Hairties, Hairties EVERYWHERE - Please Help!

My sister with two girls had a great idea for that- she got one of those over-the-door shoe holders with clear plastic pockets. She hangs it on the back of the bathroom door and it fits all the girls' hair things. She organizes each pocket by color so it's easy for them to find what they want, and it doesn't look so bad to the eye because it's all color coordinated.

We have a drawer in her rm for headbands. I bought an oranizer tray for drawer to separate barettes, ties, clips and brushes/combs. And another drawer in kitchen same thing.

I don't bother color coordinating.

I have a palstic box the size of a shoe box and in it I have ziplock baggies filled with the different types of hair ties.

I have this same problem at home. I currently use clear compartment containers that I bought at Michaels Craft store. This works ok however I try to return hair ties, headbands and barrettes back to my daughter's bedroom but they never end up organized and back into the little case that is inside her dresser. I spend about 15-20 min. re-organizing the pile on her dresser every few months. My co-worker said she uses a clear over the door shoe holder. That way it's convenient and you can see all the colors easily. Good luck with the clutter!
M. Gagnier

I know what you mean we used to have a drawer full of hair stuff as well. They have so many different and colorful wicker baskets out now. Why don't you just have a few decorative baskets on her dresser with the hair ties separated by style. I used to use a jewelery chain holder for headbands and hang them like necklaces so they wouldn't tangle. Don't worry soon enough the hair ties will go away. My daughter is 20 and living away at college. Even though she comes home often I miss the hair tie days terribly. Good luck!!

I agree that the small plastic containers you can find at any craft store are probably your answer. If they do tangle, you can look in the craft store as well. They have dowels of all sizes, (like for a paper towel roll) and I'm sure you could find one to fit your needs. As for your relatives, just mention in casual conversation the problems you're having keeping them all in one place. Give a subtle hint. If they still want to give them, keep them in the packaging and save them as part of a gift if your daughter is invited to a birthday party. Why not?

I have a little boy, but am one of three girls. My mother did the following:

Barrettes: she took pretty ribbons and tied knots every two inches and hung them from hooks on the bathroom wall. You could probably use the 3M hooks so they're not permanent. If you clip each pair of barrettes just above the knot, they don't slip down.

Hair-ties: she used binder rings (like a carabeening clip) that opened. Just open it up and slide the tie on- close it and they don't end up allover!

Headbands: we just used large baskets b/c they are tough to store

I keep Tupperware containers in a few rooms of my house - a big one in my DD's room, one in the kitchen, one in the living room, one in the basement. When I find one, I put it in one of the Tupperware containers, then every once in awhile, I dump them into the bigger box in her room. Good luck! I find them Everywhere, too!

I had 3 little girls so been there done that. I use to keep a large basket on the kitchen table (I usually did their hair in the morning while they ate breakfast before school)and they would pick out what they wanted while I did the brushing. In the evening all the hair stuff would end up in a basket in the bathroom as they got ready for bed. When the bathroom basket had more stuff than the kitchen one I'd just exchange the baskets and start over again. Probably not the most organized method but I didn't want to devote my life to hair items.

I've got a box with clips and a slightly larger box with ponytail holders. As for headbands, I was having trouble with the hard ones until I ran across this website:
http://www.joyshope.com/2008/10/headband-holder-tutorial....
It has you make a holder out of an oatmeal container, that has worked pretty good for us. I made two of them, and inside one of them I have big hair bows and the other has the stretchy headbands.
Good luck!

K.,
A small tub in the bathroom should do it. :) I haven't a girl, but I can only imagine.

One thing that can help - as you find items, put them in your pocket, and as you visit the restroom, simply make it a habit to empty your pockets of hair ties.

Then you can help DD by having her remove them in one place, and be responsible for getting them back to the tub. Responsibility is a good thing. If she wants to wear her favorites, she'll do it so she doesn't lose them.

Good luck!
M.

Hello K.,
Having 2 girls close in age (16 and 18, and now 1 almost 3) and long hair myself, I know what you mean about hair bands and such getting out of control.

I bought a clear plastic box, the size of a shoe box to put on the counter in the bathroom for hairband stuff. I bought a smaller box with a flip top lid for barrettes and clips. (I bought these boxes at Dollar Tree)

At one time, I did get creative and used old denim (left over from cutting jeans into shorts, you can use any fabric). I cut them into about 3" wide strips and 10-20" long (depending on space) and thumb tacked it to the wall next to the bathroom mirror. I tied alot of my scrunchies to it, in a loop, so I could just pull it off, without fighting with getting them off the bottom. (wrap the whole band around the strip and put one end into the other and pull snug without stretching the band). easy access. Try using different strips for scrunchies and elastic head bands.

Head bands are another story. I found an old paper towel holder and put that up in my bathroom and used an empty paper towel tube to hold head bands. We could see them clearly and choose which we wanted to use.

And of course, there is the ziploc bag!! That is where we hide the ones that dont get used much.

Hope this helps!

Hi K.,

I can definately relate to the hair band problem!!!!!
I keep hairbands, elastics, barrettes etc... in a large kitchen canister. The hard hairbands go either in a basket with the brush or the junk drawer in the kitchen. I have not found the perfect solution, but this seems to work best.

Good Luck
Sarah

We got a medium-sized tool box. My kids covered it with stickers, so it looked nicer, and everything goes in there. In theory the bigger items, Alice bands, headbands, brushes, go into the bottom and barrettes, hairbands etc. go into the top inset into their own seperate compartments. In practice, of course, it all just gets thrown in and we organise it once in a blue moon. But everyone know where they are, they are accessable and, most importantly, not all over the house.

Hi K.
I told an older friend the same thing when the twins were starting preschool and I felt like I was always picking them up, she said designate a drawer(it ended up to be a big drawer) and put them in it. Then tell the girls that if I pick up any barrettes they will be thrown out. Now that worked well, except when it was me who pulled them out of their hair and set them on the table. I soon learned to hand them to the one who's hair they came out of, saying you better put these away or I will throw them away in the AM because I won't remember I put them on the table. Soon they put their hand up and took them as I took them out of their hair. It worked for us and when they didn't want barrettes etc any more I was saddened to throw them out &/or pass them on. They had been with us for years.
God bless you
K. -- SAHM married 39 years --- adult children -- 38, coach; 33, lawyer married with son; and twins 19 on dean's list at the colleges of their choice.

Ziploc Bags!! They come in several different sizes and you can organize them in an old shoebox and store under your sink or under her bed. Works well for me (2 girls)