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What Do You Do with Your Children's Artwork?
Asked by L.T. from St. Louis
on September 2, 2008
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Hi!
I have a 2 year old son and I already have a large pile of his beautiful artwork. What do I do with it? I want to keep at least some of his art, but I know real...
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- L., Something I do is keep a few, put some in frames or on the refrigerator, and then take a picture of my son holding the others. It is a great way to always have...
- I have three pieces of my daughter's artwork framed in identical frames in her playroom, two framed in my bedroom, one smaller one framed on the kitchen counter, and t...
- I really haven't done anything with most of my 4 year olds yet. It is being stored in a storage bin right now. Some has gotten thrown away as well. My intention is ...
What Do You Do with All the Art Work??
Asked by M.R. from Chicago
on October 9, 2009
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Hi - my daughter loves painting - it's her favorite activity at preschool and at home. We have tons of beautiful art from her, but don't know what to do with it all! ...
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- Taking pictures and making a CD of her artwork is a great idea. My last job, when I was a nanny, I would have the two girls go through their artwork when their folder...
- I scanned all of my daughter's art work from the last year and downloaded it to snapfish to create a hardcover book of all of her work. It came out better then expected!
- I agree with Shannon A. It may seem mean but just throw the things away when she isnt around. I do it with my two kids. I do keep the ones that have any storytellin...
Toddler Artwork Storage & Display
Asked by P.G. from Dallas
on September 29, 2010
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Hi Moms,
What is the best, most reasonably priced storage & display thing you've used for you kiddo's artwork? I have a 3.5 year old who goes to daycare and they do...
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- if they're in 8 x 11 paper, get those plastic sheet protectors and stick them in a binder by year.
- We tape a lot of my daughters art work to her mirror closet doors. It is rather sloppy, but she is proud of it. What ever you decide you use, make it acid free t...
- I was going to recommend exactly what Dawi P said - get a binder, sheet protectors and keep what is important by year. One thing I wish we would have done (and haven'...
Storing Child's Artwork?
Asked by A.D. from Elmira
on October 27, 2011
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My 3.5 year old has started preschool and has brought home some awesome (and not so awesome :) ) artwork. I would like to keep the majority of it, but I can imagine t...
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- Take photos of everything, & keep originals of the favorites in a backpack for each year.
- Keep a couple cute ones and frame them to decorate your child's room. Everything else just take a picture of and toss. Trust me as you are trying to figure out to do w...
- Make one folder with plastic pouches, this will hold the best couple of the month. The rest goes in recycling after you've taken a digital photo. Keep that in an art ...
Child's Artwork--preservation Options
Asked by M.K. from Appleton
on July 31, 2010
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My 6 year old finished kindergarten and has a whole box full of artwork. She is a fairly talented artist (unlike me!) and I would like to "preserve" some of her artwo...
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- I wouldn't suggest taking pictures of her artwork to save as opposed to actually saving the originals... it just isn't the same. If you want to scrapbook it, I would ...
- I use binders, one per child per school year. I keep their report cards, school photos, samples of school work and then I do a color scan of favorite artwork and reduc...
- scrapbooks, scrapbooks and more scrapbooks........some art can be fit to size, and pasted onto backing, making more space.
Help! How to Protect Artwork from Smudging?
Asked by L.G. from Washington DC
on December 5, 2008
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I am hoping to find some home remedies (or other ways) to protect some artwork. My son colored with Crayola markers on a cardboard box that has a glossy finish. When I...
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- Go to Micheal's art store & get the fixative spray can that protects art. This acrylic fixative is as clear as water, extremely lightfast, resistant to aging and no...
- Any spray you use will probably peel off eventually. The waxy coating on the box is non-porous so most likely nothing will stick. Just take a picture of the artwork an...
- Take a photo of it and frame it. Even fixatives will have a hard time making it stick. J. Artist and photographer
What to Do with All Those Art Projects?
Asked by C.S. from Chicago
on June 11, 2009
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What do you do with all of the art projects that your child has made during the school year? I am looking for suggestions on what to keep and what to toss. Keeping a...
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- I say keep one/month. Keep them all throughout the month and pick the one you would like to keep. Then make a scrapbook of their artwork throughout the year.
- Photograph them and put the photos on a shared site on Shutterfly to share with family and friends. (we save/frame a few.) The fun thing about photographing them is th...
- A friend of mine took a digital picture of all the art her child did throughout the year and then put them into a book. You can make a digital photo book on most of t...
Displaying Preschool Artwork
Asked by S.A. from Salt Lake City
on October 12, 2009
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Hey Mamas!
My daughter started preschool last month and has been bringing home a ton of really cute pictures and things, and we want to display them (for a little...
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- well we always took and hung them along the wall to the bathroom. this way everyone could see them and they were up to high for little fingers. they stayed there until...
- Ikea has some great plastic frames with clips that you can hook together and hang vertically or horizontally all different sizes for some fun I have taken some of my d...
- If you decide to do the taking picture route you could also purchase one of the digital picture frames and hang it up in your kitchen or her room or wherever and then ...
Preserving Keepsake Kiddie Artwork
Asked by B.P. from New York
on March 26, 2009
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Hi Moms & Caregivers,
I have a daughter who will be completing preschool soon and over the last two years have collected a mountain of her school art-work/projects et...
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- I agree with the digital photo idea everyone has talked about. I also have the frames from the improvements catalogue and they're pretty good although you do have to...
- I saw once on an organization show that a mom kept her kids things in pizza boxes. She would buy them from the pizzaria and only had one per child per year so that sh...
- Hi B., If you can take digital pictures of her artwork you can upload it to snapfish.com or mypublisher.com and have a 'professional' book made for her. You won’t...
How Do You store...kids Artwork
Asked by L.R. from Wausau
on August 27, 2011
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So how do you do it. I have three kids and well I only have one year in storage right now (two kids) ...but it is all in one box and I am not liking it. A little backg...
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- I scanned all the artwork from kindergarten and put it in a photobook from Shutterfly.
- I haven't started this yet as my son is just three (but already has a huge stack of art!), but I read about a cool idea I plan on doing. Take a picture of everything, ...
- Here's what I do with art. It hangs on the bulletin board for a week. At the end of the week, it goes into a paper tray (we home school, so we have a six shelf paper...
