Looking To Add A "Dress Up" Area/Bin...Please Any Ideas?

[gkids09]

I have a laundry rack and child size plastic hangers. The laundry rack is the metal and black from Wal-Mart that adjusts about to head height of most of the kids here.

It's pretty sturdy (used for laundry, after all...), and the kids haven't been able to destroy it yet.

I am required to have the dress up clothes hanging up like that so the kids can see what is available. They aren't supposed to be separated by gender either, which wouldn't make any difference since most of the boys here love pink and wear the dresses more than the girls... ::

I have gotten my dress up clothes from lots of different places...Wal-Mart's Halloween clearance is best, but I've also gotten some donated (not in great condition, but good enough to last a few months anyway!), and have bought some from thrift stores.

Just regular clothes are the favorites here. I have a button up shirt that's kid-sized from a thrift store, and they LOVE it.

I have scarves, hats, gloves, dresses, sweaters, vests, jerseys, etc, and they wear it all.

[JenNJ]

I made a ton of tutus. Super easy, no sew methods are available online. I also had a dcm donate a few well made hand made knights costumes for the boys. I am going to copy her style and make some firefighter, doctor/nurse, and police uniforms as well. I find hand made to be better quality and fabric is super cheap.

[Greenshadow]

I bought an old trunk at the Goodwill and stocked it full of halloween costumes as well as "real" clothes too, like hats and scarves and shoes! The trunk has a lock on it to keep it open while they're playing in it and when they're done, I just close it up! It doesnt take up much space and is easy to clean up without having to arrange everything and hang it up somewhere!

[daycare]

I do the same thing. We have ours in two extra large totes. I used to organize it but I would always find myself spending too much time trying to keep it that way. It was too hard for the kids to hang the stuff up, so we just neatly place the stuff in the totes.