Savvy mum creates ‘school station’ for her kids to get them doing their chores – and it speeds mornings up too
A MUM has shared her brilliant organisation hack to get her kids ready for school each day - and all you need is a set of five drawers.
She created two sets of drawers for each day of the school week, labelling them with giant letters she picked up from Hobbycraft.
The mum plans the week in advance and puts in the drawer everything they need for that day, including PE kits, homework and anything for after school activities.
She pops their school shoes on top along with some polish so they can keep them looking clean.
Finally she finished off her school station by adding a board with pegs, so she can make a note of anything she needs to remember for the week.
She shared her idea to Facebook group to , where its racked up more than 800 likes.
Helps me too, no more late night washes because I’ve forgotten to empty their baskets
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She said: “Finally got around to organising the kids school days.
"Drawers for school uniform/homework/pe.kit/ ect. Including shoe polish (Friday) so they can polish their own shoes.
“Jobs board, £1 per job x 1 a day. No job complete, no money.
“Post it notes on top for cookery ingredients and anything I need to remember that’s going on that week for them.”
She added it cost her £40 in total to make, and she customised the letters herself by spray painting them silver.
The storage hack doesn’t just help her kids, as it allowed her to be more efficient as well.
She added: “Helps me too, no more late night washes because I’ve forgotten to empty their baskets.
“I just check the draws, no uniform then I know I’ve got to do a wash.
“Fold it straight from the dryer and leaves more room in their wardrobes.”
Fellow parents have praised the idea, but many claimed they couldn’t find a stack of five drawers.
The mum explained she bought a stack of four, and two of three, then rearranged them to make five each.
People have thanked her for sharing her idea, with one person saying: “This is a great idea. Well done you for being so organised.”
Another wrote: “Fantastic idea and they look lovely.”
A third commented: “Thank u There look great I need this. Especially when my kids don't want to co-operate."
This person said: “l yeah love this idea, won’t ever forget a p.e kit again.
While another wrote: “It would make life so much easier for me in the mornings.”
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