Help with Storage of Little Girl's Hair Accessories

One of my favorite ideas that has worked great for us is that I got a cute ribbon, tied it into a bow, and tacked it inside one of my cabinet doors in my bathroom. We then clip barretts and hair clips on the ribbon. My girls can open the door and easily find a barrett/hair clip to match whatever they are wearing.

For clips and barretts my mom stiched a ribbon (or you could even tie) onto a hanger and let the long end hang down. You can then hair things that clip can hang one the ribbon and you can see them and have easy access to them all.

Hi K.,

I am a mom of three girls so we are overwhelmed with hair stuff. I don't know yet if I have a perfect method, but I bought some ribbon that is attached to a block (actually each of my daughters have the letter in their name) and then the barrettes clip to that and it hangs on the wall in their room. It works great for the barrettes, it's kind of decoration, and even my 2 year old can get the barrettes down. As for the rubberbands and headbands and such I have those in a plastic container that is three drawers so the girls can go and get their rubberbands too because they just pull the drawer out. It works for us. Good luck!

Hello K.! So much hair stuff!!! We have two little girls with amazingly thick hair. This is what we did: We took a square of cork board and attached thin ribbons going all differnt directions. We used hot glue on the back and various dots of it on the front. The clips of all varities an now clipped to the ribbons and "displayed" on the cork board. The board comes with adhesive hangers that are not harmful to paint, so it is hung on the closet door. It was a really fun protect to do together as they got to pick out the ribbon to use and the direction it went on the board. It works so well, that I use another cork board and glued ordinary tacks to it to hang head bands and ponytail holders. You would have to put that one higher to avoid little hands pulling them out and leaving them on the floor (hot glue only holds so well, you know). It has worked great for us and it got all the hair stuff out of the bathroom and hung in a way that my 5 year old can choose what she wants without digging and creating a bigger mess (like a big drawer dedicated to hair stuff). Good luck choosing a method that works for your girls!

I have three girls and we have lots of hair things! I do have a drawer full of drawer organizers for the barrettes arranged by size. I have to say I was very pleased when I came up with a solution for the ponytail holders. Because having three girls we have way too many hair things that just get lost in the drawer and you can't really see what you have. So I got some book rings. I separated all the elastic bands in to their similar sizes and then have one ring for each size. It works so well! You can see all of the colors and if they have a match or not. They also come off very easily. You can find book rings at any store that has office supplies. They come in different sizes, I like the large ones because they hold more. I keep mine in the drawer, but you could implement some of the other ladies advice and use ribbons or hooks and hang them an the wall or some thing like that too. Good luck with your organizing!. It was also fun for my girls to help me separate them into groups, your five year old might like this and the two year old would probably just have fun mixing them all up again!:)
E.

Just a couple thoughts (my daughter is still little), what about a fishing tackle box - they have lots of slots and a big area on the bottom. My aunt uses one of thoese big pretzel cannisters (that you buy at Sams's or Costco). That works because it is clear and big enough to where your little one can stick her hand in and pull out what she would like to wear that day without dumping everything.

With 4 girls, hair stuff is a BIG issue for us, too. I haven't ever really found anything that works great, because more often than not, the girls will take out their hair stuff during the day and lose it somewhere. I have always thought of hair stuff as basically disposable!

I have a friend whose girls wear big bows all the time. She took a wide ribbon (maybe 1 1/2 inches) that matches the decor in the bathroom. It's about 2 feet long, and she made a bow at the top and hung it on the wall. She clips the bows on to that. They're easy to see and look cute too. I've also seen it done where you take yarn and make a braid with small bows at the top and bottom and hang it up. It kind of looks like a braid of hair, with bows clipped to it.

For little stuff, I have tried getting some little drawer organizers and putting bobby pins in one, rubber bands in one, clips, etc. Maybe your daughter is better about keeping things organized than mine! LOL

J.

What about an over-the-door shoe hanger? I have one in my coat closet and use it for hats, gloves, etc. It's see through and has about 15-20 pockets for things. Just a thought!

I use a big plastic "box" with about 16 drawers, that is usually used to hold nails, screws, etc. I got it at Target. I organized each drawer by color, so it is so much easier to find what we need each morning.

I don't have daughters, but when I was younger there where these thing call kabutals ( I think I spelled that wrong) They where like tackle boxes with spaces for make-up or hair ties. I don't think they sell them anymore but maybe a fishing tackle box would work.

We use one of those plastic boxes with all the compartments that you find in the fishing section. It is great for all the pony's and barettes-not so great for bulky hair pieces. A friend of mine hung some ribbon on her daughters wall and clips her barettes onto it-that worked pretty slick.

