Tips for storing kids art supplies?

[Moochuck]

Looking at these so any alternatives welcome. Currently sitting in 3 large glass boxes with wooden lids but looks messy.

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I have large boxes. Clear ones. Which stack.
they can then be hauled individually to where the art project will be worked on.

How old are the kids? Are we talking pipecleaners, pompoms and glitter or posca pens and watercolours?

So I need something which can store pens/pencils, then thicker pens, glue guns, etc. Truthfully I probably need to get rid of a ton of pens and pencils anyway as no one uses them!! I just want it in some sort of drawers that we can access easily. Currently have glass boxes which are way too heavy

We have a kallax downstairs for my youngest, it's one with drawers for pencils (pots just fall over) and bigger boxes for all the felt and whatnot.

Upstairs my eldest has an IKEA pegboard with lots of pots for all her more fancy poscas, pencils etc.

Get rid of as much as you can. I prefer shallow containers because anything deep just collects junk. For pens/markers I’d use some kind of pot/jar where they can see what they want, and not have to dig or take out more than they need.

Muji boxes. Come on lots of sizes and the drawers are great and stackable.

If it’s mostly pens definitely pots/tubs where they stand upright - so easy to see and sort - in a shelving system, maybe with two drawers at the bottom to store the larger items eg glue gun and boxes of glue sticks.
A friend has a good system using containers inside a tall shoe rack - the angled shelves mean she can see all her pens (rather than having to pull out the tubs to look at each one).

I think my problem is the kids have tons of pencils which no one uses but which i havent the heart to bin! Really id save a ton of space if i got rid of those! And the felt tips. I think i have that old mindset of not wanting to waste/such a shame to throw!

Donate them, don't throw them.

@Tiebiter who do you donate art supplies to? Our school wont take them....

I would try local hospital, dentist receptions, women's refuge, failing that pop them up free on Facebook market place.

Do you have a Scrapstore local to you? They would rip your arm off for these!

WARNING : if you go to your local scrap store you will undoubtedly come away with more than you donated!

They are a charity.

Some charity shops accept art materials in good/slightly used condition, if you can pre-bag similar ones together in a ziploc etc it’s better for them.
Our local gateway library also happily accepts colouring pencils, crayons, markers etc. as they usually have large tubs out in the kids’ area.