My reply: I’m a kid art hoarder.
Well in all fairness, I’ve inherited them back from my mom’s crawlspace
where they’ve lived for over 20yrs. I’ve already pitched a ton of it but I just
can’t bring myself to toss out the last folder of junk art that’s about
20+ years ago. WHY!?, why can’t I do it!!?
I can just see it now…20 years from now, I will be buried under E’s
collection of art..
Don't get me wrong, I love that our lil man does a themed art project EVERYDAY at daycare but
C’MON Teacher! Where am I going to store all of the little cutouts,
overpainted, scribbled, ripped and random but cute projects in our tiny little house? (“The
Mommy guilt” kicks in everytime I try to pitch’em..)
E's Recent Art
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| Dragon Mask for Chinese New Year/Puffy Paint and sparkles |
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| Learning about China/Fingerpaint |
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| Windmill painted with Marbles |
Then I’ll add the artwork to a DIGITAL ART BOOK where they can live clutter free forever & ever!
(Photo source: A Little of This-A little of That )
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| http://alittleofthis---alittleofthat.blogspot.com/2010/11/diy-kids-art-display.html |
I heart Blurb! It’s free to download & create books, the pricing is
decent, shipping is pretty fast and the quality of the books are AMAZING!! (PS this is not a sponsored post - just pure, honest love!)
Check out a sampling of his ‘1st year’ book here (professional
photos are done by the lovely, talented Jacqueline Clement/Method Photography)
To Do’s
To Do’s
*Photograph E’s recent Art
*Start a new Blurb Book for his mounting kiddo artwork pile
*Display ‘said’ art
*Pitch last week’s art – With NO Mommy guilt!
6 comments:
I've been trying to do the same--take pictures of my kids' crafts instead of trying to store it all. Such a good idea to put it all in a digital book.
I'm totally good @ this for 1 kid...I think things may fall apart if I ever have more.. lol
I wish I would have known about this a month ago! I just threw away a bunch of art work that was my oldest daughter's(she's 28) it looked nasty after all these years. I love what you did with the art and I'm going to share this her because she now has two boys and lots of art work! I found you on Make my Mornings I'm Natalie from http://bridgetsdaughter5.blogspot.com
That's such a great idea. I love the art display.
Mine aren't in school yet but I have a feeling I'll do the same.
The digital bit is genius.
I'm with you - I've saved every single piece of paper that both of my boys have ever drawn/written. They're only 4 & 7, but I have folder and folders FULL of art projects and schoolwork. I just can't bring myself to throw it away.
The Dragon Mask is SO cool! That's a really awesome piece of art! Such talent!
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