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How To Organize Kids Closet [A Parent’s Guide]

January 1, 2013 by Scarlet

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Almost every child’s room is messy. It’s just the way of childhood. Toys stay out because there is the intention to play with them later. The same goes for books, clothes, etc. When things do get cleaned, they’re often shoved haphazardly under beds or into closets. Tell the truth: don’t you dread having to look in your child’s closet each? Here is how to organize a kids closet step by step. These tips will help make your son or daughter’s closet easier to deal with.

Kid Friendly Closet Organization Plan :

kids closet

Start with a major purge of the closet. 

Anything that hasn’t been played with or worn in the last six months (regardless of the reason) needs to be taken out of the closet and put into a new home. Ask your child to choose at least a few items of clothing to donate. I suggest a toy purge as well. There are many charitable organizations in your local area that accept donations such as Good Will.  You will love not having to look at the clutter every day!

Lower things a little bit.

Lower the clothing bar of the closet down to a more reasonable height—one that is easy for your child to reach. Then you can simply add shelves above that bar for extra storage space. Or keep the first bar where it is and add a second bar down below with everyday items and fancy items up top. This takes away the “but I can’t reach it!” excuse for tossing clothes on the floor of the closet instead of hanging them up.

Use Containers

One of the best ways to utilize space is to organize things into separate boxes and containers. This way you can stack the containers on top of each other and still know where everything is. A few shelves of pretty looking and well labeled containers definitely looks better and is easier to utilize than simply stacking things independently and haphazardly on top of each other on the floor or on a single shelf.

Remove Things That Don’t Belong

Is there anything that you can store outside of the closet? Perhaps setting up a set of shelves for toys and games—having them out in the open makes them more likely to be put back properly and it opens up space in the closet itself.

Use A Door Shoe Hanger

Use a door hanger for shoes instead of a shoe rack. This will get them off of the floor and, hopefully, make it easier to keep track of them. There are few nightmares worse than the “I can only find one shoe” debacle that you discover two minutes before you’re supposed to take everyone to school. If there are empty pockets in the shoe hanger, you can use them to store other things like hats, gloves, belts, ribbons, etc.

Get Some Inspiration

Here is an organized child’s closet that may inspire you from Kelly Murray.

organized child's closet

These are just some of the things you can do to better organize your child’s closet. Remember: organization is an ever evolving thing. If something doesn’t work after a while, you can always take a different approach. I hope you found these tips for how to organize kids closet helpful.

Have you found any tips that work well for you when organizing a child’s closet?

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  1. Robin says

    January 2, 2013 at 5:56 am

    I need to organize BOTH of my boys closets, but I have totally been procrastinating.

  2. Melissa @ Mommy Living the Life of Riley says

    January 2, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Great tips! I just organized my daughter’s closet this weekend and ugh, what a mess! I’ve definitely got to start doing that more often.

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