Back to school season usually means a bit of chaos until the dust settles and everyone gets into the swing of their new routine. This year, we decided to combat the craziness with the “Color-Coded Chaos Crusher”! The brightly colored crates and color-coded tags help our five children keep track of their belongings as they bounce from the car to school, back to the car, into the house, off to after school activities, and (finally!) back home again.

Our kids love this system because it not only makes their lives easier, but the crates add a splash of color to their everyday life. As parents, we love this system because it saves time (and, coincidentally, money) at each juncture of the day so that our household runs much more efficiently. It’s a total win-win.

We love this chaos-crushing system so much that we decided to carry it into our bathrooms. Ensuring that each crate has the same color-coded tag for each child makes it super simple to identify whose is whose, so they can just grab-and-go. The crates are so simple to customize for your family. You can find any generic bin or crate for around $5 or less, and then all it takes is a little paint, yarn, and some luggage tags to make it extra special and ready to fill.

Our friends at Cottonelle really have it down when it comes to saving time and money. Their new 4-in-1 toilet paper rolls have made all of our lives a little easier. Since it’s 4 rolls combined in 1 mega roll, we change our toilet paper rolls much less frequently, which leaves us more time to be a family… or, who are we kidding: it leaves more time for crafts, sports and other shenanigans!

• Crates (metal or plastic)
• Paint (gloss is best)
• Chunky yarn
• Craft glue
• Bright paper
• Luggage tags
• Craft knife and letter stencil

1. Choose your desired paint color. Paint the basket with 2 coats of paint. Let dry.
2. Cut a small piece of yarn and tie off one end at the beginning of the basket handle. Begin the wrap the yarn around the handle. Make sure to wrap it tightly enough so that the handle cannot be seen through the yarn! When you are nearing the end of the handle, tie off the yarn and clip off any excess. Repeat on the other handle.
3. Using a stencil, trace the first letter of the first name of the child the basket belongs to on your luggage tag. You could even do the entire first name! Then, carefully cut out the letter with a craft knife. Choose a brightly colored paper to glue to the back of the tag to make the letter *pop*! Cut out a square large enough to cover the entire letter.
4. Flip the luggage tag over. Using craft glue, glue the colored square so that it covers the letter on all sides.
5. Wait for the glue to dry, then tie the luggage tag onto the basket.

Now you’re #OnAMegaRoll and on your way to crushing chaos in your own home!

This post is sponsored by Cottonelle.