Craft Supplies

Frugal Organization: 10 Containers to Reuse or Recycle for Craft Supplies

Frugal Organization: 10 Containers to Reuse or Recycle for Craft Supplies

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Organizing children’s craft supplies doesn’t have to be expensive! Here are 10 common items that you can reuse to help [...]

Ready-To-Go Arts & Crafts Boxes

Ready-To-Go Arts & Crafts Boxes

I had originally planned to share this on my very neglected mommy blog, but I figured it might be more fitting here as many of us look for ways to organize and make the most of summer schedules and all the extra play time this season brings!
Combatting Summer Boredom with Arts & Crafts
I’ve noticed over [...]

Organizing Children's Crafts: How I Do It

Organizing Children’s Crafts: How I Do It

I don’t have a vlog this week because I reorganized our craft supplies right after Christmas as I was cleaning up all of our Christmas craft stuff. However, I did take a picture of my “craft center” in my laundry room, which I love!
As I mentioned before, I also have six plastic storage boxes on [...]

Organizing Children's Crafts: A Step-by-Step Plan

Organizing Children’s Crafts: A Step-by-Step Plan

Okay, now that you’ve asked yourself some questions about what role crafts play in your family and where you’d like to keep them and looked at frugal containers for organizing crafts, let’s look at a plan to actually get organized.
1. Lay out all of your children’s craft supplies. I know this is always the hardest [...]

Organizing Children's Craft Supplies: What To Do With Finished Artwork?

Organizing Children’s Craft Supplies: What To Do With Finished Artwork?

What do you do with your kids’ crafts and artwork when they’re done? Do you keep them all? Just certain special ones? Do you preserve them some other way or recycle them some how?
Here are a few of my ideas:
1. Display your children’s work on the refrigerator.
2. Display it in frames.
And then…
3. Keep a box [...]

Organizing Children's Craft Supplies: Creating an Art Box to Simplify Craft Time

Organizing Children’s Craft Supplies: Creating an Art Box to Simplify Craft Time

I first heard about the idea of an art box from a guest post written by Amanda from Kiddio at Simple Mom. It took me longer to implement than I care to admit, but my girls received adorable tin lunch boxes for Christmas filled with – gasp! – art supplies, and they were a hit. [...]

Organizing Children's Craft Supplies: Thinking Through Your Needs

Organizing Children’s Craft Supplies: Thinking Through Your Needs

Before you begin the process of organizing your children’s craft supplies, it’s a good idea – like with every area we organize – to begin by asking yourself some questions about the age and maturity of your children, the role you want crafts to play in your family and the space you have available for [...]