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Organizing School Supplies











Being a homeschool mom has its challenges.

Don't get me wrong. I love to homeschool my boys and they are thriving.

It's just that things can get a little hairy if I don't stay organized.

More often than not, Bashful and Grumpy are looking for something that they need for a particular subject and I have to say....it drives me crazy!

There was really no place to put all of the pencils, erasers, scissors, crayons, paper, math cubes.....arrgh!

I could go on and on.

I realized early on that there had to be an intervention. I needed a place for all of the school supplies, but I couldn't come up with anything.

When my mother came to visit, she took me to Target and got this really cool toy organizer.

Of course, she meant it for toys, but recently I came to the breaking point. I needed something to organize all of our school stuff or the tick in my eye was going to get worse.

So, I took the whole thing and set it on top of our arts and crafts table and proceeded to put scissors in one bin, crayons in another bin, pencils in another, etc. until everything had a place.

I was happy as a lark.

Now, since Happy is too short to reach anything important, I have been relieved from much stress.

I've even stopped drooling.

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GiBee said…
I've been wanting one of those for my son's toys... They are currently in bins and baskets, but this would at least get them up off the floor... may I ask... how much was it???
February 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Dee said…
I believe it was about $20, but don't quote me on that. I know it wasn't less than that at least. It really is a lifesaver. :)
February 13, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Sonshine said…
That is a great idea! I never thought of using it in that way. I have all my school supplies in those Iris stowaway carts(basically a plastic filing cabinet). They are on casters so I can roll them out of the closet and closer to where we are trying to use the supplies.

Thanks for sharing! Have a good week!
February 13, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Dee said…
Grab a hold of your seats, guys! I just saw this particular toy organizer on Target.com for $59.99! Yowzer!
February 14, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Anonymous said…
I have two children and absolutely am addicted to buying school supplies for them. There is nothing quite like the smell of a fresh box of crayons. In order for my children to find what they need when they need it, I have bought a clear three drawer chest to hold their supplies. It is filled to the brim with enough filler paper, pencils, crayons, markers...etc. to last them until they hit high school age.

My kids always know where to go if they run out of anything. I check the inventory at least twice a year to ensure that I haven't run out of anything, and I really stock up in July when Walmart and Office Depot have their sales on.

Jody
March 2, 2008 at 3:56 PM
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