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Clothing-shaped drawer labels show kids where to put away their clothes

in: Getting Dressed

Crafterhours: Drawer Stickers

Crafterhours: Drawer Stickers

Susan’s brilliant labeling brainstorm helps her kids get their laundry put away:

Related to the post on photo labels, I created labels for my kids’ clothing drawers to help them (and Gramma. And babysitters. And dad.) put things away and find them again. 

I created a drawer label template for DIYers. For non-DIYers (most people don’t have a vinyl cutter? whaaa?) I made drawer labels available for purchase.

What an adorable solution to an annoying problem (it’s annoying in my house at least). The labels I made for my kids’ drawers were decidedly less attractive (I printed them using my trusty labeler) but they helped. Most of the time.

Related: Save time while folding laundry: fold it inside-out

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Comments

  1. Dawn says

    February 27, 2013 at 2:58 pm

    I did something similar. We move my son’s clothes around according to season and for a long time I made him (um…Dad) outfits. I used photos I found online (mostly Carter’s and Target) to make labels, laminated them, and then put Velcro on the back. I started to it with stitched felt, but I was an over-ambitious first time mom. I have tags for nearly every piece of clothing (shorts, pants, long sleeve, short sleeve, underpants, socks, pjs, sweaters…etc) and combinations of shirts and shorts/pants. He can put away his own clothes and find what he wants to wear. And now they are helpful getting ready for baby #2. I can write on them with dry erase so I know what size is in what drawer.

  2. Erin says

    February 28, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    I cannot download the template, cause I do in fact have a vinyl cutter (won a Silhouette Cameo!). Can you help an OCD organizer out?

  3. Jennifer says

    February 28, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    My girls have their clothes in plastic bins on shelves; I use wet-erase markers to label the bins with a picture and a word label. I got really fancy and put chalkboard labels on the bins so it ‘pops’ more, but you can just write directly on the bin plastic.

  4. Jen says

    September 14, 2015 at 10:35 am

    I love these labels more than any others out there that I’m finding, but when I try to download, it says the page is not found. Did you take these down?

    • Asha Dornfest says

      September 16, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      So glad you left a comment! The link URL changed! I’ve updated it in the post. Here it is: http://www.crafterhoursblog.com/2011/02/i-know-where-it-goes-drawer-stickers.html

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