Displaying Children's Artwork

Children often bring home artwork and craft projects from school, camps, and daycare. It can be a challenge for parents to know how to show off and store their precious creations. This is a guide about displaying children's artwork.

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Scan Child's Artwork

Before the invention of home scanners, it was tape or magnets on the fridge. Now, we can scan our children's art work. At that point, you can do one of many things, but I will just list two of my fav's here:

Upload the artwork you love to share to a digital frame. It can run in a loop and show the future Van Goghs and O'Keefes' work.

Once you scan the work, keep it in a folder in your documents. When you want to display them, right click on each shots and hit "copy". Open up a word doc, right click on the open page and hit "paste". Your artwork will no doubt be really big. Don't worry, we are going to fix that.

On the photo image, right click and hit "format picture". Once that opens, the second tab is the "size" so click on that. You can adjust the size of the photos in this area. I simply highlight the size it is, and enter the size you want. Say, it's 5.75 inches, then you simply highlight that and enter "2.5" (don't put the " symbol, it's already in inches). Hit enter and the photo will be smaller.

You will find your curser is right next to the photo after you hit enter. This means that your next photo will be right up against the first one. If you prefer a space or two, simply hit the space bar, and the next photo can be after the gap. Play around with the sizes till you find one that works for you. Don't worry if you don't get it right the first time. Your original artwork is still in your documents.

Once the sheet with the "mini art" is ready, simply print. You can then display multiple art work on one page. This not only saves you space, but is a cool way to slip the art work into a protective sheet and hang up with magnets.

Source: Been doing craft shots and scenery this way for a while. I have even perfected a way to make the shots the same size as baseball cards, so the sheets work perfectly.

By Sandi from Salem, OR

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Displaying Children's Artwork and Crafts

Organize your child's art pictures by rotating them on a cable line screwed in to the wall, 1 cable per child. This can be 2 ft long up to 10 foot long. Add metal or plastic clips to the cable. Hang the artwork along the cable line, newest on the left moving to the right (just like reading a book.) When the line gets full, remove the oldest and move them on down for the newest to be placed at the end. Make sure to add the date to the back of every picture.

If your child makes crafts, place a long shelf on top of the cable line. Add their crafts just like the pictures with newest to oldest removing the oldest and moving down to make room for the newest ones.

These are best hung in a hallway, dining room, den or the child's room.

By Lisa from Ada, Oklahoma

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Displaying Children's Plastic Stained Glass Crafts

Children's stained glass plastic crafts look good when hung on lamps. I need to adjust the string on these crafts, but they have given new life to an old, old lamp we have in the dining room. I like how they shine!

By Anna S.

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Displaying Children's Artwork

Children always bring home so much beautiful art work that sometime it is hard to find ways to display it. I put it on top of my kitchen table and cover it with a clear tablecloth. This way you can see it and it is protected. You can also make placemats, frame it, give it to relatives, or even put it on the refrigerator. If your child is past the artwork stage, you can also do this with any special school work.

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Toddler Art Gallery

With a 2 year old son who is a prolific "colorer" and a fridge that is non-magnetic stainless, I had a dilemma on how to display my little artist's work. I purchased 2 document frames (8 1/2 x 11 inch) that work with my decor and hung them in the dining room as part of a wall collage. I can easily reach them to take them down and rotate my son's drawings. Since we mostly give him recycled office paper to color and draw on, it fits perfectly in the frame and I can store "historical" drawings right in the back behind the current one.

I also keep a stack of his colored on pages in a folder. When I need a quick thank you note for a gift he has been given, I fold one in half and in half again, making a little note card, and just write "Thank You" on the inside with one of his crayons. I keep a box of invitation envelopes from the office supply store handy and they are the perfect size. Sometimes we even add some extra coloring on the envelope. His grandparents and other relatives love this personal touch, and friends like checking out the art gallery when they come to visit.

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Clothes Line for Kids' Artwork

An arty, fun and thrifty way to display your child's drawings, which they can contribute to themselves!

Time to complete: 15 minutes.

Equipment:

wooden pegs (clothespins)
felt tip pens
string or cord
wall hooks

Method:

Give your kids the felt tips and pegs, and get them to colour them in. Stripes, polka-dots, drawings, let them go crazy!

Screw or stick two hooks into the wall and tie the string between them. This would look great in the kitchen or the living room.

Peg drawings and special school work to the washing line. You can change them whenever you want to!

By Beth from Sussex, England

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