January Challenge: Organizing Papers (Children's Papers)
During the month of January, we're organizing papers. If you missed any of the areas that we've already organized this month, simply click the challenge tab at the top of my blog.
Today we're talking about organizing Children's Papers.
You know those papers that come home straight from the hospital, birth certificates, social security cards, weekly school papers, adorable pieces of art that we think are worthy of keeping, report cards, awards, diplomas and more.
Today I'll show you how I organize all of those for my children.
#1 ~ Organizing Baby Footprints, Hospital Bands,Birth Certificates (from the hospital) & Baptism Certificates:
I keep all of those items listed above in a very special Keepsake Memory Book that I'm creating for each of my boys. It's kind of "scrapbook style"and I'm still in the process of designing and creating the books. My plan is to keep updating the albums through out my boys' lives until they graduate from High
School and the book will then be theirs to keep. I've been working on this printable set for a while now and I've been wanting to add it into my Etsy Shop for the last year or so. I've decided that now is as good a time as any to finish the printable set and add it to the shop. So... I will be busily finishing up the printables and listing them in my shop soon, when I'm done with it, I
'
ll
post on the
album and share all the photos
too
.
For now
, I'll just give you a little
sneak
peek...
That's it.. that's all I'm going to share with you for now. ;) Keep checking my shop and my blog, I'll post more information on these albums and add the printable set to my shop when I'm done creating
it.
#2 ~
Organizing Childrens Birth Certificates (from the state)
& Social Security Cards:
I've
always
kept my
children's
birth certific
ates
(the
ones that
come from the sta
te) and their So
cial Secur
ity Cards in a s
afe file box in my home. I just have one file labe
led "Boys'
Bi
rth
C
ert
i
ficates and
SS Cards" and
that's where I
've kept them
all (I keep my husban
ds and mine there as well
, in o
ur own files.
)
My goal
is to get a
for all of that impor
tant stuff
, which, in my op
i
nion is w
here those
ite
ms shou
ld be store
d.
Something like this:
P.S... this is a GREAT way to organize all the adult social security cards, passports, birth certificates and important documents too.
#3 ~
O
rganizing Childrens Weekly School Papers, Newsletters & Homework:
Back in 2011
,
I shared how I organize my boys' weekly
school
paper
s, home
work, etc.
, by creating the
Th
is system is still working in my home and I
'
m s
till selling those
in my shop
. I have lots of choices to choose from. You
can view all my
that are available here
and
you can view all the
that I se
ll here.
#4 ~ Organizing
Children's
School Papers
, Report Cards & A
rt:
I've already showed you how I
Organize my Children's School Papers Here.
I've already changed that system a little. I now have their school papers in 3 ring binders. The reason I changed is because my boys love to look through their papers and I've found that if the papers aren't attached into something my boys have them all jumbled up and in the wrong sections. That completely defeats the purpose of having them organized.
So.. now their school papers are in a 3 ring binder:
and have the following pages inside:
a cover page...
and a page for each year...
with a place for their school photo
and
an
in
f
ormation
al section
to write on.
I've used the same printable pack and have created a separate book for all 4 of my children. I add awards, special papers, art they did in school that year behind each grade. My boys LOVE looking through their school days memory albums and I LOVE it because everything is all in one place and nothing is loose, so it all stays organized.
That entire
is in printable format and available to purchase in my shop. There's a total of 37 pages!
I do keep some
of
the art on my
for a while, then as the board fills up, I add
the art that I want to keep into
the
ir binders.
Ok
, so
now
that I've s
hared how I organize my childrens
papers...
it's your turn
to get
yo
ur
children's
papers organize
d
. Y
ou can totally do this... Jan
uary's Paper
Organizing is alm
ost done.
Th
e Jan
u
ary Link Party will be up on
the 29th, so be sure
to come back and link up your paper organizing posts. I can't wait to see what you've been working on this month
!
May you be a little inspired!
Until next time,
DaNita
Wanna join in on the
Monthly Organization Challenge?
During the month of January, we're Organizing Papers! There will be a link party at the end of the month for you to share your Paper Organizing Posts. Join in, take photo's and blog about it. Then come back here at the end of January to inspire us all and share your paper organizing success.