Kids' Room Week
Week 6: October 6-12, 2013
By Cynthia Ewer, Author of Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Organized
Will Santa be visiting your house this year? Time to sort out the short stuff!
This week, we focus on kids' rooms for deep-cleaning, decluttering and organizing so that there's room to spare for holiday gifts.
Our holiday prep assignments include assembling freezer meals, working on hand-crafted gifts, and continuing to buy gifts and holiday supplies.
Ready? Let's get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!
Cleaning/Organizing Area:
Kids' Rooms / Play Areas
Kids' Room checklist
Holiday Prep:
Week 6: October 6-12, 2013
By Cynthia Ewer, Author of Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Organized
Will Santa be visiting your house this year? Time to sort out the short stuff!
This week, we focus on kids' rooms for deep-cleaning, decluttering and organizing so that there's room to spare for holiday gifts.
Our holiday prep assignments include assembling freezer meals, working on hand-crafted gifts, and continuing to buy gifts and holiday supplies.
Ready? Let's get organized with the Holiday Grand Plan!
Cleaning/Organizing Area:
Kids' Rooms / Play Areas
Kids' Room checklist
Holiday Prep:
- Make one batch of Holiday Goodies.
- Make one extra meal for freezer again labeled HOLIDAY MEAL.
- Buy two canned food items from menus (get 2 of each item, one to use and one to donate to food drive).
- Buy 1/8th of TO BUY gifts. Save all receipts, note return policy before buying. Ask for gift boxes.
- Wrap and label packages. If needing to ship, get some shipping boxes now and store packages in them.
- Work at least 1 hour a day on homemade gifts.
- Check smoke detectors and clean them, change batteries if needed.
- Make "goody basket" for guest bath, from samples found in abundance in stores right now.