4 Crazy Kings

There are many wonderful commenters who are offering their organizing experience and tips daily here at Organizing-Life. I am excited to highlight one commenter in my new weekly theme “Featured Creative Organizer.” Each Friday I intend to highlight a special reader, introduce you to his or her blog or business, and lend you their favorite organizing tip.

This week I am delighted to introduce you to Mama King, author of 4 Crazy Kings.

4 Crazy Kings features parent-friendly craft projects you can do with your kids and chronicles the general craziness of her family. It is a wonderful hodge podge of kids, family, adoption, and of course, lots of craftiness.

Mama King is a stay-at-home-mom with two beautiful little girls. She has a Masters in Art Education and taught High School Art before marrying her husband of six years.  She has also worked as a freelance designer and illustrator. 

Mama King’s Favorite Organizing Tip

“My oldest daughter has graduated to puzzles and games with millions of pieces!  I had to quickly come up with a way to wrangle all of her puzzles for fear that they would take over our house.  I live in a house with very little storage.  This solution saves you some serious space! Plus there is nothing more frustrating than trying to finish a puzzle only to discover you are missing a piece. Place the pieces into a small zip top bag, label and place into a designated puzzle container, [like the one pictured below].

When my daughters want to do a puzzle I can take down the container and they can pick out a puzzle. It also makes cleanup a breeze.  Just slide all the pieces in the bag and throw in the puzzle container. No more busted taped up boxes taking up precious shelf space.  The puzzles that have cardboard or wood backs are easy to slide in next to the puzzle container and take up hardly any room.

For games with bigger pieces (like a matching game) I reuse diaper wipe containers.  I tape the label from the original box onto the side of the wipe container. I also write in permanent marker on the top what is inside and how many pieces (this is really helpful.)”

Thank you Mama King for sharing your creative organizing tip with other readers and for being a loyal reader and commenter! Be sure to visit  Mama King’s blog and read more of her posts about organizing.

 To see your blog or business featured here at Organizing-Life, simply leave a comment on a post you love, or, send an e-mail request to abbieipark at gmail dot com with your name, the name and a brief description of your blog or business, a brief author bio, and your favorite organizing tip. (All parts should be no more than 500 words.)  I plan to confirm a new commenter Monday of each week.

Happy Organizing Friday!