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Ceepa
09-30-2009, 02:41 PM
DC likes to start projects and then leave and come back to them later, sometimes much later. I would like to have a system or place to park the half-done work. What do you do?

Toys and books I can put in boxes and on shelves. What I'm trying to organize are the drawings, worksheets, treasure maps, street signs. Mostly paper clutter. Where do you put it all? I was thinking about a desktop file box of some sort.
AbbysMom
09-30-2009, 02:53 PM
What a great question! I have piles of bags on my counter at the moment from a ghost garland and a color book. I hate to put all the supplies back where they belong and then pull them all out again later. Looking forward to the responses you get!
o_mom
09-30-2009, 03:06 PM
How about something like this (http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat323863&PRODID=xprd74098)?

You can put the project and supplies in a case and file it away. That way they can pull it out and work on it, but you have a contained place to put it back. We also use some big plastic trays, like fast food restaurant trays, for things like Legos. Not quite as easy to store, but I can at least move the whole thing off the table for dinner.
Ceepa
09-30-2009, 03:22 PM
I was thinking about having a file for each project and then putting them away in something like this.
http://www.storables.com/images/Products/1000328/fh.jpg

or else maybe drawers would accommodate projects that are more involved or that have supplies

http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/35777_PE126675_S3.jpg
But I think these might just turn into a dumping ground for random junk.
Ceepa
09-30-2009, 03:24 PM
How about something like this (http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat323863&PRODID=xprd74098)?

You can put the project and supplies in a case and file it away. That way they can pull it out and work on it, but you have a contained place to put it back. We also use some big plastic trays, like fast food restaurant trays, for things like Legos. Not quite as easy to store, but I can at least move the whole thing off the table for dinner.

Ooh. I like that it's clear so they don't have to shuffle through a ton of file folders or opaque drawers like the Ikea ones I posted looking for specific items.