Organizing bleg.

Help.  

I need an idea for organizing 5 or 6 sets of children's headphones -- not ear buds, but headphones that go over the kids' heads and clamp over their ears -- in a small space, so the cords don't tangle.  Hanging them on the wall is an option but I'd rather have some kind of box or other container.   

I tried keeping them in individual ziplock bags inside a box and it didn't work.

Please pretty please help me out.  I'm willing to buy a product just for this, it's driving me nuts.

Comments

[Kate]

Perhaps make small fabric drawstring bags for each child and then have a place to hang the bags?

[Rebekka]

Is it the whole package that makes you crazy or is it the cords that get tangled? If it's the latter... I have this thingy called a bobino I use for my ear buds, they come in three sizes depending on the size of the cable. www.mybobino.com
I assume they have a US site.

[Rebekka]

I forgot to add: the nifty thing is that you leave it on the cord, you just wind or unwind it depending on how long you want the cord to be.

[Delores]

well, on a totally different take the first thought that came to my mind was a rosary holder -- the kind that have hooks and then they hang from the hooks. Maybe something like that.

[Christy P]

Stuff the cords into toilet paper rolls?

[bearing]

It's not just the cords... I also need to put the headphones somewhere. I mean, keeping the cords from tangling will help. But also, it needs to be a solution that will be easy enough to manage that small children can do it.

Kate's fabric bags are not a bad idea, actually. I had been thinking about hanging the headphones from the jack end somehow... maybe having a holder on the wall that I could plug them into! I wonder if Radio Shack could help me out here.

[Morgan D.]

What about a hook for the headphones, and then these stuck to the wall underneath:

http://www.containerstore.com/shop/dorm/desk/cordControl?productId=10027231&N=80178

Should be fairly easy for small children.

[bearing]

Hm, Morgan, that looks pretty good...

I asked some IRL friends, too... and googled around. One suggested a paper towel holder (open on one end) with some kind of container on the wall below it to corral the cords. I might try that. Bought some hooks too. Last night I played around with various things I gathered and thought of putting them all on the outside of a cylindrical oatmeal box (which I have because it's the baby's favorite toy) with the cords stored inside the box. Will let you know if that works!