Storing Artwork

As a parent we get a lot of artwork home from 'school' (daycare) and so when I read through a book late last year that had artwork stuck into a scrapbook album I had a light bulb moment. What a great way to store and keep kids artwork in a place that is easy to access and that Flynn is able to look through. It has worked really well so far, I just pop the artwork into the album every time Flynn brings something home, or does something at home that I know I want to keep.

Every 6 months or so I get on and type out what the artwork is and when and where it was made. I cut these up into strips and adere them to the cardstock and then stick down the artwork (I crop it down if necessary).

I am thinking that this album will cover 2-3 years and I will probably end up with 3-4 of these albums that span Flynn's school years. I know that my artwork from when I was little was kept in a large cardboard folder and has been damaged over the years through moving houses. It is sitting in a cupboard somewhere and I have only pulled it out a few times as it is so hard to look at. I hope this solution will prevent this for Flynn.

Another great solution I saw was to scan in the artwork and resize it then print the images and scrapbook them onto a layout. This is a great way to include your kids artwork/ handwriting/ school projects in your scrapbooks.

My Cover Page- Some of the inside pages-

Some more of the inside pages-

This is the spine-

The album is an A4 size (8.5 x 11) by WR Memory Keepers in the Kiwi colour, I usually get mine from here-

http://store.scrapbook.com/wr-40361-6.html




If anyone has any other ideas they use for storing kids artwork I would love to hear from you!!