As a mum of 5 little kids, I’m a huge fan of color-coding kids’ things, I really believe it makes life easier for me and the kids. I am a tad obsessed with color-coding, as you can probably guess.<\/span><\/p>\n What is a color-coding scheme?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have 2 or more kids, you’ll benefit from color-coding, the more kids you have, the easier it makes life to have a system like this in place.<\/span><\/p>\n I started color-coding when I had my 2nd set of twins over 2.5 years ago (I had 5 kids in 5 years), I figured I was going to need to level up if I was going to keep up with 5 little boys!<\/span><\/p>\n I didn’t do all this overnight, I’ve bought things gradually and added things I color code over time.<\/span><\/p>\n To pick the colors I went with easy-to-find primary colors, red, green, blue, yellow, and orange. I have all boys so steered away from pink and purple, however pink and purple are easier to find than yellow and orange. So if you’ve got a girl (or boy) that loves pink or purple, those are great colors to use. I’ve found the 4 easiest colors to find are green, blue, pink, and purple.<\/span><\/p>\n To decide who had which color for which child, I went with the favorite colors for the older three kids. The younger 2 just got assigned a color at birth.<\/span><\/p>\n The kids’ colors are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. 8 twin 1: red<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. 8 twin 2: green<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. 5.5: blue<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. 2.5 twin 1: orange<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. 2.5 twin 2: yellow<\/span><\/p>\n Mr. Green recently told me that his favorite color is now purple, but I’ve instituted a ‘no changing colors’ rule as I’ve already bought all his stuff in green.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can color-code anything really, towels, dinnerware, and name stickers are a good place to start.<\/span><\/p>\n Here is a list of the items I have color-coded, I’ll list the brand next to them so people can find them if they want:<\/span><\/p>\n Approximately 20 hangers per child (I color-coded their hangers by buying colored dots from Officeworks and sticking them on wooden hangers from Kmart). Kids’ clothes are hung on their color-coded hangers straight out of the washing machine to save folding.<\/span><\/p>\n While I don’t color code the kids’ clothes, I do draw a dot in their color on the tag of their clothes so I can quickly identify who’s clothing is whose. This is handy when you have several kids in similar sizes as I do. When the clothing is passed down, I just draw the next kid’s colored dot next to the first one and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n My kids love their color-coded items and like all the things I make them in ‘their’ color. I never have any fights or issues with this system with my kids, it works great. Even my 2-year-olds know their color and can get their towel off the hook and carry their bowls to the sink.<\/span><\/p>\n How’s that for organizing ideas for your kids? We hope that\u00a0 Deidre’s color coding scheme and labeling kids’ items have inspired you to keep everything super organized.\u00a0 You can even use this tip to teach your kids a life skill by taking responsibility for their own stuff.<\/p>\n If you think that a\u00a0 color-coding scheme helps you and your kids keep everything organized at home, you can also do the same for their school items. Check out the blog article about\u00a0How to Label<\/a>\u00a0so you’ll never worry about lost property.\u00a0<\/p>\n We’ve got our Ultimate Labels Kit<\/a>\u00a0to help you get started in organizing your kids’ items and more. Getting ready for school? We’ve also got School labels<\/a>\u00a0for your kids! Personalize anything and everything for school. These are all made in the US and shipped super fast. You’re going to want to label everything to stay organized!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DIY Color Coding and Labeling for Kids Organizing ideas for kids are essential for a mom to keep things in order. We talked to a mom of 5 who got everything in control when it comes to keeping things organized. Her secret? 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What are the benefits of a color-coding scheme?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Who benefits from a color-coding scheme?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Picking colors:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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What Items Do You Color Code?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Other Things I Use Color Code Scheme For:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Hangers: <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Clothing:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Stationery:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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