236 - Kids Closet Clean Out
We're continuing our Kids Organization Series and following up last week's topic of redesigning your bedroom with an episode all about cleaning out your closets and organizing your clothes – it's exciting stuff, I know.
But don't worry, a closet clean out doesn't take as long as you might think. As you continue to improve your organizing skills and return to a space you've previously organized, the process becomes much easier and quicker.
If you haven't listened to my previous podcasts offering clothing organization tips, you can go back through podcast episodes 103 to 107 to listen.
Have you caught up? Great! Let's get stuck into organizing your closet!
Donating Unwanted Clothes
Donations should happen on a regular basis. In fact, I would go as far as saying it should be a part of your everyday life.
I go through my closet and reorganize the clothes quite often. So when I began going through everything recently, I didn't have much to do. There weren't many clothes that I needed to donate, but that wasn't the case when it came to organizing my kid's closets.
I've always taught my kids the value of donating to those in need. When they were really young, like around six or seven years old, we would reorganize their room together and they would give me the things that they wanted to donate. Now that they're much older, they take the things they want to donate and put it in the donation area.
So when it came to organizing their closets, a lot of the clothes were set aside to donate. This is not only a great way to get rid of all the clothes you don't want anymore, but it also frees up closet space and gives those clothes to someone in need.
Organizing Hangers
When I told my kids I was going to help them clean their closets, they were pretty excited about it. I started in my son's room first, and if there's one thing you need to know about his closet set-up, it's the fact that everything he owns (except for socks and underwear, etc.) is hung up in the closet.
However, a large part of his closet consisted of empty hangers that took up way too much space. So, the very first thing I did was take all of the empty hangers and put them in a laundry basket. I ma
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