you have seasons, you may save space by using the drawers for only seasonal clothes. The rest of the clothes may be stored in bins and taken in when that season arrives.

If you genuinely want to get into organizing you may coordinate by clothes and color. Take the closet: All plain shirts are hung first. Start with the color white and go darker. White. Yellow. Light blue. Violet. Dark blue. Brown. Black. Next, hang the imagination shirts. Go from white to dark again. After that, hang the dresses. Then the sweaters. Then the jackets. All by light to dark. This looks great, but do not forget your kid is just a kid. If it doesn’t stay this way, let it go. With a messy child just be thankful if they may keep their room clean for a week.

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