angela in ohio Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 On one of the shelves in our school room, I have a row of four three-drawer plastic organizers. The drawers are shallow and wide. Each is labeled with "scissors," "markers," etc. When they need to use the crayons or markers or colored pencils, they just take the entire drawer out. I clean the drawers out frequently to keep everything new and nice. Because the drawers are shallow, there is no digging needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 The kids each have a pencil box in their desks for colored pencils. It is the ten basic colors. I keep a box of the twistable colored pencils that is 20-24 that they can use, but must return. We keep a box of 120 crayons around and give them to the library for crafts when the box starts getting too beat up to hold together. I get 2-3 boxes when they are on sale. We also have an old diaper box for Sharpies, a larger pencil box for kids markers, and two 2lb peanut jars full of pans and pencils (both regular and colored). ETA: I still find them all over the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Where do you all find the cute little pails? I have a lazy susan (with railings around it...if that's what you'd call it)...it's not really being used for anything right now. I love the idea of putting the little pails on there. Is there a place on-line with reasonable prices?? They pretty much always have them in the $1 section at Target. I've gotten mine 2 or 3 at a time, and have 9 different colors. They frequently have them with designs or characters as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 We use this from Lakeshore learning. Here it is in our room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 We use this: http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/S49873878 I have laminated cards on each bin with pictures of the items inside: crayons; markers; colored pencils; scissors, glue, hole punchers; chalk; dry erase markers, erasers. The little buckets are so cute! Now I'm tempted to change everything out. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nov05mama Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 They pretty much always have them in the $1 section at Target. I've gotten mine 2 or 3 at a time, and have 9 different colors. They frequently have them with designs or characters as well. Yup, I got mine at Target in the $1 spot. My DS specifically requested the Cars buckets when we were shopping for them, but they have all different ones at different times. I think they have Phineas & Ferb at the moment and maybe some plainer summery colored ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksr5377 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Oh my goodness. Thank you for sharing this. I didn't want to admit it earlier, but I also individually label my kids' crayons and colored pencils. Instead of using colored tape, I just put the kids' names on each crayon and colored pencil. That made a *huge* difference in our house. Before when we had communal colors, I'd find crayons everywhere - sofa cushions, under the desk, wedged between books, in the cupboards, etc. Now the kids put their crayons away in their own boxes, and if one is out of place, we know immediately who was the irresponsible one. Back when we did markers I even labeled both caps and markers. THIS is what I need to do! I was so happy with myself and our plan for the year. Each child would have a small box with their own crayons, pencils, markers, scissors and one glue stick. If anything requires more than that, we'll move to the basement craft area where everything else is stored. EXCEPT there are already crayons everywhere! So much for them neatly putting them back in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourcatmom Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 All of our craft supplies are organized in Really Useful Boxes. These are pretty neat. I have never seen them before. I wonder if the AAS cards would fit in any of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I have them sorted into cheap $1 Ikea blue and and purplish painted flower pots. They are on a shelf just above his desk so he can pull down the pot or pots he needs and then put it back or if he just needs a pen or pencil he can grab it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Here's ours in the art desk. We use a mixture of the $1 Target buckets, IKEA stuff, Lakeshore Learning trays for crayons, and Really Useful Box bins. The lazy Susan and green rubbery thing on top are both from IKEA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 The kids each have a pencil box in their desk with one set of colored pencils (or crayons), a glue stick, a pair of scissors, and some regular writing pencils. We do this as well...The extras are in unopened boxes in a basket with my stuff...I have a pencil holder with some colored pencils out, but the rest is either in their desk or unopened with my supplies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 These are pretty neat. I have never seen them before. I wonder if the AAS cards would fit in any of these? Our Office Depot carries them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecclecticmum Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Being Rural, and near diary farming, horses, etc, we have problems with mice, so have to keep everything sealed for sanitary reasons,(theres a mouse sitting outside staring at me right now lol). I just use the clear plastic pencil jars, for each different kind of marker, pencil etc, these are then laid sideways into a tub marked with "Kids supplies" and put in my teachers closet. My whiteboard markers etc are in a ziplock bag at chest level in an open tub. I owuld love ot have everything organised for easier use, but unfortunately then the mice become interested in the cupboard. Suffice to say that cupbaord is entirely filled with labelled tubs. Cardboard is banned, except for the archive boxes I have on the very top shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 We use sterilite 3 drawer plastic units. They stack nicely. If the kids are using crayons, I just pull out the whole drawer and put it on the table. I use these as daily workboxes too. Faithe http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/07/31/49/20/0007314920738_500X500.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Pencil boxes and jars/vases. Not sure it's perfect, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
island-mama Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 We use a silverware caddy like this one: http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/partyware-flatware-caddy. It looks nice, and keeps everything in its place. We just got one at our local thrift store, and it has worked so well. The handle makes it easy to transport, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KsJET Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I use this: I made it with an Ikea lazy susan that I spray painted black and $.79 Ikea Socker tins that I screwed onto it. We love it and use it daily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowimscrappin Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 These are pretty neat. I have never seen them before. I wonder if the AAS cards would fit in any of these? Nope. I got one and the cards fit great, but the dividers were too tall! Maybe if you wanted to store your previous years cards without dividers you could Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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