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Leader’s Guide
Wardrobe Action Plan
How Much is Enough? – A Guide for Pl anning Apparel Needs For the Family.
• Having a plan helps families spend time and monetary resources wisely. The step-bystep worksheet simplifies the process.
Objectives:
• How an evaluation of their current wardrobe will guide the wardrobe plan.
• How to make a wardrobe plan for each member of the family.
• Decide which items are needed by family members for coming seasons or activities.
• How planned purchases can fit within the family budget when time and money are
scarce.
• Learn about the differences between needs and wants in planning expenditures.
• How to set goals and reach them.
Make copies of the following handouts and activity sheets for participants.
1. Wardrobe Planning
2. What Worked — What Didn’t?
3. Quality Details in Apparel
4. What Do Those Foldlines Mean? Tips For Fitting.
5. Creating a Seasonless Wardrobe
6. Wardrobe Inventory Guide
7. Basic Styles For Everyone
8. Measuring the Body
9. Growing Kids — What Are the Options?
Process for wardrobe planning: Doing an inventory will help participants understand
their current needs and maximize their budget by making sound purchase decisions.
Remind them that planned purchases can be spread out over a long period of time to better
fit their budget. The following information refers to the Wardrobe Planning handout.
Teaching Tips
1. Evaluate your present wardrobe.
Explain how to go through a family’s wardrobe looking for items that are worn out,
need repairs, or fit improperly. Refer to the handout What Do Those Fold Lines Mean?
and Tips For Fitting to help participants with decisions.
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