BEST KID STORAGE FOR SCHOOL PAPERS + ART DRAWINGSWhy are "storage" and "school papers" words that immediately make me cringe and give me extreme anxiety? My walls are full of children art drawings. Ever since my oldest son learned how to use the tape, he has been single-handedly displaying all of his beautiful art creations all over my walls. I know it's only a finite time that my son will be this little and will proudly be displaying his art work. I know it's actually really cute and no one who comes to our house really cares that there are scribbles hanging on every wall. However, the artwork EVERYWHERE is very difficult to handle for this type A mama. It gives off a clutter vibe that I just am not ready to embrace. I don't think it would bother me AS MUCH if it was confined to one room of the house, but the drawings are literally in every room of the house quite practically everywhere you look. It's just a little much stimulation for an already over-stimulated mama. On top of the artwork he creates at home, his preschool sends home every artwork and paper that he does in class. It's great and I love being a part of it, but again, it's A LOT of paperwork that he is very proud of. I kept thinking that there had to be a better way to store these. I started keeping some of their keepsake things in random paper boxes and reusable bags. I tried my best to keep up with the dates on the back of the papers to keep them straight, but the papers started to overwhelm the storage spots just like they have overwhelmed the walls. Also, the problem here is that there wasn't an easy way for my son to access his papers. He loves to remember and see the work he's done. Still, there had to be something better, right? I stumbled across these boxes from a Facebook mom's group I'm in and decided that I could definitely create something similar for a fraction of the cost that they were asking for them. Thanks to Amazon, I found all the supplies and didn't even have to leave the house. Here is my solution to the overwhelming art-work walls. It's a hanging folder storage box to keep their precious papers safe. Each child has his own box. The hanging folders are separated by year of age. You could also separate by grade level if your child is older and you're wanting to save school papers. The hanging folders can be a single folder or an accordion style folder if you are needing to save quite a few items (that's us!). I got some stick-on letters since I don't have a Cricut machine myself, but you could always just draw or print out a fancy looking label too. The best part of this storage solution is that my son can access his own papers and STORE IS OWN PAPERS. My mind was blown when he started taking his favorite creations off the wall and putting them into the box to "keep them safe." Here are all the materials I used and the links. Let me know if you have other ways to manage kids' storage and school papers! Here are the links:
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