I have been in a quandary about what to do with the MILLIONS of papers and craft projects Ava and Lauren color, bring home from preschool, bring home from church, etc., etc. So, when I saw this idea in a magazine I had to give it a try. Our Creativity Corner will be a work in progress, but at least I can recycle about 10 forests after the photoshoot! Does anyone else have any ideas about what to do with their children’s plethora of papers?
You can see from these photos how dark our apartment is. I had every light on and every window and door open and it was the middle of the day!
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What a great idea to take a photo! Isn’t it difficult when you feel that EVERYTHING done by your child should be a “keepsake”?! Abby has a box that she keeps all of her projects from school, etc. in. Each month we go through the box and she picks a few things to keep. It does help with the “pack rat” issue and we still keep a few of those precious “gems”!
By Kellie on 12.17.08 11:30 pm | Permalink
ok, so what i just did is made a blog, i will keep my favorite art of bens, but for everything else i’m going to scan on the scanner or take a photo of and put it on the blog. At the end of every year I will get the blog made into a book of all his art etc! That way I dont have to deal with the papers etc.
By Tina on 12.24.08 7:18 pm | Permalink
Jasper already has his own blog where I post photos he’s taken, stories by him, etc. When he gets artsy, I’ll scan/take up close photos of the best and share them.
Some really cute ideas I’ve seen (and for super cheap) are a line along the wall with clothespins holding up the art… and only what fits goes up, and the child can decide which ones to replace when new work goes up.
Finally, making place mats out of them (and birthday cards) by either laminating them, or using the clear version of that stuff you use to line drawers or shelves (can’t remember what it’s called).
By Amberlynn on 01.03.09 1:20 am | Permalink
That IS a good idea! What I do with Connor’s preschool stuff is I have a big binder and I put clear sheet protectors with his drawings, etc on both sides. Then I guess when it gets full, I’ll start over. I like your idea of taking a picture of everything. I’ll have to try that when the binder gets full and then we can toss everything…maybe let him keep 2 things. (He forgets about stuff in there too, so that helps!)
By Angie Ostler on 01.05.09 3:53 pm | Permalink
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