guest post by Suzanne Winn
I’m not one of those mothers that saves every piece of paper my child has drawn on. Because I work full time, Jaxon goes to an in-home childcare with a lady that we go to church with. She teaches a cirrucilum and he loves it there. He started there when he was about 4 months old. Once he was around one he started bringing papers home! Needless to say – We have a LOT of papers from this kid and he’s only 3! If it is from a workbook I don’t save it – unless he has done something amazing on it. If it is on construction paper and involves paint, especially finger paint, it’s a keeper. Recently I weeded out some of the stuff we didn’t need to keep.
These are the ones that I decided I wanted to display:
They may not look like much but to me they’re little masterpieces!
This is how I decided to display them. I went to snapfish.com and made a 11×14 poster. I should get it in the mail this week. It was under $10.00 and I LOVE IT!!!
I’ll be sure to post a picture once it’s framed and hung!
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Suzanne-This is such a GREAT idea! You are just full of them! I am going to do this and display it in my hallway where my kid’s rooms are!
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Darling idea and a must do. I have a large box full of the kids artwork that I couldn’t bare parting with.
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you must have been reading my mind. this is a project that i too am interested in, mainly because my two kid’s (6 and 3) are constantly adding to the piles of artwork around the house – i mean it is out of control!
i love your layout and poster idea! here is my take on it – http://seejackdraw.blogspot.com/
thanks!
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I love snapfish!! I’ve made a bunch of collages from there. I use it and make a collage some of the pics from the vacation we take with my hubby’s family every other year. It’s great to see how everyone has changed and the kids have grown up.
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This is a fantastic idea. Especially great for grandparents. My mom would love a huge poster of my daughter’s art work. Happy mother’s day, mom!
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I love it! I also have a bag full of artwork that I did not know how to display.
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Perfect!
All these great ideas you ladies have!
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It looks great and would make a nice grandparent gift too.
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Fab idea! Love it. Thanks for sharing.
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I believe that Flickr has QOOP – you can print books with 40+ pages for under 20 bucks. That is a great idea for a coffee table book, full of your kiddos originals!
I’ve also use decoupage to keep my kiddos art works for posterity. We have made a flower pot, some dice for homemade games, some nifty magnets and the traditional wall-art with just glue, water and some creativity.
http://quirkymomma.com/2009/decoupage-and-kid-art-works/
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I love it, I have also seen the idea to make a photo flipbook at the end of each year to document the year in art!
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Wow, that’s really cool! That’s a great way to display his work, instead of keeping it all in a binder somewhere. Very neat.
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