With three kids in the house, we have a constant stream of artwork and children’s drawings. I love seeing all the colourful and creative artwork that they come up with, but it can be hard to know how best to display it.
Our fridge is always covered in the boys’ pictures, and we have a cork board full in the kitchen too but sometimes you want to display their work in a way that looks a little more special.
We were sent this photo clip line to try out from Red Candy, and I immediately thought that this would look beautiful with children’s artwork displayed, as well as working really well with family photos.
You can change the backing from white to black by turning the backing board around, which makes it easy to mix up the looks and use whichever compliments the artwork more.
We selected some of our favourite art projects and cut the work into similar sized squares for hanging. I think the effect looks great! And now we can enjoy seeing all of this artwork, rather than leaving it to sit tucked away in a basket or folder.
The projects that you can see hanging up here are bubble gun painting, colour-mix painting, and glitter glue resist painting.
I love the effect of them hanging up on the little clip line – so cute! If you filled this frame with some of your kids best artwork, or family photos, it would make a lovely gift especially for relatives.
For more ideas on how to creativity display or re-use your kids artwork, why not try some of these suggestions:
Re-using kids artwork is a great way to make some really unique and personal gifts, or just to preserve the artwork to enjoy in your home.
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More ways to display kids artwork
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This gorgeous display from Hands On As We Grow
Framed gallery wall from Caterpillar Years
Artwork gallery with tape from Real Simple
Artwork keepsake books from My Life and Kids
Chalkboard gallery from Artful Kids
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That’s a good idea, and I like how you’ve cut them into the same sized squares, that makes it look like art! #Picknmix
Sabrina x
Oh I love this! So simple but so clever, I have boxes full of the boys old artwork, I’m thinking of scanning it all and having it made into a photo book at some point…it’s at the bottom of a long to do list! Thanks for linking up to #PicnMix Fridays
Stevie xx
That looks great, I have a similar, less professional method. I used a frame, tied string into it and used clips to hang the pictures. The problem I have is that it gets too full, I need a good storage place to keep them! 🙂 x
The display looks beautiful! It’s great that you want to save your children’s artwork in a special way, so you should check out Keepy and you can look back on the artwork for years to come.
Oh wow I love that idea, I have so many that get stuck on the fridge and then go into a big box. I try to take pictures of them and upload to an app that I have too. Thanks for linking up to #PickNMix @ http://www.mummyandmonkeys.com