OUR KIDS ONLY HAVE ONE WEEK'S WORTH OF CLOTHES | Kids capsule wardrobe MINIMALIST

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[SweetPea]

I was very poor growing up and did not have many clothes....in fact, I was bullied because I had only one pair of pants that I could fit into and when I finally got a new pair people took note of it. That being said....PLEASE let your boys know that you choose to do this, that it is not a financial situation and that your family is ok financially. Also, because I had very little growing up, I tend to go overboard as an adult, and over purchase....just something to think about. You don't want your children to feel like they are missing out by not having clothing that they enjoy. I hope that makes sense.

[emileeengelhardt]

This is what we do! About 7 sets of clothes, 2 pjs, and a church outfit! Saves so much space and money

[kaleidoskop]

Can‘t imagine doing this. Our 10 month old boy goes thrue up to 5 outfits aday at the moment. And I totally love the change and see him in different things. And even if I do it like you, I would have to wash much more often.

[destinyhatfield]

I love the idea of only a weeks worth of clothing. Will you be doing an adult version. I struggle slightly with how I could achieve this with my own wardrobe.

[Infinitegeekster]

I love this minimalistic idea for clothes! Could you possibly do a how you shop for new staple pieces or where you like to buy your kids clothes?

[CoffeeLittles]

I love this idea! I'm just nervous to actually go through with it. It does seem like it would make doing laundry so much easier!

[siraatalmustaqeem]

Hey this is exactly what I do with my 3 kids. Its nice to know im not the only one doing '7 of everything'. Sometimes people find it quite strange when I tell them. But I love not just the minimalism but the order and simplicity of it too

[katedins]

This is such an interesting idea to me. I was always baffled when I was younger and seeing my family have loads of clothes for their kids but not even get to use most of them before they grow out of that size. This is something I will definitely be implementing with my children, and I have already started applying it to my own wardrobe!

[naomimichielse]

I have 1 year old twin boys. I'm drowning in their clothes and people keep giving them... i hope when they're older we can do something like this.
Much love from this super tired mommy😂💙

[withlovemary]

We do time capsules also and absolutely love it! I started doing it about 2 years ago for myself and 1 year now for the kids. I do it a bit different as I also have lounge clothes which I keep separate from their going out or school clothes. The lounge clothes is basically what they play with at home or they use for the park and that sort of thing and it maintains their going out clothes nicer and stain free for longer.

[carolann]

When my son was little (20 some years ago - yikes) he wanted only black clothing. It made for such easy laundry days. He also was apparently a minimalist at heart then because he was happy with two pairs of jeans, one pair of shorts and would have worn the same t-shirt all week. I did get him to agree to change his shirt daily though so he had at least six or seven. I know we did have more than seven pairs of underwear but that was my decision, not his.

Now at 26 he owns five black t-shirts, one pair of jeans, one pair of shorts, two sweat pants and maybe a week's worth of underwear and socks. He can fit everything all his clothes into one load of laundry and one dresser drawer.

[heathermckenna]

So economical and so beneficial for each member of the family. 💓 I love this. Saves time, frustrations, and alleviates all the fuss we have over dressing our bodies. Fantastic, Elle!

[lunagabriella]

*BRAVA!* I think you and everyone else who does this evens out those with the Keeping Up With The Joneses type of mindset.


*Personally? 2 weeks' worth of clothing. I don't have kids, but I'm at the stage in life where I'm wanting to learn a lot before I might have a child, and I am not okay with having a crap ton of stuff. As the oldest sibling by almost a decade to my brother and sisters, aaand having moved sooo many times, I legit don't see the point of having more than 2 weeks' worth of clothing for every person in the house. I'm tired of my stuff because I use shirts, shorts, and yoga pants as my loungewear, pajamas, workout wear, and the shirts usually can be used for an outfit if I'm out. 1 week's worth of undies, socks (black set, white set by accident), 1 bra which I'm sad about, 3 sports bras, and a bunch of dusty shoes lol, 1 pair worn all the time.*

Update: 2 bras 😂😂

[melhayley]

I wish I'd had this information when my children were younger, it would certainly saved me a lot of money, time and ironing....

[linzyemmons]

We have been doing 14 outfits. For some reason I have been nervous to try just 7. But I think while collecting her fall winter clothes I will do 8 (a back up) and see how it goes! Thanks for the inspiration ❤

[smileurBeautiful]

I would love to only have 7 socks for my son but for some reason toddler socks like to walk off 😒 lol

Edit: this inspired me, I'll definitely be doing this for my son and my own clothes! I hate that the days are wasted on laundry and not spent with my kids. :)

[samanthahollman]

This is awesome! We do similar(now) but we have 10 outfits. I had to do some real down sizing as we buy majority of our kids clothes second hand and lots of times they are a complete clothing lot. Sometimes when we purchase those they are huge or we don't end up using or liking some stuff. Especially our first born, we had SO much but now we've down sized to 10 of everything which makes life so much easier!

[irispostema]

I loved todays video, felt like a haul but then on the other side of consumerism.

Tip: Some of the kids I babysat wore overalls when they played outside. It really helped them to keep their clothes good for longer. But you know, they still grow out of it. But then you could hand them down because the pants wouldnt have holes in them.

[tanialuke]

I have 3 or 4 of each item and do a mid-week and a weekend wash. It makes it super easy to pack when going away because you just take everything and don't have to decide! Elle, I wanted to know if you and hubby have the same amount of clothes too? I have tried a capsule wardrobe but got bored pretty quickly. Also, we do the in and out rule for new clothing.

[ellensutton]

I love the idea! But I think I’d get sick of seeing my kids in the same clothes I have 3 children 11, 18 months & 8 months and they all have a wardrobe and set of drawers each all full to the brim it’s definitely something to think about x