Closet Organization Ideas for Kids

August 11, 2021

Your child’s custom closet needs just as much organization as yours. Just as you might struggle to get ready in the morning when items aren't in their places, your kids can have just as much trouble without a neat and tidy place to store their clothing, shoes, and accessories.

You may have attempted to clean and manage these often-hectic spaces many times, but here are some surefire ways to organize your kids' closets once and for all:

Everything in Its Place
Invite Your Kids to Help
Kid-Friendly Stations
Hanging System
Outfit Plan
Reimagine It!

Want to learn more about organizing kid's closets? Ready, set, read on!

Make a Space for Everything

Both you and your kiddos will benefit from having a more functional environment where everything is put in its place. Start with the room itself. Create areas for your child to sleep, study, play in and relax.

Next, pitch it! Simplify by getting rid of old, unused stuff. This can open up new possibilities for space and storage. Vertical storage is a great way to keep things organized. Stack crates to create cubbyholes for items like toys and games both within and outside the closet.

House Beautiful suggests creating a specific place for books with a cozy reading corner. No matter how big or small your child’s room is, you can utilize the space under a loft bed by including an additional private area for reading, play, or storage.

Get Your Kids Involved

House Beautiful also features advice from professional organizing coach, Maeve Richmond, who explains how much kids want to participate in restructuring their closets. It’s their stuff & they want to take responsibility for how it's kept.

Start from the ground up and make a day of it! They’ll soon find toys and treasures they thought were lost forever, then they can help make the decision whether to keep or get rid of the superfluous things. This also lets you know how important certain items are to them.

Let children help decide where things should go. They'll gain new confidence in themselves when given just a bit of creative freedom.

Make It Easily Accessible

Arrange your child’s items in a way that works best for their daily routine , suggests HGTV. As active as kids are, they need to be able to get in and out of their closets each day with ease. Hang similar items together so they know where their clothes go and can independently put together outfits.

You might consider double rods to increase the amount of hanging space available. In addition to this, use slimline hangers to create more room on the clothes rods. This will allow their garments to hang without being so cramped.

Above all, try to stay as organized as possible. Place easy-to-reach pull-out wire baskets & clear plastic bins to fill with socks, shoes, toys, or other essentials. You can also mix storage with play by filling storage baskets with your child's toys or favorite accessories.

Create a Hanging System

Your children's wardrobes might be as large as yours! As kids grow, they quickly transition from one size to the next. Your child might have a variety of clothing in different sizes as well as different styles. A hanging system is in order.

Categorize by color, size, season, or type of clothing. Arrange clothes using the ROYGBIV system. Colors include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. According toOrganizingMoms.com , if you hang attire from left to right, the result appears in a lovely spectrum of colors.

Arrange costumes, jackets, and accessories on hooks inside of their closets. Get creative and use a pegboard for keeping track of hats. Use an over-the-door organizer for storing your child's enormous collection of shoes.

Use Decorative Labels

Label everything! Children of all ages benefit from having labeled drawers, baskets, and bins. Even non-readers will begin to recognize common words when their treasured items are labeled. Plus, this level of organization makes the process of getting ready in the mornings simpler.

What kinds of labels should you use? Try clips, stickers, or hanging tags. You can organize your child’s clothes by labeling them by size if they have clothing to grow into. Instead of labels, you might try using different-colored hangers for various categories.

Experts at HGTV.com suggest creating an outfit strategy to divide and overcome! Split up outfits according to the days of the week. Display a hanging organizer with each day visibly labeled and ready for your child to grab and go. Also, with the everchanging flow of kid’s clothing sizes, designate an area to place outgrown clothes. When it becomes full, it’s time to donate or forward on to family or friends.

Reimagine The Closet Space

Even though you love when your child brings home their latest art creations from school, the quantity can get overwhelming. Take the best pieces and showcase them in various parts of your home, as well as visible areas within their closets. The work will be appreciated instead of collecting dust somewhere else.

Color is powerful. Consider painting the closet in your child's favorite color. The space will be more appealing--and more likely to be used if they love the color scheme.

According to This House Might Be Bigger Than The Three Of Us , you can reimagine your kid’s closet as a multi-functioning space. Reconfigure it as a partial loft, book nook, or cozy play place that includes a store to store clothes and other items.

Conclusion

Kids, in general, grow like weeds, which is why it's key that their closets grow with them. These are just a few ideas to help your kiddos develop a new and improved system of organizing that hopefully spills into other parts of their life as well!

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