How to Organize a Small Art Station for Kids!

You asked and I answered!  In my first post of 2019 (how is it 2019 already?!) I asked about what types of posts you’d like to see.  The verdict so far?  Organization!  And to be honest, January is the perfect month for organizational posts as everyone (including myself!) is all about cleaning, purging and getting the new year off with a fresh start!

That being said, today’s post is about an art station I set up in the corner of our dining room for our kiddo.

How to Organize a Small Art Station for Kids!

We set up a little table and chair set we bought eons ago in the corner of our dining room to serve as a small art station that can be converted to extra dining space should other little ones come over and dine with us.

Sort, Purge and Assess

Kids have a lot (and I mean A LOT) of art supplies.  From paint, to crayons, to glue, to you name it!  The first step in setting up an art station is to assess what you need and purge/store the rest.  Our daughter is 4.5 years old and loves drawing and writing so for her art station, we keep lots of paper on hand and separated out her implements of choice: pencil crayons, markers, crayons and chalk (for the chalkboard that lives in our dining room).

Add Small Storage

The next step is putting all of your newly sorted items into accessible containers.  In our case we used dollar store galvanized buckets for art supplies and pretty IKEA boxes to store her art paper and works of art.

Organizing Tip: We love using blank notebooks for artwork as it means less loose paper everywhere!

Put it All Together!

Once you put it all together, do a test run to see if it’ll work for your budding little artist.  In our case, she’s been excellent about putting everything away in it’s rightful bucket and box and this space has (mostly!) been kept as neat as when we first set it all out.

Do you have a similar art corner in your home?  Let me know how you organize it!

(Oh!  And don’t forget to pin this for later!)