Decluttering- too much lovely artwork. Help !

[tillergirl]

Please help- what to do with the reams of paper covered in lovely art by my 2, 5 and 7 year old ???? I'll ask my toy questio in another post...
Hugs,
Pam in Nova Scotia.

[NorktasticNinja]

Scan it and store it digitally? (says the woman whose child is too young to draw)

[Isaidno]

throw it away, except for one or two great pieces.
or post it to granny.

[tassisssss]

take photos of them?

[Haribosmummy]

Get a lovely scrapbook and frame just one or two special pictures.

Don 't throw it away... it's irreplacable!!!

[AnneOfAvonlea]

Concertina file. Anything A4 or smaller, and flat can go in there.

Anything lumpy, edible, yukky etc has a photo taken and the photos are stored in the same concertina file.

[ramonaquimby]

tillergirl, are you really in NS?

keep it all - you'll find next time you come across it, you'll chuck most of it away.

[tillergirl]

wow guys...you're sooooo helpful

and yes, anneofavonlea, I am in NS. you wouldn't be in PEI by chance ??

[choosyfloosy]

Pick a wall, divide it into 3 spaces (or a wall each, depending on how much wall space you have) and cover it entirely with artwork. As time goes on, change it over - just chuck ones you don't care much about, but if there are ones that stay up for months because you can't bear to get rid of them, then get a document wallet for each child and keep them for a bit. Review regularly though.

Send some to grandparents/godparents too

I am brutal about artwork. Ds produces about 5 a day - we would drown in it. also i wd have little interest in looking at my artwork from that era.

MODELS are the problem IMO. they spend a week in ds's room then out.

[ramonaquimby]

was me, and nope, I'm in London.....but grew up in NS. Miss it a lot

[tillergirl]

I like the art wall idea....

sorry ramonaquimby, I misread who posted what...where in NS are you from ? I'm living in the Annapolis Valley- buried in snow...I grew up in the UK, and haven't been back since my honeymoon in 2000....I do miss some things about the UK...but I love the open spaces here

[Sputnik]

I agree about scanning it.
You can then use the really nice stuff to make calendars, mugs, fridge magnets etc at photobox, snapfish or wherever.

[ramonaquimby]

Halifax.
Annapolis Valley is gorgeous, lucky you.

Not been back in 8 years - that's a long time. I go home every year.