Organizing the Freezer

Its hard to find things in my freezer when it is packed solid. I have tried different things, starting with buying what will be used within the week, and placing items according to frequent use: Ice cream on top shelf (to keep from little ones), leftovers (which I immediately freeze after meals) on the second. The third, fourth and fifth shelves in my freezer are drawers, facilitating getting to items; I place frozen fish and sausages on upper drawer, meat on second and frozen vegetables on the bottom.
I have tried containers but they take too much room, although I use them for small items.  Any good suggestions?

When kids are home all day, the pantry gets out of control

A good way to keep pantry organized is having the snacks you want them to eat within reach. Best if you have items in baskets of: sweets, salty, nuts, drinks, etc.  Containers from the Dollar Store are great for this purpose, nothing fancy, even cardboard boxes help group and separate snacks, avoiding a mess and more work for you.