After getting a new garbage bag and a box for recycling, I started sorting through the big white "Craft Box" that had become a dumping ground (in addition to the floor) while Emily worked on little sorting projects like collecting all the crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc. I asked her opinion on a few things, but most went straight to the garbage or recycling without her even noticing. A few things got hung on the wall. It was really a matter of sorting supplies back into their proper containers and eliminating the "fun and done" projects. After a couple hours it looked like this:
Most of the containers had already been in use but just needed to be re-labeled. The old art cart could use a better sorting, and we still need to come up with a better system for storing paper (plain white & colored construction), but it was a vast improvement. Emily spent most of the afternoon working on projects at her desk. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for it to slip back into messy mode, but I think if we try to sort and keep up a little more often it won't get so bad again that it becomes unusable.
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BIG improvement! I have two art carts on wheels in our dining room and neither are well organized. Does Lincoln get into Emily's art area? Does he have his own? Kate and CJ do a lot of 'sharing' of art supplies and I think that partially leads to the disorganization. Kate is willing to try to put things away in their proper place but CJ is more, toss-on-the-floor-once-I'm-done. :)
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