How to Create a Middle School Locker Essentials Kit: 37 Handy Items

It's a new school year, and time to get supplies ready.

Middle school lockers are just one of the new and exciting changes that happen in junior high school.

Not only do kids get the opportunity to have lockers, often for the first time, but they can also actually lock their stuff up.

Hopefully, this cuts down on items that always seem to disappear. It may not help if your kid is forgetful, but it sure helps when some kids like to take stuff, which is unfortunate.

Usually, by this age, they get two lockers, one for school supplies and another for gym class.

Either way, one of my favorite ideas is for my tweens to have an essentials locker kit. A kit filled with might needers and probably will need supplies.

Appearance is becoming a very big deal at this age. They care about the way they look, feel, and smell, and so does everyone else.

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While the way someone looks naturally should be celebrated, not made fun of, puberty has a way of intervening in ways that can make for embarrassing situations.

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When it's something they can control, a little help goes a long way.

So What Should You Put in Your Middle School Locker?

The middle school locker kit is used to keep your locker organized and efficient.

Here's a list of the most essential items your tween (or teen) should keep in their locker:

Toothpaste
Toothbrush
Mints
Floss
Hairbrush or comb
deodorant
Baby Wipes (we use these for everything, everywhere)
Hand Sanitizer
Extra socks
Extra shirt
Lint Roller
Lip Balm
Hand Lotion
Bandaids
Cough drops
Tissues
Pain Reliever
Antacids
Favorite snack
Extra pens
Phone charger
Stain removing pen
Eye drops
Tweezers
Sunscreen
Mirror
Nail clippers
Emergency numbers

Additional supplies for girls

Pads, Pantiliners, or Tampons
A cute bag to keep feminine supplies in for privacy
Bobby pins or hair ties
Extra underwear
Wet Bag

Many of these items can be found in the school office, from a teacher, or from the nurse. However, when in a rush, it's much easier to grab from the kit and go.

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How to Keep All the Locker Essentials Neatly Together

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But you may want to check the dimensions of your tween's locker first. It would be disappointing to make a fabulous kit and get to school to find out it's too big.

Although I prefer the containers with handles and latches, a shoebox from those new back-to-school sneakers that you can cover with pretty paper or a plastic one from The Dollar Tree will work too.

Using some magnetized pockets or a hanging shoe holder, like the small ones at Dollar Tree that can be hung with magnetic hooks, could also hold supplies.

It's crazy how skinny the lockers are these days.

I don't know how you'd fit all your books and binders into it, along with winter boots and a coat.