declutter kids Archives | Kuball's Khaos https://kuballskhaos.com/tag/declutter-kids/ Living outside the lines with organized chaos Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:52:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/kuballskhaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-brand.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 declutter kids Archives | Kuball's Khaos https://kuballskhaos.com/tag/declutter-kids/ 32 32 150386444 How to Declutter Your Kid’s Papers https://kuballskhaos.com/how-to-declutter-your-kids-paper/ https://kuballskhaos.com/how-to-declutter-your-kids-paper/#respond Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:07:03 +0000 https://kuballskhaos.com/?p=189 INSIDE : SEE HOW TO DECLUTTER YOUR KID’S PAPERS WITHOUT CREATING TEARS (YOURS OR THEIRS) School has started and that means a lot of papers come home every day. Meaning, the more kids you have, the more papers you have. Add that to your mail, bills, your work stuff, and the list could go on. BUT don’t FREAK out, try this first. Disclosure Statement: The links in this post contain affiliate links and I will receive a small commission if you make a purchase after clicking on my link. Those funds help keep this site alive and kickin’ but it doesn’t cost YOU a thing! Click here for the full disclosure. Step 1: Start fresh  Obviously, you cannot keep these papers under control if you start with a million pieces of them! SO – PURGE!!!!! How do you decide what should be saved and what you can throw away? Step 2: Organize a daily command station Once you have your freshly purged paper collection, you can organize it much easier.  Now that you understand you aren’t in this alone – decide where your daily command station is going to be. Not everyone has room for a whole command station. So keep it simple. Your command station can be a drawer, cabinet, or my personal favorite – a Thirty One Fold-n-File with hanging and file folders – on top of a counter and out of the way. Step 3: Super proud papers What to do with SUPER proud papers that they insist on hanging on the fridge?  Step 4: Create memory boxes Ladies and gentlemen, let me say this – I don’t have a single spelling test, drawing, report card, or class picture from my childhood. When my parents moved from my childhood home to the new house “down south” they didn’t realize that crawl spaces in the south were not like basements in NY. So……all my stuff got ruined – including hundreds of vinyl records but I’m not bitter….at all. So the next step to your memory keeping journey – keep the moisture, heat, sun, rain, snow, mice, rats, whatever else might be in your attic/basement/storage unit out!  Plastic bins with hanging folders are perfect. Label them. Each kid can have ONE bin! ONE!!!! One hanging folder per school year. Store that in a place you can access at least at the end of the school year.  I have not started a memory box yet……..so let’s start this journey together. Here is our list of needed supplies:  I found these awesome printables here and here.  Since we are behind a few years, I had the kids catch up one morning. I’m sure it will be much more fun to watch them do these as the years go on. Their writing changes, their friends change, and even the ability to draw changes. I’m seriously excited about these boxes!!!  We added: Step 5: Find a permanent place You cannot just have these boxes hanging out in the middle of your life. You MUST find a place to keep them. A closet, under a bed, an office….think of a place that is out of the way, but not too far that you will forget to add things. Happy decluttering,  Did you try this? Comment below and let us know how it went. Did you find other options? How did you purge the papers?

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