Homeschool Crafts

ever-changing battle between organization,
function and well......style.
That is until, I read this blog post from my
bloggy friend Carisa. Carisa is a retired
preschool teacher turned homeschooling
mom, and she shared her amazing way of
keeping track of all her school supplies.
You will love her site by the way!

piece (yes, $60 total). It was quite an
expense for our budget, but it's the one thing I
can't believe I was ever without! No more
craft buckets on top of the entertainment
center, or in hallway closests. Everything we
need it tucked right into these little drawers.

I've organized the drawers by keeping
themes together. For example we have
a "Play Dough Drawer" a "Construction
Paper Drawer" and a "Collage
Drawer." That way whenever we have
a project to work on we just pull out a
table. Above you can see my son
digging into our cornstarch packing
peanuts and they will stick together.
You can see my daughter made me a
bouquet of flowers above)

When my kids are finished with a craft I put them
in "The Keeper Box". Not everything goes into
the keeper box.....sigh. But the ones that really
show the emerging talent and artistic expression
of my children usually make it in there. (seriously,
if I kept everything my kids made I'd be unable to
share any tips on organizing, because I'd be
buried under a pile somwhere).

My goal is to have One Large Rubbermaid of
childhood crafts for each of them by the time they
are ready to flee the nest. (I'm not talking about
the larger crafts or structures that we keep, but the
smaller paper crafts, paintings, drawings,
collages and such like that. If I can keep it to that
size I'll be a happy Mom.)

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