Kid Stuff : I'm an Organizing Junkie

A system for organizing toys

Posted by Laura on October 14, 2010 · 18 Comments

Hi everyone, I’ve had a rough week with some site issues stemming from being hacked. With the incredible help of Cathy at Desperately Seeking WordPress I’m back on track. However, now of course I’m feeling very behind and discombobulated (and yes I had to look up how to spell that!). I’m so thankful to have [...]

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Making it easy for kids to dress themselves

Posted by Laura on September 1, 2010 · 28 Comments

Well our summer guest post series is coming to an end. Doesn’t mean I won’t still be accepting guests around here, just probably not on a weekly basis. Today we’ve got Beth visiting and while she doesn’t have a public blog she is an Org Junkie reader and wanted to share the method she uses [...]

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Taking Inventory of Your Children’s Clothes

Posted by Laura on July 22, 2010 · 16 Comments

Organizing children’s clothing can be an overwhelming chore for sure. Today’s guest poster is here to help us simplify this process. Please welcome Daisha Johnson from The Family Scientista blog. My husband and I are coming up on our 8th wedding anniversary. Every single one of those years has been spent as students living in [...]

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Keeping track of children’s clothing sizes

Posted by Laura on June 9, 2010 · 10 Comments

Last week I told you about The Organization of Moms contest going on where you have the opportunity to win$2000.00 just by entering your time saving tip (click on the Tip Contest tab to enter). I’ve been having fun looking over all the great organizing tips entered so far. Avery sent me some products to [...]

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13 Toy Storage Solutions

Posted by Laura on April 19, 2010 · 65 Comments

Here is a list of 13 toy storage solutions that look to be fabulous, fun and functional!! These are just some of the ideas I found while surfing the internet…they include all price ranges. Clicking on the picture will take you to where I found them. Great clear windows, easy cleanup: Going vertical: Under the [...]

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Using crates for organizing school papers

Posted by Laura on March 16, 2010 · 21 Comments

Organizing paper is tough and organizing school papers is often one of the worst offenders. Gosh those cute little darlings of ours bring home a lot of stuff don’t they from crafts and other art projects with the younger ones to journals and essays with the older ones. We can’t possibly keep it all that [...]

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Organizing toys with cubbies

Posted by Laura on November 27, 2009 · 18 Comments

Earlier this week I mentioned how the kids and I had done a major purge of their rooms in anticipation of Christmas. Today I’d like to share with you one of my favorite organizing tools for toys. This post was originally published in 2007. We have a playroom downstairs for the kids. I have tried [...]

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The kids get their purge on

Posted by Laura on November 24, 2009 · 35 Comments

I’ve been a busy busy girl these last couple of days. Every year before Christmas I like to do a massive purge of all three kid’s rooms. I get the two big kids (12 and 10) set up in each of their rooms concentrating on one area at a time. I then move between the [...]