1 Unique Coat Rack

Unique Coat Rack: Everyday household items can be used in more ways than you think. Here are some unexpected items that provide perfect storage space. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

2 Mirror Makeover

Mirror Makeover: Sometimes a simple DIY project can turn into something much more complicated than you anticipated. This mirror turned out exactly like I envisioned, but it took (via Tattooed Martha)

3 Rolling Storage Crates

Rolling Storage Crates: How to build simple rolling toy storage crates on colorful casters. (via Teal and Lime)

4 Canvas Baskets

Canvas Baskets: Patterned Canvas Basket for Anthro-Knock Off Challenge Week (via Life in Velvet)

5 PVC Shoes Rack

PVC Shoes Rack (via Cookie Loves Milk)

6 Winter Storage

Winter Storage: In preparation for baby, we’re trying to make every inch of space count. One thing we’d been struggling with was having somewhere to keep our hats and gloves organized. So I bought these filing trays from the office section of Target and had Jon hang them on the back of our coat closet door. They’ve (via The Baloney Bug)

7 Battery Storage

Battery Storage (via The Creative Homemaker)

8 Crate Book Storage

Crate Book Storage (via IHeart Organizing)

9 Nursery Pegboard

Nursery Pegboard: I love creative projects, and designing Henry’s nursery was one of my favorites. There are so many little stories behind the items in his room. If you’re curious about any other details, let me know.My overall vision was to create a beautiful nurturing space for our little boy to grow in, but (via The Creative Work of Mandy Busby)

10 Mail Sorter

Mail Sorter (via bright and blithe)

11 Wine Rack Organizer

Wine Rack Organizer: Try these creative and simple solutions to neatly store your crafts supplies. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

12 Cabinet Door Storage Rack

Cabinet Door Storage Rack: Here’s a simple project to bring order to the chaos: a door-mounted storage rack.You can modify this basic idea to organize other cabinets too. (via The Family Handyman)

13 Narrow Roll Out Rack for Cans

Narrow Roll Out Rack for Cans: Yesterday, I shared photos of my brand-spanking-new kitchen. Today let me tell you about the cabinetry. This whole remodel endeavor started with a need for (via A Spicy Perspective)

14 Easy Magnetic Bins

Easy Magnetic Bins: Everyone has a junk drawer in their kitchen. It’s like an unspoken rule. The junk drawer is full of all the strange bits of what not that accumulates in your home over time. Everything in there is useful, and you never want to throw any of it away for fear that you might need something in there one rainy day. However, there are some items that are used more frequently than others. For instance, I keep small nails and thumbtacks in my junk drawer and I use them almost every day. But it can be a bit annoying getting in and out of the drawer multiple times a day. I’ve come up with a way to make (via WonderHowTo)

15 Cheap and Easy Christmas Ornament Storage

Cheap and Easy Christmas Ornament Storage (via Craptastic)

16 File Box Bathroom Appliance Storage

File Box Bathroom Appliance Storage: Okay, confession time. I’m not exactly sure what made me this way, but I have always been super hesitant to put my still-hot straightener and hairdryer away thinking they will start a fire. Yes, I know that’s a long shot, but I have been known to turn the car around on my way to work to make sure I (via Dream Green DIY)

17 Kitchen Sink Storage Trays

Kitchen Sink Storage Trays: Build these handy undersink roll-out trays in a weekend. You can tackle this project with simple carpentry tools and some careful measuring. You can make all the trays in an afternoon using building products from your local home center or hardware store for as little as $80. (via The Family Handyman)

18 CD Storage Unit as Cup Storage

CD Storage Unit as Cup Storage: We love collecting mismatched china pieces–specifically tea and coffee cups. We have ours out in the open, arranged nicely on a simple white shelf in our kitchen. We love the idea, though, of “framing” our collection like we saw in Living Etc. while browsing through their galleries this morning! (via Apartment Therapy)

19 Paint-Can Cubbies

Paint-Can Cubbies: Don’t let your desktop disappear under piles of paperwork. Inexpensive, unused cans can be purchased at paint stores; lined up on a shelf and anchored in place with Velcro, they become organizing cubbyholes with a modern flair. Assign cans as storage spaces for bills, catalogs, and personal mail, or one for each member of the family. Label the shelf beneath to make sorting easy. (via Martha Stewart)

