A design idea

This fun and EASY project will add order to your cluttered craft area or  (if you're like most of us moms with boys) just make throwing some coloring in for art and expression feasible. I had this idea a while back to use baby wipe boxes for storing art/craft supplies. They look so cute in a row on the shelf and it makes craft time and clean up easier.

I started buying wipes in different colored plastic boxes and using them for various things - they are the perfect size for markers, popsicle sticks, paint brushes, crayons, etc.(even loose stickers since they are deep enough to rummage through without dumping all of the stickers out... not that it stops my kids from dumping them all over the floor :)  )

Then I simply wrote the name of the contents on the side with permanent markers in fun fonts... kids like the feeling of being self sufficient and getting their own things from the closet and sorting to clean up is a good tool for early math skills as well.

This picture is of my sister's closet... her girls use it all the time... my art closet on the other hand is STILL a mess ;) and has a lock on it since my boys have abused marker privaleges all over my walls, table, carpet... etc. but hey, without the boxes I would've given up on art for them a long time ago all together!!

Enjoy