I wrote this post last year about creating an art gallery with kid’s art from school and home. I love the stuff my children create, but it just ended up in a giant messy pile in the top of my closet.
Our gallery has grown over the past year!
I’m so happy with my decision to frame it and create an art gallery in the entryway to my laundry room.
We buy cheap document frames at WalMart, usually one at a time (about $4 each) and trim the edges of the art to fit.
I sit down with my kids a couple of times a year and we sort the pile and save our favorite pieces to frame:
My kids help me pick out their favorite pieces a couple of times a year. We have a great sampling!
What works for you?
I love this!! Personal stuff is THE best home decor, in my opinion.
How fun! I wish I would have had all the great ideas when my boys were younger…guess I’ll have to wait for grandkids now 🙂
Thanks for posting a little early tonight…I really need to go to bed!
~Liz
I love that idea Kristen!! I haven’t framed anything yet, but I hang pictures on the main door we go in & out of so we’ll see them often. Then I rotate them based on their “latest & greatest”, but I love a mini art gallery idea!!
Love this idea. I try to encourage most of my clients to implement similar ideas. It is such a quick, simple, and inexpensive way to showcase your kid’s art. And it makes them feel great b/c their work is on display.
Thanks for sharing!
Love it! And I love even more that you used the $4 frames from WalMart! It looks awesome!
I love the artwork!! I keep mine in 3 ring binders for the kids. Plus my frig is constantly littered with artworks!! I love them all though and hate to throw anything away!
Oh, I LOVE how that looks on the wall!!! I need to be better about framing art–thanks for the inspiration! Also, those are my FAAA-vorite frames at Walmart! I just love the ease of them, and also the look!
i love it! i bet the kids feel proud to have their work in frames:) if only we all remembered to image our Creator’s creativity as readily as children..
great tip today.
What a wonderful way to preserve your children’s treasures! I will definitely have to pick up some of these frames the next time I head to Walmart. 🙂
That looks very nice. I have four kids and I just use four frames. Each child has a piece on display at all times. Every time a new piece comes along that my child is proud of I put that in the frame.
I love this idea!!
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It looks great. I love displaying my kids art. Have a great day!
Your children’s artwork is gorgeous. What joy!
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It’s a wonderful idea! We have a wall in our office that looks much the same. We will be moving it and changing things up in the coming weeks, but we’re still using the concept! Love it!
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I was so surprised to find we wrote on the same topic…mine (#117 above) was Easy Ways to Display Kids Art and Schoolwork! Now with my frame bargains and your gallery idea, I know exactly how to decorate our laundry/craft/computer/mudroom!
I love this! I’m going to have to give it a try!
What an awesome idea!! I know your kids must LOVE it.
LOVE that idea! I may need to do that with my nieces artwork.
Looks fabulous!
I love this idea. I’m going to have to get that pile off my coffee station and copy your lead.
What great artwork your kids have done. I will be doing this with my son’e artwork soon. Thanks for the tip!
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I LOVE how you display their art work! I tend to scatter it around the house more, but there is something cool about having it in one place! 🙂
I have a little artist at my house. She makes thousands of drawings a month, so we made an art gallery in her room. We made a row of flat metal thumbtacks in a line all the way around her room, about 12 inches down from the ceiling. Each thumbtack has a fairly strong magnet that holds all her papers up around her room. She even made a sign for her door that says, “Rachel’s Art Gallery”.
Now, that is a GREAT idea.
Lovely way to display your children’s art work 😉 If you need some organization tips and a giveaway for your kitchen be sure to check out my post today. Thanks Kristen!
I LOVE this! I can’t wait until my little guys are big enough to do a little bit of art work. Buggy’s almost two so that day is approaching soon!
That’s really cool! I’ve seen (and heard) of so many really great suggestions for displaying kids’ art. I think my favorite one is where you take photos of all the kids’ favorite art (and yours) and make a photo book out of them! I am planning on displaying favorite pieces in frames too!
I have a water color painting on my fridge with magnets waiting for a frame. Maybe I’ll just go dig one up from somewhere. The problem with four small children is picking what to use and finding time to use it!..
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I LOVE this idea! In Montessori, the environment is supposed to be as attractive as possible. And this is such an attractive way to share children’s art – in addition to honoring the spirit with which it was created!
I love this! My sister has a hallway, a whole hallway! from her kitchen to the office full of her childrens art work and I loved it. I have art covering my fridge and most walls in my kitchen and dining room. But there is 1 piece that I told my hubby just yesterday “I know Christmas and my birthday are far off, but this, this I would love to have framed..” It’s my oldest sons painting, and it looks like a pirate ship, before he could paint anything! and I love it! Just the same way that I have come to love all of the people drawings that have a head, arms, and legs, but no body 🙂 But I have to get this first one framed so I can move onto the rest.