20 Magnetic Knife Racks

Magnetic Knife Racks: Tame your piles of papers and scattered office supplies with these can-do ideas for turning your home office into an organized command center. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

21 Hanging baskets under the cabinet

Hanging baskets under the cabinet (via Organizing Made Fun)

22 PVC Pipe Toothbrush Holders

PVC Pipe Toothbrush Holders: Toothbrush holder DIY, keeps toothbrushes clean and organized. (via Crafting in the Rain)

23 Use shower curtain rod to hang bath toiletries

Use shower curtain rod to hang bath toiletries (via Muji)

24 LEGO Key and Cable Holder

LEGO Key and Cable Holder: Hope these are the keys to a SPACESHIP SPACESHIP SPACESHIP View “LEGO Key and Cable Holder Is The Best Thing” and more funny posts on Dorkly (via Dorkly)

25 Use a wooden craft store rack to hold headbands

Use a wooden craft store rack to hold headbands: My daughters have adorable headbands. Like 50 of them. The headbands make great (and easy) accessories when getting ready for school, but as soon as the girls get home, the headbands magically fly off their heads and land all over our house. Usually they’re strewn about countertops, dresser tops, and coffee tables. Along with shoes, these are the items most likely to result in a cranky mom. When they clean them up, they all go in a drawer in the bathroom, where they spend a few days trying to climb out and liberate themselves from confinement. Either that or they’re multiplying in there like little colorful bunnies, which would explain… Keep Reading (via The Palette Muse)

26 Spice Rack Makeover

Spice Rack Makeover (via So You Guys)

27 Make a Peg Board Box

Make a Peg Board Box: Looking for an easy idea for a gift wrap container? Here’s how to make a peg board box. Keep all your gift wrap supplies organized in a peg board box. (via Thistlewood Farms)

28 Clamp Cord Organizers

Clamp Cord Organizers: Make organization easy and simplify your life with this collection of tips, hints, ideas and products that quickly solve clutter problems in kitchens, offices, laundry rooms, shops and more. (via The Family Handyman)

29 Salvaged Vintage Jewelry and Purse Display

Salvaged Vintage Jewelry and Purse Display (via Salvage Life)

30 Crafty Compartments

Crafty Compartments: Find new uses for old household items. Boost comfort and organization in your home with these easy DIY projects that use items you probably already have. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

31 Mobile Storage Table

Mobile Storage Table: This movable end table hides clutter and can be wheeled off to wherever it’s needed or stored away when it’s not. (via Martha Stewart)

32 Fabric Lined Toy Box

Fabric Lined Toy Box (via Farm Fresh Therapy)

33 Tin Can Organizer

Tin Can Organizer: Need something cute to organize desk space, but don’t have a huge budget? Check out this Upcycled Tin Can Organizer! (via Mountain Modern Life)

34 Lipstick Holder

Lipstick Holder: I’ve graduated college, had a wonderful weekend full of good food, drinks, and family, coordinated a move, continue to work on a blog redesign. (via Amanda Katherine)

35 Baking Storage Lifesaver

Baking Storage Lifesaver: Stop putting your opened flour bags in zip block bags like I do and put them in these instead! These flour and sugar storage containers will keep your flour and sugar fresh and let you pour them out without any… (via Rare Bird Finds)

36 Stair Drawers

Stair Drawers (via Cuarto Derecha)

37 Mirror Jewelry Storage

Mirror Jewelry Storage: Book Shaped Jewelry Storage : mirror jewelry storage. . full length mirror with jewelry storage,jewelry storage bags,jewelry storage cabinet,jewelry storage containers,jewelry storage mirror,jewelry storage solutions (via All About Weddings)

38 Wire Mesh Utensil Organizer

Wire Mesh Utensil Organizer: Find new uses for old household items. Boost comfort and organization in your home with these easy DIY projects that use items you probably already have. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

39 Under-the-Bed Organizer

Under-the-Bed Organizer: Extra sheets, blankets, and towels are at the ready when stored in rolling drawers fitted with distinctive snap-on covers to keep dust at bay. (via Martha Stewart)

40 Snatch a Few Clips and Separate in Style

Lower Cabinet Rollouts for Increased Kitchen Storage: Vertical rollout drawers are a great way to convert a half-empty base cabinet into a high-capacity food storage cabinet that can be custom-sized to fit your storage needs. (via The Family Handyman)

