I use an over the door shoe organizer for hats, gloves, scarves… it hangs on the inside of the tiny hall closet. Each of the kids has a row and if it does not fit then we give something else away. The pockets also hold their sunglasses and summer hats. Snow boots hang out in the hall closet. Snow pants are in their bedroom closets
They each have – snow hat, mittens, light weight gloves, scarf, sun hat, baseball hat, sunglasses… in each of their pocket rows going down (so each child has 6 little pockets). It makes it very easy and simple for them to be in charge of their things and it prevents things from getting into the wrong spots. Also prevents me from collecting too many things. I like to crochet, hats are just fun, but now if we make something (or are given something) we have to give something else away.