Simple and Easy Organization in NO TIME at all
Have you noticed that your kids have too many toys, clothes, and too much stuff?!? #MOMSTRUGGLE
How can these little creatures have so many things to turn upside down, in about 2 seconds flat! I swear they’re little ninjas. Tis the season for too many toys, and not enough space to store everything. So how do you decide what to give away, what to sell and what to hold on to for future children or grandchildren? We would love to hear how you make this decision because it can be tough to get rid of toys that your kids were once so fond of.
At Ready Home Cleaning we ACTUALLY enjoy organizing and cleaning, while implementing simple solutions through our clients’ homes, to get things off the floor, off the surfaces and put away. As part of a quality clean with Ready Home Cleaning, you don’t need to fuss over the toys on the floor or the beds not being made. Leave the chores to us. Let us wow you with the details. After all, this is what you hire us for, so please DON’T CLEAN before our cleaners arrive!
We are ALWAYS asked for different tips or cleaning tricks and asked how to get organized around the house. So here are some Top Notch Cleaning Tips and ways to stay organized in your home and around the “toy areas”. Let’s jump right in..
Do your littles ones love to read? We have actually seen many children go into full on tantrums because they had to transition from reading or coloring. WHAT!??! If only these were teenage issues, right?! Here’s an example of when we redid a little girl’s room. We went through and carefully chose elements that we knew would be appreciated without going overboard. One thing we set up was a reading nook. We set up a cute little teepee nook knowing this would make a perfect readying retreat. We made a teepee that hung from the ceiling, added several plush pillows, and with a simple strand of clear lights, it was done!
What we used:
Two neutral colored, wide paneled curtains
A round shower curtain rod
Drill
4 screws
Level and a pencil
A stud finder
*Ensure that you are securing the rod to a stud in the wall. This will avoid having the rod falling on your little one.
The rod was a tougher item to find so we went with Amazon and had it on our doorstep in UNDER 24 HOURS.
Once you hang the curtain rod, hang the curtain and start decorating. We left the curtains very bulky and draping, to add texture to the canopy and more room on the inside. It was dimly lit with clear lights attached to the walls and removable photos of the girls that they can hold, take to bed with them and move around. The photos were being held on the lights with small stationery paper clips to work on dexterity. Subtle small sensory and cognitive toys can be found throughout the room to help them practice buttons, zippers, letter recognition, tying strings, etc. The floor is lined with scatter throw pillows that we found on Amazon for under $5 per pillow!
How To Organize Your Kids Toys
A good sturdy toy box is key to a tidy room and a little one’s willingness to pick up, from our experience. It can become quickly overwhelming when walls and shelves are filled with toys, crafts, and clutter. Even the kids can be overstimulated, They may never know what to play with when a room is always upside-down because there’s kist too many toys and clutter. After many struggles, the solution ended up being a super cool Toy Box to house all the toy clutter.
With a box like this, you can add various sized totes or bins inside the box to keep your kids and their toys organized. Your kids are able to remove the bins they want to play with and all remaining toys stay tucked away. Your kids’ attention span is a lot longer with fewer toys and less stimulations surrounding them, their rooms remains cleaner for us and they will be more likely to put their toys away.
Getting them to respect the new way of playing may be difficult in the beginning. Bins with toys in them, so naturally, a child wants to dump them all. over. the. floor. Teaching a new way of play can be easy with the use of visual aids. Explaining why dumping all the boxes and bins out, and connecting that with the consequence of having to pick it ALL up can help build new habits.
How to make laundry faster and easier
Does anyone else dislike LAUNDRY? Wouldn’t it be nice to have disposable clothing?? Well, maybe that’s not the most environmentally responsible or cost effective. So what’s a better option? The answer, WASHABLE clothing! No seriously. Laundry is the never-ending task that is so thankless and time-consuming. If we wore clothing that didn’t need to be laundered think of all the free time you’d have! Since wearing our birthday suit isn’t usually a good option, here are a few options a little less frightening for the neighbors.
- Laundry does not get mixed together unless its towels
- Each person in the house has their own hamper of dirty clothing
- Every hamper has a mesh bag attached to the side. This collects delicate undergarments, nylons, and socks. NO MORE MISSING SOCKS, #MOMWINS!
- Each person helps fold their own laundry. They have a laundry day on their personal chore schedule and know when they come home, they help fold their 1-2 loads of wash and put it away.
- Keeping up with the wash is the only way that you will be able to stay on top of it. When you have a full load of dirty clothes, start the wash and set a timer. After 1.5 hours you will thank yourself for not having mounds of piled up laundry and a sock bucket beginning to look like Everest in the master bedroom.
Choose a hamper, then once it’s full, you know it’s a full load of wash. Makes laundry management a lot easier.
Our little minions can be pretty untidy, wouldn’t you agree?
We would LOVE to hear what you enjoyed about this article and what you have tried in your own space.