Our best tips to keep art supplies organized and away from little hands

Pick and Play

Make a big bin of random supplies and projects that you’re comfortable with the kids using independently. Then you can just tell them, “Go pick something from the bin.”

—R.L.

Jerusalem

Size Sets the Limit

Get a bin that’s the appropriate size for one particular type of art supplies. Then, use up what you have before buying more. Let the size of the bin be the natural boundary for how much you have at any given time.

—Dvora Henner is a home organizer and life coach who helps women with time management and concerns related to home organization.

Divide and Conquer

I use drawers that come in stacks of three or four and are about the height of a package of paper. I have one for markers, one for pens, one for pencils, one for sticky notes, a mixed one with glue, scissors, and tape, and one with stickers.

—S.M.L.

Jerusalem