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I think it would be impossible to keep all of their art. My daughter is in kindergarten and she brings home something everyday.
I am going to keep a few of the things she makes (for example, gifts she makes for us) and I'm taking pictures of her other artwork and I'm going to do some scrapbook pages in her book using the photos. It takes up less space then the actual artwork, but you still have a photo of the artwork captured to keep.
If you don't scrapbook you could create a binder with your child's artwork in it. Ask your child to help choose which art to include. It will give him/her a sense of ownership in making the binder and pride in his/her artwork. If the artwork is 3D or too large, take a picture and add that to the binder. You can use page protectors to help perserve the artwork. Here's a sample:
http://creativeorganizing.typepad.com/creative_organizing/images/blog_pics_catchup_stick_artwork_binder_0_3.jpg
and a link to more info about creating the binder:
http://creativeorganizing.typepad.com/creative_organizing/2006/06/creative_organi.html
Another idea is to use your child's artwork as gifts for grandparents, aunts, uncles and other loved ones. Your child can pick out the art that he/she would like to give to them.
I am going to keep a few of the things she makes (for example, gifts she makes for us) and I'm taking pictures of her other artwork and I'm going to do some scrapbook pages in her book using the photos. It takes up less space then the actual artwork, but you still have a photo of the artwork captured to keep.
If you don't scrapbook you could create a binder with your child's artwork in it. Ask your child to help choose which art to include. It will give him/her a sense of ownership in making the binder and pride in his/her artwork. If the artwork is 3D or too large, take a picture and add that to the binder. You can use page protectors to help perserve the artwork. Here's a sample:
and a link to more info about creating the binder:
http://creativeorganizing.typepad.com/creative_organizing/2006/06/creative_organi.html
Another idea is to use your child's artwork as gifts for grandparents, aunts, uncles and other loved ones. Your child can pick out the art that he/she would like to give to them.
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I've been wondering this same thing with a child in Kindergarten. I noticed in preschool that I was keeping large piles of papers and stuff and Kindergarten has almost doubled.
I have started to pick and choose. The art that I think is really nice (though I love all of it) and I keep the tests that she's taken. I like the idea of a scrapbook but I haven't gotten around to that as I'm not really a crafty person. In the meantime, I plan on keeping everything I've chosen in a box to go through and assemble when I do get around to organizing with a scrapbook or some other means.
It's difficult to throw any of it away, I'm sure easier as they get older. Right now, I'm almost ashamed when I do but honestly, how many pages of her practicing the number 5 do I really need?
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I have started to pick and choose. The art that I think is really nice (though I love all of it) and I keep the tests that she's taken. I like the idea of a scrapbook but I haven't gotten around to that as I'm not really a crafty person. In the meantime, I plan on keeping everything I've chosen in a box to go through and assemble when I do get around to organizing with a scrapbook or some other means.
It's difficult to throw any of it away, I'm sure easier as they get older. Right now, I'm almost ashamed when I do but honestly, how many pages of her practicing the number 5 do I really need?
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