Organizing Your Child’s Artwork

No matter how organized your child’s room is, their creative genius may crowd their room. Kids are constantly creating new things, whether it’s a block building, a beautiful picture, finger puppets or any number of other artistic endeavors. These works of art are treasured items for your child and while you may think they are junk, your child probably loves them.

So, how do you keep your child’s room organized when their artistic side is overtaking their room? The following are some great suggestions for organizing your child’s artwork in a manner that pleases you and makes them happy, too.

Start by deciding how much of their artwork you want to keep. Sometimes your child is gifted so keeping and displaying their artwork brings you happiness. However, no matter how great of an artist your child is, there’s a good chance they’re creating 5, 10, even 15 pieces of art each day. Instead of having artwork cluttered tables, walls and bookshelves, choose your favorites, or have your child choose theirs, and quietly dispose of the rest.

If you decide to keep a lot, or all, of their artwork, invest in an attractive filing cabinet or get a box or bin so you can store the beautiful pieces. Your child will love seeing you keep and treasure their artwork. If the filing cabinet starts to get full, go through it with your child and get rid of the ones you both agree can go.

If you do not have room for a filing cabinet, or don’t want to invest in one, taking pictures of their artwork is another great option for organizing it. With digital technology, you can easily take a digital photo and make sure that the artwork is visible. You can then store the artwork on your computer or have pictures made. Each piece will be captured, and you can put them in a photo album that can easily sit on a shelf or bedside table in your child’s room. Your child will be delighted to see that you care enough to preserve their work; you’ll be delighted to be saving room and staying organized. In addition to that you will never have to worry about what size or medium their art was created with as they will all neatly fit in the same size album.

Consider framing a few of the best pieces of art. You can hang their art on the wall in their room and change it out when new, better or more up to date art is created. This doubles and an inexpensive option for wall art.

Regardless of what you choose to do with their artwork, make sure you label, date and record when it was created, and by whom. This way, as you save it, you can file items chronologically. This is just another step toward keeping their artwork organized and in preserving it for your memories and keepsakes.

Of course there are many other ways to organize your child’s artwork. However, no matter what you do, make sure you know when it was created and that you save and cherish it to show your child’s you appreciate their artistic talent. Other options to consider include storage containers, baskets and canvas bins. You could even get a magazine rack to hold their larger artwork.