The kids are getting to the age where they make fun projects at school and bring them home. Which results in a parent dilemma of keeping everything or tossing it out. I'm the worst (sorry kids!) with keeping it because they honestly won't care when at 18 I hand them a big file of their scribbles from preschool. I'm so sentimental, I know. Anyway, they do make cute stuff though that I want to display for a time. Something they can be proud of. So I found an idea on Pinterest when I was looking to re-do the kids rooms and thought what a cool idea! A wall gallery to hang their artwork! We had a bare wall that needed something, so it was a perfect spot.
Looking towards H's room.
The full effect from her doorway.
Close up of how we did a cheaper version of a clip.
So on the Pinterest website, they bought these silver clips with a hole in the back that you could screw straight into the wall. Well, those are super expensive (IMHO) and the wood trim was already more pricier than I thought. So Justin suggested the cheaper clips that come in a bigger pack (less than $1.50 for 12) and he got washers to keep them in place to screw it to the wall. Works like a charm! At first I didn't like the look of it - but once he sharpied over them to make them darker and got it up in place, I loved it!!
And now we have a wonderful place to put their little creations!
5 comments:
cute! our fridge is the display until for now but I've been wanting to do something like this! Maybe when we live somewhere I can put holes in the wall.... :)
This is cute, I use that app for Cooper's artwork stuff, Artkive, I did it all year last year, but haven't made a book yet. It turns it into a book, and it does it all by itself, so hopefully I like the book when I make one. Maybe I should try it so I know if it's worth taking phone pics of all his work....
We have a gallery wall space for B's art. I bought old frames at Goodwill so I can just change the pictures out. Sadly, I don't change them as often as I should. A lot of his art ends up in the recycle bin.
Sounds like an easy way to do it! Maybe you can get H to do the job of taking down and putting up the new art projects!
Looks great!! Glad you did got it done… and I know H at least LOVES seeing her special projects! :)
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