Comments on: Kid Memory Binders: Organized and Easy!

By: Tori aka Farm Marm

Tori aka Farm Marm — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:49:20 +0000

I LOVE this idea!b In fact it’s something I started a couple of years ago when my lil guy started pre-k. He was bringing home SO much stuff! He had more stuff for scrapping than his four older siblings that had 7-14 years on him! I just grabbed a binder, and page protectors and started stuffing away! He loves it! I found you via Pinterest and have now subscribed to email

By: Denise

Denise — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:18:37 +0000

I couldn’t resist sharing a great solution that I’ve discovered. It is called Memory Pockets (www.MemoryPockets.com). For each of my kids, I got a set of Memory Pockets to safely STORE each school year’s art, papers, keepsakes, etc. There’s a LARGE – 10×13 – pocket for each year, preschool thru 12th grade. Plus they come in bright, fun colors with fill-in-the-blanks on the front where you and RECORD your child’s accomplishments, dreams, likes and milestones for each year. I keep them handy in a fabric tote on a shelf in our den. When the kids bring their new “stuff” home, I sort thru it and save/record the “keepers” in their Memory Pocket. I love them! See for yourself at http://www.MemoryPockets.com.

By: Heather Stokes

Heather Stokes — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:26:01 +0000

WOW WOW WOW
I just stumbled across this on Pinterest and I just LOVE it.
I was just thinking about what to do with all those papers from my Son’s Kindergarten year now that he is in first grade. I thought about scanning things and making a photo book but that can get very expensive if you have a lot of pages. This is FABULOUS! LOVE IT!
Thank you so much.

By: Grateful for Grace

Grateful for Grace — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:39:03 +0000

Oh, my stinkin’ heck! Thank you!! I loveLOVElove this idea! Gonna get started pronto!! Even though I have six kids. I’m excited about something I might actually be able to do!

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By: Jennifer Ashford

Jennifer Ashford — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:01:12 +0000

I love this! I found it on pinterest & am going to start for my oldest son this year. He’s 3 & going into preschool! I always loved looking at my old school things. Now it will be nice & organized.

By: Angel

Angel — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:50:17 +0000

Yours are so beautifully done!! We have 3 girls and are missionaries living in the Philippines. I had boxes and boxes of my own school memorabilia and I knew that would never work for us since we can’t bring things like that back to the US with us. So 3 years ago I got each of the girls a box with a lid and every piece of coloring or school work goes in that box and in the summer we go through them and add one of each genre of paper, they get to choose! Then we end up with between 5 and 10 pages per year and the rest, throw out of mail to the grandparents! Everyone wins!!

By: document binders

document binders — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:35:36 +0000

That is what we call being organized is the key to save the time.You have shown both the skills in this article i.e organization management and time management.Now you don’t to run here and their to look for Elliot’s books or Abby’s birthday card.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:00:05 +0000

I do the same thing for my kids in a binder just like those. Who had the time to scrapbook anyway.
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By: The Cottage Chick

The Cottage Chick — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:32:17 +0000

Thanks for reposting this! I never saw it the first time. I LOVE this idea and plan to start mine right away for my 3 boys. I have felt so guilty over not getting any scrapbooking done anymore, and really wanted a new solution.

I sent this link to 8 friends today also, because I love it that much! Thanks for sharing!

Denise
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By: Melinda Keller

Melinda Keller — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:03:38 +0000

Thanks for this post. It’s a great motivator!

I started doing these for my kids a few years ago when I felt like I was drowning in construction paper and glitter glue. It’s been such a do-able system so I’ve actually been able to keep up with it, even with the addition of kiddos 3 and 4. :>

I find that I save it all up til Christmas and summer breaks and then spend an hour or two sorting through the piles and filing. I also added in a letter from me to each child. The last day of school, I spend the morning in my pajamas with a cup of coffee, typing away at the computer, composing a special letter to each child. The letter includes who their teacher and friends were, what they enjoyed about the year, things that were difficult that had to be overcome as well as how I’ve seen them grow through the year. And then, of course, some sappy mom stuff. At the bottom of the letter, I add in a few of my favorite photos throughout the year, especially one with the teacher or friends. Then I tuck it into the binder for them to discover on some rainy afternoon when they are flipping through it.

By: Lara

Lara — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:06:38 +0000

I LOVE this idea and am just now getting ready to start the project! Two quick questions…do you also put pictures (aside from the class ones you mentioned – think family vacations, 3 year old professional photo, miscellaneous snapshots) in this binder, or do you do something different with them? And, do you often put groups of things in one sheet protector (ie. 8 special birthday cards) that you would have to pull out to see or do you only put in what you can actually see when you flip through? Thanks for the great idea!

By: N.

N. — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:41:19 +0000

Just followed the link from The Inspired Room to here – LOVE this idea! Going to start ASAP!
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By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:58:02 +0000

I wish I had known to do this when my children were younger… I love it. Can’t wait to see you at Blissdom friend.

By: Celeste

Celeste — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:28:54 +0000

And for all those projects that you can’t put in a binder take a picture of them. Then you can toss the project but still have a picture of it.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:05:25 +0000

I love this idea – I’ve been wondering how to keep track of all the art work & such…and my daughter’s not even in school yet. This will work out so well if I have this in place *before* she starts school!

By: April Driggers

April Driggers — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:03:24 +0000

I, too, love this idea but I hate storing binders. While I LOVE The Container Store, I purchased some of their clear lidded boot storage boxes and I allow myself only that amount of space for their school year “stuff”. I do have a keepsake box for other things and save only the school related stuff in these (mine are young, so we don’t have lots of other stuff) but I do like the idea of having a place for all of their cards and memorbilia! Hmm…. how to combine the two systems!!…

By: Melissa S

Melissa S — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:49:28 +0000

I did this last year after reading your post. At the end of the school year we picked out the papers to keep and either punched holes in them, or if they were small used the sheet protectors. Great Idea! I love them. We just cleaned out their “school drawers” since they had gotten full and when school is out we will make a binder for this school year. Of course, if I were as organized as I should be we would aleady have the first half of the year bound!