42 Turn an ordinary shoe organizer into a stylish buffet

Turn an ordinary shoe organizer into a stylish buffet: Find new uses for old household items. Boost comfort and organization in your home with these easy DIY projects that use items you probably already have. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

43 Garden-Shed Crate Cabinets

Garden-Shed Crate Cabinets: Create custom cabinetry in your garden shed with vintage wine crates from flea markets or online auctions. (via Martha Stewart)

44 Wire and Nail Hanging Spice Storage

Wire and Nail Hanging Spice Storage (via Freckled Laundry)

45 Doggy Bags

Doggy Bags (via Nàe Chic)

46 Under-Cabinet Drawers

Under-Cabinet Drawers: Gain extra storage space in the kitchen by installing toe-kick drawers under your base cabinets. Just assemble the drawer units in your shop, then slip them under the cabinets and screw them in place. (via The Family Handyman)

47 Etched Glass Storage Jars

Etched Glass Storage Jars: Keep pantry staples organized with a set of glass storage jars customized with etched lettering. (via Martha Stewart)

48 Reuse original shoe boxes and cover them with decorative paper

Reuse original shoe boxes and cover them with decorative paper: Find new uses for old household items. Boost comfort and organization in your home with these easy DIY projects that use items you probably already have. (via Better Homes and Gardens)

49 Hanging Storage Bins

Hanging Storage Bins: In case you saw my quickie post yesterday, and read where I mentioned Id be back on later in the day..ACK, sorry about that!! Whew, what a whirlwind of a day. Today too, for that matter. I should know better than to put a time frame in writing. Because something will for sure come up! (via Make It and Love It)

50 Toilet Flange Wall Hook

Toilet Flange Wall Hook: I’ve been looking for a stash-that-phone-and-wallet solution for my husband for years. Combine that with my need for a place to hang the kid’s backpack after school, and some way to not lose my own … (via Love and Trash)

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1 Pom Poms Through a Tube

Pom Poms Through a Tube: Keep toddlers busy with these hands-on activities. (via Teaching Mama)

2 Sugar Writing Tray

Sugar Writing Tray (via Hello Bee)

3 Marble Bowling Game

Marble Bowling Game: DIY Marble Bowling with Pencil Eraser Pins Last spring, we sold our home and moved into a larger home, which we actually purchased from friends. Their kids are older than ours, and so as they cleaned out items and packed, they ended up leaving behind a few things for the boys, including the game room…Read More (via Frugal Fun for Boys)

4 Balloon Rockets

Balloon Rockets: Make balloon rockets to learn about air pressure, action & reaction, and more. Simple science fun for kids. (via Discover Explore Learn)

5 Fun Water Games for Kids

Fun Water Games for Kids (via Mamas Like Me)

6 Exploding Sidewalk Chalk

Exploding Sidewalk Chalk (via Growing a Jeweled Rose)

7 Make Your Own Homemade Sprinkler

Make Your Own Homemade Sprinkler (via Activities for Children and Teens)

8 Cardboard Slide

Cardboard Slide (via The Contemplative Creative)

9 Sticky Spider Web

Sticky Spider Web: Spider webs are common to Halloween, but this sticky spider web activity can be played all year long. It’s a fun challenge to get kids moving! (via hands: on as we grow)

10 Painting on Wet Glue

Painting on Wet Glue (via Housing a Forest)

11 Extracting DNA from Strawberries

Extracting DNA from Strawberries: A super fun experiment we found on KidScienceApp is extracting DNA from strawberries. DNA is the blueprint for all organisms. It can be found in the nucleus (via The Homeschool Scientist)

12 Alien Bubbles

Alien Bubbles: We took dry ice and made bubbles. It was super easy all you need is Dry Ice, an empty container with a tight fitting lid, a tube, a funnel, duct tape, bubble solution and a container to put it in. And you can make these amazing bubbles You just put the funnel in the bubble (via Familylicious)

13 Sponge Tower Jenga

Sponge Tower Jenga (via What do you do all day?)

