Displaying Your Child’s Artwork

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It's easy for your fridge to become cluttered with sheets upon sheets of your children's artwork and grand masterpieces, and the fine line between keeping a neat home while showing your children just how proud you are is one that can easily be crossed.

Instead of using the refrigerator as your artwork display center, consider creating a gallery (or several) just for your little ones in your home.

Here's how:

You'll Need

• Empty wooden frames without the glass or backing - I found mine at Walmart in a clearance bin for cents!
• Acrylic paint - can be found at virtually any craft store.  I recommend the cheap acrylic for this project, it comes in small bottles.
• A paint brush or sponge.
• A way to hang your frames - You can use nails, but I bought the removeable adhesive and velcro.  I put part of the adhesive velcro on the back of the frame and part on the wall.
• A way to hang the artwork - You can stick it up with tape or get creative with a bit of string and small binder clips (which nestle well into the velcro)

Instructions

Paint your wooden frame.  Hang your wooden frame using nails or adhesive or adhesive velcro (as mentioned above).  Tie a piece of string to a small binder clip and nestle the string into the velcro (or tie around the nail).

Why It Works

As your child presents you with artwork, use the binder clips to hold the artwork up.  Then, as new masterpieces come in, you can rotate the artwork.  And, as art is rotated out, you may want to invest in some clear protector sheets or a box to store each child's artwork in, possibly choosing to mat and frame your most favorite pieces to be hung around the house.

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