Hanging Shoe Storage to Fight Against Terrible Twos

My friends have had their daughter for a couple of years now, and she is entering the “Terrible Twos” phase of her life. I guess they should just count their blessings that this cliché did not actually begin until she was about three. However she sure is terrible – pulling on mommy’s earrings, eating bugs and dirty, and of course doing her best to ruin her parent’s favorite things. This includes shoes, so one suggestion I gave them was to use hanging shoe storage to keep their nice shoes out of reach and out of the toilet.

Little kids are quite industrious, so locking your shoes in the closet is not going to work. They will undoubtedly find a way into the closet, and your shoes will definitely find their way into a big hole in the backyard. Instead use hanging shoe storage like this over the door shoe rack.

Able to hold 36 pairs of shoes, you will not need to worry about your little one getting his or her hands on your fabulous pair of Jimmy Choo’s. The rack can be customized to fit your shoe collection size. I would recommend not allowing it to hang all the way down, because that puts your shoes dangerously close to the hands of a grabby toddler.

Another idea is to use shoe boxes instead of hanging shoe storage and place the boxes way at the top of your closet. Not only will this technique completely hide your shoes from the kids, but it also keeps dust and dirt out of your shoes and increases their life span. The set of 4 large Vision shoe boxes makes a great choice for this very task.

Armed with shoe boxes and hanging shoe storage, I hope my friend and her husband are able to successfully keep all of those shoes out of the hands of their little child.