I wish I had taken a picture of this when we did it. When my boys were ages 4 and 5, I grew increasingly frustrated at how clothes kept falling (or were pulled) off the hangers, and the drawers looked like something exploded. I grew weary of the constant folding, and re-folding, and re-folding…
My husband came up with a solution that we kept up for three years. We recently stopped it because the boys clothes are too large now to accommodate the system, but it worked perfectly in the early years, (until around age 7).
- We created eight sets of outfits for each boy (shirt, pants, undies, socks)
- Six outfits are for every day, two are for Sunday
- Each set of clothes went into one small plastic container and labled with the boy’s name (we used the stackable, clear plastic, shoeboxes). These boxes were stacked in their closet.
- The boys choose which outfit they want to wear for the day and pulls the container from the closet.
- We placed about 4-5 pairs of pjs for each boy in a plastic bin under the bed
- We had an additional small bin for a few extra undies, socks, and a couple of shirts
A friend had a child who was/is strong willed. It was a constant battle over what she was to wear. My friend implemented this system where she (the mom) chose what went into the boxes, but her daughter got to choose the box. Problem solved!