Comments on: Child Art

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:13:25 +0000

I think photographing sounds brilliant. My sister-in-law mentioned something about this a few weeks ago when she was doing a massive clean-up. I’m definitely going to try that and the annual cull. Thanks for the suggestions!

By: Jen Bortel

Jen Bortel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:18:18 +0000

I read somewhere that you should take a picture of everything (works with even the 3D stuff) and just keep a few actual pieces. At the end of the school year, you and Simon could go through the photos and pick the pieces you like best to make a scrapbook of his “year in art.” If you are the kind of mom who is disciplined and organized enough to actually do this, my hat goes off to you.

By: goldsteinrita

goldsteinrita — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:59:53 +0000

You make me sound absolutely heartless. However, you are right. I would keep very few items, especially at this age when you know that he really had very little to do with the whole thing and would not even be aware that they were being disposed of. Just let me know if you need help. I love to throw things away!
Mom

By: bethnbobinnc

bethnbobinnc — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:11:21 +0000

My brother Bryan scans all of my nephew’s notable art work and stores it on the computer. I have not been that good about it. Mine gets displayed on the cabinets in the kitchen and then disposed of in the dark of night. The only things we keep are hand prints and foot prints. Since I now have the mounds of “art” times 2, it must be controlled!!! Good Luck!