07.23.2009

Storing Artwork

As a parent we get a lot of artwork home from ‘school’ (daycare) and so when I read through a book late last year that had artwork stuck into a scrapbook album I had a light bulb moment. What a great way to store and keep kids artwork in a place that is easy to access and that Flynn is able to look through. It has worked really well so far, I just pop the artwork into the album every time Flynn brings something home, or does something at home that I know I want to keep.

Every 6 months or so I get on and type out what the artwork is and when and where it was made. I cut these up into strips and adere them to the cardstock and then stick down the artwork (I crop it down if necessary).
I am thinking that this album will cover 2-3 years and I will probably end up with 3-4 of these albums that span Flynn’s school years. I know that my artwork from when I was little was kept in a large cardboard folder and has been damaged over the years through moving houses. It is sitting in a cupboard somewhere and I have only pulled it out a few times as it is so hard to look at. I hope this solution will prevent this for Flynn.
Another great solution I saw was to scan in the artwork and resize it then print the images and scrapbook them onto a layout. This is a great way to include your kids artwork/ handwriting/ school projects in your scrapbooks.
My Cover Page-
Some of the inside pages-

Some more of the inside pages-

This is the spine-

The album is an A4 size (8.5 x 11) by WR Memory Keepers in the Kiwi colour, I usually get mine from here-

http://store.scrapbook.com/wr-40361-6.html

If anyone has any other ideas they use for storing kids artwork I would love to hear from you!!

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5 Responses

  1. Savvy says:
    July 23, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    I love this idea…my 18-month old son is constantly bringing home artwork, too, and I've yet to come up with an idea to store it in an organized manner to keep it safe. This is perfect, thanks for the tip!!

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  2. Super Organiser Mum – Organisation Tips, Articles and Advice on Beyond The Baby » Blog Archive » 2009 and 2010 Albums says:
    February 26, 2010 at 4:14 pm

    [...] Flynn’s Artwork Album- I posted about this album here I still follow this system and so far it is working really well I just add to it when [...]

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  3. Janine says:
    March 1, 2010 at 4:38 pm

    Hi,

    Where can I buy these albums?

    Thanks
    Janine

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  4. Super Organiser Mum – Organisation Tips, Articles and Advice on Beyond The Baby » Blog Archive » Organising Post #3 says:
    June 23, 2010 at 7:49 am

    [...] By the art folder I presume you mean the green album in this post HERE? [...]

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