14 Throwing Tarp

Throwing Tarp (via Guru to The Outdoors)

15 Bubble Wrap Stomp Painting

Bubble Wrap Stomp Painting: In my home, I have a closet of kids art and activity supplies, and when I am looking for ideas, I sometimes just go and look inside and see what inspires me. Today, I noticed some easel paper and bubble wrap. We have had lots of fun…Read More (via Mess for Less)

16 Sandpaper Printed T-Shirt

Sandpaper Printed T-Shirt: This is a super simple sandpaper printing technique that will keep your kids busy crafting and make one cute shirt. (via Alpha Mom)

17 Shape Sorter

Shape Sorter: I love these soft 3-D shapes from Michaels. I knew these would be perfect to share for this weeks Toddler activity! There are two shapes (cubes and cylinders) and were only $1 per bag. I bought 3 bags with 50 in each bag. The kids love playing with them because they are soft and a (via Teaching Mama)

18 Balloon Ping Pong

Balloon Ping Pong (via Keeping It Simple)

19 The Popcorn Olympics

The Popcorn Olympics: The Popcorn Olympics is such a fun activity for kids! My kids had a blast playing the different games and it was so simple and quick to put together! (via Or so she says…)

20 Soap Clouds

Soap Clouds (via Our Best Bites)

21 Escape the Volcano Shape Game

Escape the Volcano Shape Game (via Toddler Approved!)

22 Fun Out of Yarn: Laser Security System

Fun Out of Yarn: Laser Security System: This is an awesome and inexpensive idea for some kid fun! The article describes taping the yarn to either side, but I think that would be too weak and time consuming. Just take red yarn and wrap it through and around everything you can find at different heights! This could be an awesome indoor fun [] (via Ellis Benus)

23 Bubble Recipe

Bubble Recipe: Well, we are slowly gearing up to Summer.. and thought it was about time we had a go at making and testing some Bubble Recipes. The kids love love love blowing bubbles. And invariably some of the bubble mixture always lands on the floor to much tears and commotion. I thought it was about time (via Red Ted Art)

24 Paper Plate Frisbees

Paper Plate Frisbees: Summer is here and the kids are outside more and more. Whether its summer camp, playing in the park or just hanging out in the neighborhood, outdoors is where its at! This is a fun project that can be made (outside if you want to!) easily and with little supervision. When done, have fun tossing Read More (via Crafts by Amanda)

25 Rainbow Bubble Snakes

Rainbow Bubble Snakes (via Housing a Forest)

26 Water Marbles

Water Marbles (via Just Another Day in Paradise)

27 Tape off a track on the floor for car play

Tape off a track on the floor for car play (via Play At Home Mom)

28 Backyard Game Board

Backyard Game Board: Summer is around the corner and fun kid activities and boredom busters come always handy! Today I’m bringing back one of our favorite family activities. This backyard board game is so much fun and kids of all ages love it! Ready to see it? Here we go! Among all of the hundreds of things that I… (via The 36th Avenue)

29 Camp-In

Camp-In: We have a child-sized tent (purchased at Wal-Mart a couple of years ago) and I made a play campfire for my children to add a little more excitement to the pretend play experience. My son put on his camouflage uniform (he likes to dress up like daddy sometimes) and we set up his sleeping bag (via The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide)

30 Tapestree Creative Sewing Table Using Burlap

Tapestree Creative Sewing Table Using Burlap: I finally made it!! We now have our own tapestry table at the preschool. I have long been admiring the one I first read about at Amie’s Sewing School. The beautiful one she has at her school was not only… (via Kleas)

31 With some pipe cleaners and a colander will also keep toddlers occupied

With some pipe cleaners and a colander will also keep toddlers occupied (via No One Has More Fun!)

32 Color Matching Game

Color Matching Game: Today Im sharing an easy activity for teaching colors. I was noticing the other day that my youngest (22 months) kept calling everything green. I know hes still young, but I thought I would just try an activity to introduce him to some colors. For this activity, I used a plastic tray (from The Dollar (via Teaching Mama)

33 Walking on Pillows

Walking on Pillows: I’m almost embarrassed to post this gross motor activity. it seems too simple to warrant a post. But with that said, it was super duper fun and had George moving all morning long! And its perfect for those days you’re stuck indoors, when its cold or rainy. (Hey, its Iowa here and spring has taken a long (via hands: on as we grow)

34 Pool Noodle Backyard Obstacle Course

Pool Noodle Backyard Obstacle Course (via Learn Play Imagine)

35 Marble Racetrack

Marble Racetrack: Hi! I’m Amy from Serving Pink Lemonade . My sister Jeanine and I created our little corner of the blogging world to share some of the fun things we do with our kids to keep them busy and happy. At… (via Homespun-Threads)

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