Separating clips into separate "projects"

I've checked each topic that even looks close to my problem, and can't find an answer (5 pages of this discussion).
I've already imported the tape. It consists of say 50 clips of varying lengths. There are 5 categories each clip might belong to: each of my 4 children and me (home).
I want to create a Project for each of these categories and then save each clip into the appropriate category. When finished, I want all clips for that child in Project A, all clips for Child B in Project B, etc.
I have not been able to do this without saving the entire tape as 5 different projects, then delete the clips that don't "apply" in each Project. This takes up a huge amount of space. I'm not even sure that I get what I want after I do that, as each Project, after alteration, still seems to be just as large as the original.
I really don't want to re-import the movie/tape, stopping at the end of each clip to store it in a separate Project or to set up a new project for the next clip.
There has to be an easier way to do this. What is it, please?

Hi grandpa,
sorry for confusing you with my word-creations I totally understand, what's your masterplan, I just have ONE kid as hereo of my movies (my son is 5y), and I also try to make "themed movies" (at the beach, soccer, cute, funny etc)
so, I too have the problem of dozends of hours tape, mixed with all kind of content and then shorten that into 5min
but I don't import EVERYTHING, and then try to divide it into 5 big "folders" there's another, more pro tool for editing, called FinalCutExpress it has a totally different method of handling movies as in a Hollywood edit lounge, you can import the tapes and first organize them in socalled bin, THEN you start editing but I can't recommend FCE for a beginner VERY high learning curve, iM is much more intuitive
the "one tape for every grandchild"-idea is so wonderful simple&easy, I would do so in future (labeling is important)
another thing, I recommend: after a day/weekend of shooting, start editing immidiatly! your memory is fresh, you're motivated to do it get a big external harddrive and store your 5, 6, 8 different projects you can work on them over a long time simutanously so, everything grows, not only your grandchildren
use Hui's hints
good luck, have fun!

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