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DIY Baby Closet Dividers to Organize Your Baby’s Closet

Tutorial to make easy DIY baby closet dividers. Get baby’s closet organized and keep it organized as they grow.

baby clothes organized with baby closet dividers

Learn how to make baby clothes dividers with just a few simple craft supplies and customize your baby’s closet.

Oh my goodness you guys! I’m going to have a baby soon! Each day that passes I get more and more excited to be a mom and meet this baby. I’m trying to be as prepared as possible (though I know they say you’re never truly prepared)!

To help me feel prepared, I need to be organized. This goes for every part of my life and expecting a baby is no different. One part of the nursery that’s feeling a little unorganized to me right now is the baby’s closet. I already have a few little outfits for the baby and I can’t wait to get more, but I’ve been having a hard time trying to figure out how to organize the baby’s clothes.

The clothes are so small, there are so many of them and babies grow out of them so fast! So as you can imagine, I can’t stop scouring Pinterest for nursery organization ideas.

There were a lot of cute ideas that I came across but one idea that really stuck with me was DIY baby closet dividers. Baby closet dividers hang in your closet and separate the clothes by sizes so that they’re easy to reach for, easy to store and easy to organize.

It also makes it simple to see how many clothes you have in certain sizes and what you may need more or less of as time goes on. I haven’t seen very many people use baby closet dividers so it wasn’t something I initially thought I would need, but the more I thought about it the more convenient I thought they would be to have.

There are so many cute DIY nursery closet divider ideas on Pinterest. For the most part they all seem really easy and functional, but one problem I found with them was that they weren’t changeable, meaning most of them are made with permanent sizes stamped on them. I know that babies are only in, for example, 0-3 month clothes for a short period of time (if at all) depending on how much they weigh when they’re born and how fast they grow.

I plan on using baby closet dividers for a long time – well into the toddler years – and I just can’t justify making baby closet dividers that I would use for such a short period of time, only to need more as my baby keeps growing older and bigger.

Another problem I came across was that I didn’t think a lot of the DIY baby closet dividers I saw online would have a long life span. Many were made from cardboard or light plastic and I knew I wanted something more durable that would last longer.

I brainstormed with my husband and we came up with these really cute and easy DIY nursery closet dividers that can be easily modified to fit any age and size of the baby. These are practical and can be used as your child ages, meaning you won’t have to make any more as your baby grows older.

We wanted to make something a little more durable too, so they are less wasteful. I’d like to use them for as long as I can – maybe even for the next baby! But I know…one step – or one baby – at a time here. However, ultimately these baby closet dividers should save you time and money in the long run.

We thought making baby closet dividers out of wood would look classic and help extend their lifespan. We also thought that adding on chalkboard imprints we could write on, erase and update would make them easily adaptable for any age while keeping them cute and trendy.

Overall, they were pretty simple to make. I found some of the materials I needed laying around my house and the rest I found either on Amazon or at Michael’s. I’m really happy with the end result and feel so good about having a more organized baby closet before the baby makes its appearance!

Follow these simple steps below to make your own DIY nursery closet dividers. I hope you like them!

Love these DIY Baby Closet Dividers! Learn how to make baby clothes dividers with just a few simple craft supplies and customize your baby closet.

How to Make Baby Clothes Dividers:

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Materials

Pick out sheets of scrapbook paper in the colours you want to use. I choose yellow and grey colours to match my nursery.

yellow and gray patterned scrap book paper

Spray paint the door hangers with white spray paint. Spray painting them white gives you a nice clean canvas to work with. If you’re pregnant, wear breathing protection or have someone else do this step for you.

wooden door knob hangers painted white

I measured out squares and painted the inside of these squares with chalkboard paint. I stayed 3/4 of an inch away from the edge for the squares.

wooden door knob hangers painted with square of chalkboard paint for DIY closet dividers

Then I traced a cut the scrapbook paper to fit the front and back of the hangers. An x-acto knife works best for cutting the chalkboard square out.

Love these DIY Baby Closet Dividers! Learn how to make baby clothes dividers with just a few simple craft supplies and customize your baby closet.

Then I mod podged the paper to the hangers doing one side, letting it dry, and then the other side.

close up of bottle of mod podge
5 decorated door knob hangers laying in a row for DIY baby closet dividers

When the mod podge was dry, I stamped different animals using various Close to My Heart scrapbooking stamps.

giraffe, tucan bird, owl, monkey, lion and hippo stamped shapes cut out of cardstock

I love using little animals because they are so cute and gender-neutral. Aren’t these adorable?!

Next, I used workable fixatif (from Michael’s again) to stiffen the cardstock that I stamped on and to make sure that the ink wouldn’t run later. It sprays on like spray paint and dries very quickly.

close up of can of Krylon workable kixatif

Then, to give the animal pictures a 3D effect, I used 3D pop-up tape to adhere them. You can find this at most dollar stores for cheap! I used crazy glue to ensure that the pieces would be stuck on for the long haul.

Adding a 3D effect is not necessarily a must-have for these baby closet dividers, but I thought it added a little bit of extra “pop” to them.

closeup of 3D pop dots
close up of baby closet divider with a giraffe added to it

And here is the finished product! They match our neutral gray and yellow nursery perfectly! I wrote sizes on the chalkboards to match how baby clothes are sized. Again, what I really like about this feature on these baby closet organizers is that I can wipe off the writing and update the sizes as my baby grows.

baby closet dividers laying in a row with baby age sizes written on them
baby closet dividers laying in a row with baby age sizes written on them
3 baby closet dividers stacked together

And they fit perfectly in the closet to separate the few clothing items we have so far.

view of closet with clothes and baby closet dividers
view of closet with clothes and baby closet dividers
close up of view of closet with clothes and baby closet dividers
DIY Baby Closet Dividers to Organize Your Baby's Closet

DIY Baby Closet Dividers to Organize Your Baby's Closet

Yield: 1 set
Active Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Easy

Beautiful baby closet dividers to organize your little one's clothes!

Materials

Tools

  • None

Instructions

    1. Spray paint the doorknob hangers with white spray paint.
    2. Measure out squares and paint the inside of these squares with chalkboard paint. I stayed 3/4 of an inch away from the edge for the squares.
    3. Trace and cut the scrapbook paper to fit the front and back of the hangers. An x-acto knife works best for cutting the chalkboard square out.
    4. Mod podge the paper to the hangers doing one side, letting it dry, and then the other side.
    5. Stamp different animals using various Close to My Heart scrapbooking stamps. Use workable fixatif (from Michael’s again) to stiffen the cardstock. Use 3D pop-up tape to adhere them.
    6. Hang them in the closet and get organizing!

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michele Sciacca

Tuesday 14th of August 2018

Are the hangers wood? if so, where did you find ones that were cut out like that? This is exactly what I am looking for. I have not found wood with this cut out.. BTW they look great!

Lindivs

Tuesday 14th of August 2018

Hi! Yes they are wood, I just found them at Michaels! I'm not sure if they still carry them though. Good luck finding them!

Melanie O'Connell

Monday 3rd of March 2014

They look fabulous!! Does the chalk rub off on the clothes if they bump it??

Lindi V

Monday 3rd of March 2014

Thanks! The chalk did fade after a month or so. I just wrote it on again :)

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