Six Simple Ways to Display Kids Artwork

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Six Simple Ways to Display Kids Artwork | Family Economics

They arrive home with it, they call it art, you love it and no one wants to part with it. So, what is one mom supposed to do with all of those precious art pieces her child brings home week after week, year after year? Here are my family’s six simple ways to display your kids’ artwork.

1. Binder Art: Create a “My Art Binder” for each child. Place your child’s artwork inside. Be sure to label and date each picture. You can either three-hole punch each piece of art or place each art creation in a clear protective sleeve.

2. Famous Artist Display: Purchase an assortment of frames at your local discount or thrift store. Paint them to match your decor. Hang the assorted frames as though they have pieces of famous art in them, only place your child’s pictures inside to display for all to see.

3. Monthly Art: Choose 12 art pieces and scan/photograph them and then have them made into a yearly calendar. These make great gifts as well.

4. Art Collage: Create a collage of your child’s favorite artwork for the year by taking a digital picture of each piece and having a poster created out of them. An 11x14 poster will hold approximately six to eight pictures, depending of the size of each one.

5. Magnetic Wall: Paint an entire wall or just a section of it with a magnetic paint. Allow your children to hang their artwork on it, changing it out from year to year while saving their favorite pieces.

6. Computer Wallpaper: Take digital pictures of your child’s artwork. Download or scan them into your home computer and use them as your wallpaper or screensaver.

What are some ways that you display your child’s artwork at home?

4 Comments so far

On Monday, May 07, 2012, Shannon wrote

Great ideas! I've also been thinking about creating a photo book of my child's art. Thanks for the tips.

On Sunday, May 06, 2012, Melanie in Canada wrote

We do something similar with the daycare kids. It is a year in reveiw folder with a few pics, artwork, events, etc though out the year in it for each child... I will do something similar if/when we start homeschooling in the fall! Only with assignments, work samples and pic from field trips!

On Thursday, May 03, 2012, Michigan Mom wrote

We use an "Art Line", a clothes line for art. My first grader has named it. On the playroom wall, two eye screws and a plastic coated wire looped at the ends. Industrial looking, we could find some cool clips, but we use clothes pins. Also, easy enough for her to change out her artwork herself.

On Wednesday, May 02, 2012, Crystal from www.tidbitsofexperience.com wrote

I think these are all great ideas. I wish I had some pictures of these ideas to put on Pinterest. :) I may have to do some of these for sure with three kids. :)

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