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Simple Tips for Organizing Puzzles

by | Feb 12, 2013 | Get Organized, How to... | 4 comments

 

How to re-organize your kids' puzzles.

 

This was our puzzle mess the other day. Hidden away in a closet. This is also after having purged our puzzle collection- passing some down to the boys’ younger cousins.

 

So I was on Pinterest one day and found a couple cool ideas for re-organizing our puzzles. One idea was pretty and colorful but was size-limited and would have cost a little money. The other idea was ziplock bags and I already had those on hand! Some of our puzzles are the large floor type. 

 

So I pulled out my Hefty School bags. I got these somewhere for $1 I think and I can’t remember where. I don’t usually notice them at the store so I don’t even know if you can still buy them, anyone?  You could try the Hefty Gallon Size if needed. For my smaller puzzles I used the Hefty quart-sized Food Storage Bag .

 

Store puzzles in ziplock bags.

 

And then I filled a basket I already had on hand!

 

Store puzzles in a basket.

 

This basket sits beside our homeschooling 9-cube organizer shelf we bought from Target. You can find where I got the  Cleveland Indians storage baskets here.

 

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And that’s it!

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4 Comments

  1. Tracy
    Tracy on July 28, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    Aren’t ziplocking bags wonderful! Thanks for all your comments, Toni 😉

  2. Toni Marie Caravello (Feimer)
    Toni Marie Caravello (Feimer) on July 28, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    puzzles have always been a source of anxiety for me whether it’s putting them together or storing them. The plastic bags are a great idea. Thanks.

  3. Tracy
    Tracy on February 15, 2013 at 9:33 am

    I took the picture of the puzzle from the box for the small ones too. They fit into the bags just fine!

  4. Lindsey Whitney
    Lindsey Whitney on February 14, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    Visiting from a link up (can’t remember which one now!!), and I’ve started doing this with puzzles too. I hate it when the boxes start to look shabby. You could cut the front off and put it in the bag too so the kids have a visual.

    Lindsey @ GrowingKidsMinistry.com