Comments on: Managing Children’s Artwork

By: Christie - Childhood 101

Christie - Childhood 101 — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:58:38 +0000

I like the idea of taking a photograph of special pieces and making a photobook or photo album.

By: SkylarKD

SkylarKD — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:58:57 +0000

I don't keep much of my daughter's artwork (she's almost 3), but I try to take a photo of most things she creates. I plan to make a photo album of her artwork for her to look back on when she's older.

By: n*stitches

n*stitches — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:54:05 +0000

I keep a large box at the top of each child's closet. During the year, everything goes in. Over the summer, my kids go through the box and decide the items that THEY want to keep in the box. I am usually surprised by their choices but none the less, works very well.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:45:34 +0000

I plan on making a book of Mikaela's artwork and photography through snapfish or another online photography place. A lot of times, you can get their photobooks for a discount. This provides a great archiving option and this way I can buy copies for the aunts and grandparents for holidays such as grandparents day or Christmas.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:31:17 +0000

Stopping by from WFMW!

The absolute best idea I have ever seen was to scan or take photos of everything and turn it into a book! There are SO many awesome companies out there for creating books {I usually use MyPublisher}, Blurb, Shutterfly, etc… and I am sure that givng a child a book of their own art would trump pitching all of it. Added bonus? Being able to give copies to the grandparents!

By: Angie....

Angie.... — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:48:42 +0000

We have binders with clear protector sheets that i add my daughters art work to and put these on my bookshelf. sometimes we scrapbook "our" favorites together.

By: scrap4ea

scrap4ea — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:48:33 +0000

I have an expandable file folder. I have one for each girl. I have labeled the tabs inside "certificates, lunch reciepts, newsletters, misc…then one tab for each month. I sort through the stuff they bring home keeping the projects and some of the classwork then file them in the correct month. At the end of the year I plan on doing a purge. The file folder keeps it out of site and it is easy to access…they are in baskets under a sofa table.

By: Grateful for Grace

Grateful for Grace — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:38:46 +0000

1) Buy 3 'boot sized' containers from The Container Store and label each with a child's name
2) Place containers somewhere easy to access (ahem... this step has tripped me up because if I can't get to the boxes, then stuff piles up again)
3) Every week go through and only keep the stuff that has significant value: sentimental drawing (maybe drew brother for the first time or whatever), shows significant improvement and a new technique, is really gorgeous.

I promise your children won't want every single thing they ever drew, but the meaningful ones will still have meaning.

HTH!

By: Milehimama

Milehimama — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:26:57 +0000

I let them pick out their best works. Scan it, and use as desktop wallpaper or rotating screen saver.

Otherwise, I'd DROWN in papers!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:16:58 +0000

we have a wall in the dining room that is their family art wall…I display things that come home on that wall….it's pretty neat, the kids are proud of it, and guests always comment on it. After I've displayed things, I decide what I want to keep, and get rid of the others. I also keep things like the first spelling test, etc.

I use it all in my scrapbooking.