Have you tried taking a long section of ribbon and putting a tack through it and putting it on the wall and clipping the barrettes and such to it? :0 Just an idea

When I was young I used to have a ribbon strip or something that my mom would clip the barettes onto. I could see them and pick them off myself. Of course it wouldn't really work for rubberbands, but maybe a new idea for clips and such??

We have a "doll" that has no arms or legs, but ribbon down the front and back of her soft body that holds barrettes, and we put the ponies on the doll's braids. Headbands we just put in a shoe box!

We have a 2 1/2 yr old girl. Grandma has bought every hair accessory known to man. We bought a plastic storage contained with 3 drawers to go under the bathroom sink (so the bathroom sink is not taken over by hair stuff). It is a decent size - about 9hx9Wx12L with 2inch deep drawers. Rubberband type (hair stabilizing) things in one drawer; barretts, bows, clips adn other accessories in another drawer; and headbands in another drawer. Since we have a boy too, the combs and spray bottle are in the "everyone" bathroom drawer - otherwise everything is "hers" and is not to be touched.

I bought a craft holder from Hobby Lobby, it has many compartments and snaps very tightly.

I used hefty ziploc bags (with the zipper) they work great!

I use the usual storage bins/shelves for ponytail holders, etc. For big bows, I got out a bunch of yarn and cut several long pieces all about the same length. I braided the yarn (so it kind of looked like hair) and hung it on the wall. I clipped my bows, etc. all the way down the hair and now we can see exactly what to use. It's also kind of cute. :) My friends just bought pretty ribbon and clipped her hair bows on that.

My daughter has two little girls and makes cute flower hair clips. She clips them on a long ribbon and hangs it in her daughters' room...it looks as much like a decoration as it does hair accessories and the girls can see them without having to dig through a container full.

Hi K.,

I got my daughter one of those hanging shoe holders with clear pockets that could hang on the back of her door. We divided the hair accessories by color, and put each color in its own pocket. It helped her learn her colors, and helped us both coordinate her outfits.

K.

hang em from a ribbon.

I found this little 3 drawer rubbermaid product, that I'm sure is suppose to be used for crafts or something, it's in the color purple matches my daughters room nicely. One drawer holds all the rubber bands since we have every color of the rainbow, since my daughter always has to match, another drawer holds her comb, brush and clips, and then another drawer holds all her head bands. It's nice cause it will fit right on her shelf and when I tell her it's time to do her hair she goes and picks out the clips or rubber bands, grabs her comb and brush, and does it all on her own.

For our 18 month old we just went to a sporting goods store, Cabela's, and bought a container that was flat, and has 5 long sections to store all her little bows. For clips you might try clipping them to a long piece of ribbon that you could hang up...have your daughter help personalize it by glueing on flowers, or whatever she would like.

My mom mad barrettes for ale (feather things in the 80s...hahah) anway, she had elastic strips thumbtacked to the back of the bathroom closet door. We just clipped those to the rows od bands. The hair bands were put on antique ring dishes with the "finger" or "spike" that stuck up. We also had headbands out of fabric and I think we rolled those in drawer organizers int he ost shallow drawer.

K.,
I have one of those little plastic storage containers that has three drawers for my daughters. It doesn't take up a whole lot of room on the counter and my 5 year old can reach what she wants. In one drawer, we put headbands, in the middle one, we put barrettes and bows and the bottom, we put ponytail holders. I also have a 2 year old daughter who uses smaller ponytail holders and have a separate little container for them that I keep in the medicine cabinet because it makes it easier to separate as well as keeps them out of her reach (I got tired of spending 20 + minutes on my hands and knees picking up each individual ponytail holder off the floor because she dumped them out in search for one particular one :) ). I love the drawer container because it's economical (I think we paid $3-$5 for it if that) and although it doesn't take up a lot of space, it holds a lot and can separate/organize them. You can get clear ones or colored ones to match your bathroom decor. Good luck :)

Hi K.,

Our babysitter has a 5-year old girl and she has all her hairstuff in one of those big container that the fishermen use to put all their different hooks in. It seems to be a great system because it has so many different small compartment and she sorted them by color. It looked really nice and easy to access.
E.

I put the ponytail holders on a shower curtain ring. I have been storing barrettes in small baskets in a 3 drawer organizer, but I might be changing to the ribbon method after reading some of your responses!!

