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To have no idea what to do with all the stuff that comes back from nursery

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Squelchsquerch · 24/08/2018 15:21

I mean all the artwork etc. Feel like I'm drowning in it. What do people do with it? I feel bad to chuck it straight in the bin but it's not sustainable to keep it all.

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Kaykay06 · 28/08/2018 14:21

Keep your faves and take some photos of other stuff then bin/recycle it, or cut it into small pieces and make a collage.

I’m not arty/creative at all so quite enjoy the things they bring home, but x4 kids that’s a lot of artwork, I do have a little box of my faves though

RomanyRoots · 28/08/2018 15:01

I used to put good ones on the fridge and the big ones (models) on the top cupboards/ somewhere on display, then chuck out when the next arrived.
I kept a couple of good ones for each dc and put them in their keepsake box.
I did the same at school. Rip out a good story or several and throw the rest away.

MTBMummy · 28/08/2018 15:20

DD is now 8 and DS is 4, we had the same issue with loads of crap art work coming home.

I invested in a digital photo frame for each and took a picture of each and every piece that came home, it's quite nice to see their development and I figure this way you can have the digital frames when they're older if they really want to keep them.

ChristmasFluff · 28/08/2018 16:40

I would absolutely have photoed other stuff had it been so easy 15 years ago, but I kept the best on fridge for a while, then if I especially liked it, or if it involved hand prints, I kept it in a box.

Really good craft stuff (clay etc) I kept for as long as it felt right to display it. I still have an elephant model on my mantelpiece! Then I photoed and chucked or kept in the same box.

I also now have pocket files to keep letters, cards and old art etc - really cheap off amazon/ebay.

I've recently been made to be ruthless cos I am downsizing - if I can't be bothered to move it, it goes.

Digital camera though - then you don't need to lose anything, not really.

Fadingmemory · 28/08/2018 17:35

Some on the fridge or wall, a few in a scrap book. The rest to Mummy’s or Daddy’s workplace (aka the round file)

NewName54321 · 28/08/2018 19:35

Latest creation on fridge.
Photograph
Send a few good bits to grandparents
Bin the rest - if they might notice they are gone then send the rest to Father Christmas instead (he probably does fortnightly collections on bin day)

Thehop · 28/08/2018 19:37

Take a photo of it, and use snapfish to make an album every year.

Gardeninginsummer1 · 28/08/2018 20:26

I got some fab frames off amazon... They have a mount etc and the frame opens on a hinge. You just put the new art in front of the old

. they're really deep and hold about 50 pictures . Dr loves having her work framed
Once it's full I'll probably bin and start again

Kaydogsdinner · 28/08/2018 20:33

meminio.com/collections/memory-journals-books/products/memories-folder-in-duck-egg

I have one of these and it's lovely, only the good/special stuff gets in, the rest I photograph

Parker231 · 28/08/2018 20:59

Gardening - please would you attach a link to the Amazon frames - I think I need some ! Thanks

StarUtopia · 28/08/2018 22:09

Oh christ just bin it!!!

Seriously. The nursery will give you a book at the end of the year with the best stuff in, so unless there's something amazing - chuck with freedom!!!

You seriously can't keep everything.

Gardeninginsummer1 · 28/08/2018 22:36

I can't link but it's the 'my little da Vinci' frames

They're not cheap but they manage to make kids art look really good and professional on the wall...

schooltripwoes · 28/08/2018 22:38

Keep some as they are and hang on the fridge etc.
Scan the really good ones and have them made into canvases / prints to frame.
Photograph / scan the rest and make a photo book.

In my old house we had a wall in the dining room with about 10 Ikea A4 frames that I used to change the artwork within regularly. I loved it but never recreated it when we moved. My kids were nursery age then so plenty of artwork coming home each week!

redsummershoes · 28/08/2018 22:40

keep the nicest bit, bin the rest and anything with glitter

Queuegardens · 28/08/2018 22:42

If binning it feels hard, I like to think that the most important thing is that DS made it, testing his skill and trying things out - not the thing itself, as someone said upthread.

Your lovely DS is the actual work of art.

Messinthemorning · 28/08/2018 22:56

I use it as birthday/Xmas wrapping paper for presents.. but make sure you talk to the kids about it first or they may be upset to see them being given away if they drew them for you (iykwim)

rosiejaune · 28/08/2018 22:58

My daughter has a craft box with her materials in, and any creations go in there as well. When it's full, she chooses what to get rid of.

I don't display things anywhere, but sometimes she asks to put something up and we do.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 28/08/2018 23:00

Give to mil

Kokeshi123 · 29/08/2018 02:48

I bin 98% of it. The thing is, if you have too much of this stuff, it will never get looked through or appreciated. A thin sampling of the better/more interesting stuff which is dated and labeled will be something you will actually want to look through in years to come.

Abetes · 29/08/2018 10:46

Keep a couple, send a couple to grandparents, bin the rest. My dd is 17 and we went through the box of things I had saved from nursery the other day. She asked why I had kept such a load of old rubbish - I did tell her this was the best stuff she created! It really isn’t worth keeping all of it - you will be overwhelmed.

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