Peter Walsh has been our event supporter for over a decade. He has helped with everything organizing work from home And spring cleaning to share Tips for Organizing Your CarHere, he answers a viewer’s question about how to keep her children’s artwork from cluttering up her home.
“I have two kids, ages 6 and 7, and I’m having a hard time keeping their stuff organized. His school work is a big problem… I feel like I have to save everything – it’s my responsibility to keep everything he wrote, or drew, but it’s piling up and getting heavy. Used to be.’ – U-Mica
5/5/5 rule
When it comes to kids’ paperwork, follow the 5/5/5 rule,” explains Peter.
He says, “Buy five frames, and each week when the stuff comes home, you put the stuff out and ask the kids to choose their favorite 5 things from that week, and you display them to the rest. Let it go.”
“And then, at the end of the month, you should have 20 objects chosen by the kids, so let them choose five of those twenty, and those are the ones you frame. The other objects, you take pictures of them and give them Go do the same at the end of the semester,” says Peter.
“At the end of the year, make photo books with the items you’ve photographed, and give them as gifts for grandparents. Sort them during the year, displaying the five best ones each month, and at the end of the year “You keep only the best ones to send as a permanent memory,” he explains.
“I don’t have kids, but I do exactly this when we travel with a photo book and send them to everyone involved. I pick out the top photos from a big party event or trip and send them as gifts. Making a photo book,” he said. They say.
This is such a great idea—and it’ll keep the house more organized disorganized,