Back to School Storage Solutions for TPT Products!

I love making products for my students.  There's nothing like the look on a child's face when they make a connection after engaging with a product I created.  I'm afraid I went a bit crazy making products and now I am faced with  how and where to store them in my smallish therapy room!  My creative skills are stronger than my organization skills but I decided to tackle this problem head-on!!

First, I put together "play" bins, similar to the ones you would find in an early intervention classroom or day care.   Instead of storing my play dough mats and play dough separately, I decided to store them together!  I bought the bin below from Target ($3.00 in their "dollar" section) and made the labels myself using chalk board clip art from RebeccaB Designs on the Teachers pay Teachers website.

 It's so much easier now to "grab and go" when I'm rushing off to my next day-care center or school.  I throw the whole container in my therapy bag and my students love having the option of choosing their own play dough mat and play dough color!  My play dough mats (shown in action below) for open-ended speech, language or reinforcement are available at this link!

 

The next thing I did was find containers (on sale of course) to house the rest of my TPT products and products I have purchased from other fabulous sellers.  I found these Sterilite containers (below) at Target, of course!  Perfect size and clear so you can see through them!

Last, I put the labels on them so I have a quick idea of the contents.  They are stack able, which conserves much-needed space in my room!  Each container holds 4-6 product packets!

I also have a much larger container that I use to store my "out of season" items in our school storage area.  When it's time to switch to winter/spring products, I just grab it and switch the contents and labels of the bins kept in my room.  

That wasn't so bad...Here's to organization!!  Now I just need to get to my kitchen cupboards!

Donna