{"id":18708,"date":"2018-02-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/?p=18708"},"modified":"2018-10-04T14:50:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T18:50:01","slug":"how-to-display-kids-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com\/how-to-display-kids-art\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Display or Recycle Kid Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the moment your first child scribbled a mark on a piece of paper, you’ve probably been enthralled with your kids’ artwork. As much as we love our artists and their handiwork, saving every little creation just isn’t feasible. It’s tough to figure out how to display kid’s art – or recycle it.<\/p>\n

What do you do with all those masterpieces without feeling guilty or hurting your artist’s feelings?<\/p>\n

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Easy Ways to Display or Recycle Kid Art<\/h3>\n

1. Make a calendar.<\/strong> Scan your children’s drawing. Then, use a photo-printing site to create calendars with the pictures. These make great Christmas gifts for relatives.<\/p>\n

2. Laminate it.<\/strong> Laminate your child’s larger pieces of art and use them for placemats. The placemats will give your child a sense of pride and create a lasting keepsake.<\/p>\n

3. Make cards.<\/strong> Use kid-art to make greeting cards for grandparents, aunts, and uncles or to brighten the day of a nursing home resident, shut-in, or sick neighbor or friend.<\/p>\n

4. Make puzzles.<\/strong> With your child’s permission (because this idea could be a disaster without it), glue their artwork onto heavy cardboard or cardstock. Then, cut it apart to make homemade, personalized puzzles.<\/p>\n

5. Frame it.<\/strong> The Canada goose drawing that won Brianna 1st place in the National Junior Duck Stamp contest when she was in 6th grade still hangs in our home. There was a drawing I did when I was in 6th grade that hung on my parents’ den wall for decades. And, there may or may not be one of my first-grade creations still hanging in my mom’s office.<\/p>\n

Don’t wait for the spectacular stuff to frame your child’s art. Kid art is whimsical, colorful, and wall-worthy in all its imperfection.<\/p>\n

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6. Take photos of it.<\/strong> Since it’s not possible to keep every piece of art our kids ever create, taking photos can be a great space-saving solution. Have your child pose with his creation and a notecard card showing the date and\/or his age. What a fun keepsake to look back on when they’re older!<\/p>\n

7. Cull it.<\/strong> When my kids were younger, I used to save all their creations in a copy paper box. Whenever it got full, I’d go through and cull it – keeping my favorites or the pieces that had some special memory attached. It worked well, and I’ve got some wonderful keepsakes to sift through in years to come.<\/p>\n

8. Bind it.<\/strong> If you’ve got many pieces of similar size, consider having them comb- or spiral-bound. If they’re sturdy, you can bind them as is. Otherwise, laminate<\/a> them first. You can let your kids make their own art book cover. Be sure to include their name and age.<\/p>\n

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9. Turn it into bookmarks.<\/strong> If you’re anything like us, you’re always using bookmarks. It might be a universal homeschooling thing. Choose some of the narrower pieces to turn into bookmarks. Next, glue the art to cardstock and laminate it to make a creative, sturdy bookmark – and another great gift idea for relatives, nursing home residents, or shut-ins.<\/p>\n

10. Share it.<\/strong> If you sponsor a child through an organization such as Compassion International<\/a> or you, pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, encourage your child to share her artwork with a child overseas.<\/p>\n

What creative ways have you found to display or recycle your kids’ art?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

updated from an article originally published February 12, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n

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