Activity Spotlight: Children’s Artwork Preservation

We’re super excited to announce that this year we will be doing things a bit differently; every month our blog will have a unique focus with fun features from professionals in various fields, and activities to complement them!

For the month of January, we’re delving into the world of children’s room design and kicking it off with a How-To on preserving and showing off your kids’ artwork.

Kids are amazingly creative, but their artwork can only cover up so much space on the fridge before it has to be moved somewhere else. Why stash it away when you can show it all off at once? Try this great idea from Jan Eleni of Decor8:

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1. Gather up your child’s favourite, most cherished pieces of art (if the room is going to have a specific colour palette, try sticking to artwork that will match, or complement the décor and colours).
2. Scan all your images and resize them so they are all equal dimensions
3. Lay them out and send them to the printer!

If you aren’t so computer savvy and want to show off the original pieces of artwork, simply frame (using acid-free matting) and hang them in your home or on the walls of your child’s room. Kids love having their artwork admired- especially when the “adult art” is right up there with theirs!

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Why this activity? Kids will feel a sense of pride and accomplishment seeing their artwork hung up on the walls. It also saves storage space, declutters the fridge, and lasts forever! What more could you ask for?

Skills children can learn through this activity: Children can further their artistic and aesthetic development by helping pick out their favourite pieces and lay them out with you. In addition, this activity allows children to express their creativity while feeling a sense of control, by choosing which art piece they want to display on the wall.

Where to find items: You can pick up frames from local vintage stores,  garage sales and home decor stores. Bring your child(ren) along and make it a fun shopping trip that everyone will enjoy.

Suitable Ages: For children of all ages (with adult supervision)!

*** Please note: Parents must supervise and assist children at all times! ***

Hugs & Smiles:)

Haley & the Little Party-Goers team xoxo