With my daughter, I used a large plastic peanut butter jar for the coated rubber bands and a smaller one for the bobby pins. Barrettes went into another large plastic jar. Not a "cute" storage container, but durable and unbreakable as well as practical.

Get a fishing tackle box. The top piece can be for your two year old and the bottom half can be for your five year old. Make sure that it is the kind that has two distinct parts. Also, you can go to wal-mart and get those plastic drawers that they can share. I use mine for my makeup and my hair ties.

This might sound odd, but have you tried a single level (or larger if needed ) tackle style box? It has a tight lid and tons of little sections for different hair items. That's what we use for my sons tiny toy cars. Good luck!

one of the cutest and easiest ways I've seen to store them is on a ribbon... hang the ribbon on the wall and clip the hair barettes onto the ribbon. You can also add a little hook for ponytail holders. =)

We have ours in a little Tupperware container. I like it because the kids can't get into the hair accessories without my help, so they aren't scattered all over the house.

My daughter is 3- I keep them in a gallon size ziplock baggie in a drawer-
some of the other responses sound interesting for me to try later, but I wanted to keep ponytail holders off the floor! :)

K.,

I will be interested to read any answers you get because I have the same problem. My twins girls are 9 and we have gone through many versions of hair accessory storage. The current one that seems to be working okay for now is that most of the items are in one of those flat, plastic boxes where you can move the dividers to create different size spaces. The hard plastic headbands are in a quart-size ziploc bag and the little tiny elastic bands (we use them for braids when they want their hair to be wavy in the morning) are in a snack-size ziploc bag. ~ M.

I just use drawer organizers. Bed, Bath & Beyond and little baskets of all different sizes that you can mix & match to fit your drawer depending on your needs. I now have one for small elastics, one for big elastics, one for small clips and a big one for bows & other baubles.

I have always made a braid out of yarn. Use about 20 strands that are about 6 ft long. Fold it in half, make a loop @ the top and knot it. divide into 3 piece and braid like hair. Then tie it at the end with scrap of yarn in a knot. I put it on the inside of the bathroom closet with a push tac. This works the best for us. Every Mom has yarn... Really not very much money or time.

I have a 2 year old as well and came to read your responses...we are still a mess. lol. I'm getting ready to redo her room and hopefully can find something fun. I do intend to buy some hair clip wall hangings I saw at a recent craft fair they were big flowers with ribbons hanging down from them and the clips just clip on to the ribbons. It was pretty, and inventive and accessible.
They do still sell caboodles...I have one for my hair cutting stuff...
For my dd I want her to have access to the hair things and still not have it chaotic.
if you find a miracle let me know!

Hi there! I went to Savers thrift store and found a great wide fabric belt with a ring on the end. I hung it up in my daughter's room and clip all the hair accessories on it. It works great and cost me $1.00! you could also buy ribbon at a fabric store and do the same thing. Good luck!

K.

I went to a specialty shop and saw a cute little dress made from fabric and a doll clothing hanger and there were ribbons hanging from the skirt.I ended up making my daughter one and it looks cute hanging in the bathroom. All of her barettes are attached to the ribbons, leaving me with the rubber bands going into a little metal storage container. ( I have still yet to figure out what to do with head bands) It allows her to see all of her barretts and choose the one she wants to wear for the day. It is pretty cute and I ended up making my friends some too! I can send you a picture if you'd like.

Sadly in the 16 years since my oldest DD was born (I have 7, 4 boys and 2 girls) I have never really found a system that works for any length of time. I have just come to the conclusion that they will always be odd numbered and something I buy regularly.

This is soooo funny! I just went through our bathroom yesterday and organized all the clips, headbands, rubber bands and all that stuff, it was a mess!
I put all the clips in a ziploc bag, I put all the headbands together and secured them with a wire bread wrap, I put all the rubber bands in a ziploc bag. It is clear, they can see what they want from holding it up before they dig in too.
It is so much nicer to have it all put in it's own place. Now if it can stay that way, well that is another story.
Then for the top drawer I got three small square baskets from target for like 80 cents a piece, I organized all the nail clippers, combs, brushes and all that in the top drawer with each category having a basket. Since the baskets take the whole drawer on the top as far as space, it will be easy for my daughter just to drop whatever she is using back into the appropriate basket. Now no more digging through all the mess!
Good luck, it is just so funny as I was grumpy about the mess yesterday and got it all organized and felt so much better.
I even got extra baskets for my nail polish, (put away from the kids of course) and my personal hygenine items like deoderant, lotions and my nail files and so forth. That goes in a bigger basket under the sink with a latch on it so I can only get into it.