School Wardrobe Question for Kindergarten?

Question

My daughter starts kindergarten in September this year, and her sister starts preschool. They're VERY close to sizes. They share shirts, but one wears a 4 in pants, and the other a 5 in pants. I'm trying to figure out what's needed...I go WAY overboard usually. How many shirts, long sleeved, short sleeved, pants, etc. Any advice?

Answer 1

Make your own from curtains

Answer 2

That is a tough call. I have a daughter going into kindergarten this year too and her sister is going into 2nd grade. Normally I would pass clothes down, but I have issues doing it for school. My 5 yr old is one clothing size behind my 7 yr old and only one shoe size too. They've been borrowing each others shirts off and on for a few months.

I am buying clothes for school already and see nothing wrong with doing that. I know what my girls' growth habits are like and can usually predict sizes right. If not, I keep the receipts or just list on ebay. I know that my daughter who has been a size 5 is going into size 6, so a 5/6 still works for her. And my oldest who has been wearing 6/6slims can still wear a 6 and a 6/7 will work fine for her too. I have already bought school shoes too. I have rarely been wrong about their sizes.

As far as quantity, I always buy way too much. They have their panties, knee socks, regular socks, tights, leggings, fashion boots, flip flops, sandals, tennis shoes, tshirts (both basic tees and graphic tees), long sleeved shirts, hoodies, jeans, capris, skorts....the list goes on! But this way they always have something "new" and fresh to wear so they're never wearing out their clothing either. I make sure to keep comfy pants or ripped jeans on hand for play as well as shirts that have seen a lot of wear so when they get home they change right into play clothes and shoes before going outside to play.

The amount you need really just depends on your kids. I would say whatever you bought for your other daughter for school last year, double it for this year.

Answer 3

two weeks worth of clothes will do.

Answer 4

chill out taKE THE KID WITH YOU SHOPPING. she will assurt her own style w/o her sister there.

Answer 5

I would wait till September as they will likely grow a LOT over the summer.

Answer 6

Me 2 i would wait but my daughter has like 10-15 shirts

10 pants

8 underwear ( one pair a day+ laundry day)

Too many socks to count.  

I would do a summer wardrobe & winter wardrobe

and a couple pairs of capris for fall.  

Good Luck!

Answer 7

I try to get each child 5 regular shirts and pants and two nicer outfits for special days or occasions.

Answer 8

I disagree with the concept of waiting until September. I have three kids and rotate months buying them clothes -- either up to the minute to wear now or for the future. None of mine can share clothes due to age/gender difference.

For my son who is going into kindergarten I am gradually building up his wardrobe of cargos and climbers from Lands end (because they have elastic waist with a self-belt plus double knees but do not look dorky IMHO) and of polos and long and short sleeved tees to layer. I already got him a pair of skater-type sneakers that used to be $40 and I got on clearance for $10 at Dunhams (discount sporting goods store). I will end up getting him a second pair of sneakers.

When my daughter was in kindergarten I got her a big lot of fall clothes off eBay -- TCP; Ralph Lauren; Lilly Pulitzer; GapKids -- really nice stuff -- probably 20 shirts; 12 pair of pants; a couple of skorts; a couple of casual dresses; all for less than $100. That turned out to be all she needed for tops and bottoms then I got her a couple of packages of white bobby socks and underwear and some cute sneakers from Target plus black and brown casual shoes.

Answer 9

Wait until school is getting ready to start because they will grow a lot between now and then. I would get enough to last about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks. Because once again they will grow like weeds and then you will be left with a lot of stuff they can't wear, so there's no need on spending a lot on a lot of clothes for them to out grow. Also when you go shopping get things that can be used for all types of weather (if possible, depends on where you live) and things long enough they won't grow out of them next week (a little long without shoes and just right with shoes) such as thin pants and thin long sleeve shirts (they can always roll up the sleeves if they get hot).

Answer 10

Do you already have shirts and things from the older daughter that the younger daughter can wear? i would do that then you need to buy less

Answer 11

My kids have roughly a week and a half's worth of shirts and underwear, and a week's worth of pants (on the occasional day that they don't spend rolling in the mud or dropping food on themselves, lol, they re-wear their pants for a day).