Kids art and papers from school - The DIS Discussion Forums

ashbradnmom · 11-15-2009, 05:39 PM

I have kept quite a bit of my kids art work and papers from school. Of course they are in boxes, but there has to be a better way. What do you do with your kids stuff. I am thinking about hanging some of the artwork but what about the rest??

TIA

JESW · 11-15-2009, 05:43 PM

Take pictures of them all and then put the pictures in a scrapbook or photo album. Frame some and hang if you want. Not sure how old your kids are, but all that paper work adds up over the years and before you know it you will be swimming in it all!

Jill

remyandhollandsmommy · 11-15-2009, 05:47 PM

I know it sounds kinda dumb but rather than be OVERRUN with papers I started taking a quick picture of them with the digital camera..when I have enough I burn a cd and label it with the year and child name lol..saves WAY more space and papers don't hold up forever. Of course I do save the best of the lot in the cedar chest.

SaraJayne · 11-15-2009, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ashbradnmom

I have kept quite a bit of my kids art work and papers from school. Of course they are in boxes, but there has to be a better way. What do you do with your kids stuff. I am thinking about hanging some of the artwork but what about the rest??

TIA

Here, about 98% of it gets recycled.

It hangs on the fridge for awhile and then when a new project comes along to replace it, it goes in recycling.

OceanAnnie · 11-15-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by remyandhollandsmommy

I know it sounds kinda dumb but rather than be OVERRUN with papers I started taking a quick picture of them with the digital camera..when I have enough I burn a cd and label it with the year and child name lol..saves WAY more space and papers don't hold up forever. Of course I do save the best of the lot in the cedar chest.

I do the same thing. I save just the best and cutest. Snap a photo of the rest!

I really need to go back over all the papers before I began doing this. The preschool and K years are so hard to get rid of stuff, but if I have a picture it takes the sting out of it.

vettechick99 · 11-15-2009, 07:19 PM

OneStepAhead has a cute folder that has years on it. So you save just a few from that year (the best of the best) and store the whole thing on a shelf somewhere. I wish my mom had saved my stuff...I have nothing from when I was a kid!

clovergirl5 · 11-15-2009, 07:35 PM

I save all dc stuff. From school work to artwork to report cards to awards. I know Im insane but I just can't throw it away. I too, don't have anything from my school years, nothing. I store everything in plastic bins with covers.
I fill 1 large bin/school year with all 4 kids stuff. Hey, when they get older, they can look through their preschool stuff

taximomfor4 · 11-15-2009, 07:43 PM

we display the best on the fridge for a while, then throw them away. VERY few get put in a box to keep. We have "stuff" all around, and just have so little storage space that we can't keep it. Anyway, neither dh nor I have very much from our schooldays...and we don't miss it a bit.

RangerPooh · 11-15-2009, 07:47 PM

I've been trying to keep the best items in a box or folder, others arerecycled, some get sent to great grandma, and a few have been put in frames. With the holidays coming you could use some as "giftwrap", it has more meaning and is very thoughtful.

diznygirl · 11-15-2009, 08:37 PM

I take digital pictures or scan, and then make photo books of artwork for the year along with photos from school. Like some previous posters, I save some of the best stuff from year to year.

monkeybug · 11-15-2009, 08:59 PM

I read a tip somewhere to have the child choose their favs. (or you can choose for them) and then at the end of the year put them in that years backpack and hang it in a closet. That's what we do now! I have a box that I keep it in during the school year and at the end of the year I let my daughter go through it and choose what to keep. It's nice having it hanging up and off the floor for now (might change when I have 6 backpacks hanging up)

charming23 · 11-15-2009, 09:04 PM

My mom has a medium sized rubbermaid container that she calls the "Best of Elizabeth". It has what she considered to be the best projects I made and then got rid of all the others by recyling them.

Luv Bunnies · 11-15-2009, 10:43 PM

Papers get reviewed (OK look you only missed one!) and then tossed right away. Small art projects usually get tossed unless my son really wants to keep it. Larger projects that took a long time get saved in a plastic bin. I will say that probably 97% of things get tossed. Very few get saved for very long. There's just too much of it.

taximomfor4 · 11-16-2009, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by monkeybug

I read a tip somewhere to have the child choose their favs. (or you can choose for them) and then at the end of the year put them in that years backpack and hang it in a closet. That's what we do now! I have a box that I keep it in during the school year and at the end of the year I let my daughter go through it and choose what to keep. It's nice having it hanging up and off the floor for now (might change when I have 6 backpacks hanging up)

cute idea, but 6 yrs of elementary school x 4 kids= 24 backpacks!! We don't have a single large walkin closet in our entire house. And that isn't including preschool!! Keeping a journal or art project per year will have to do for us.

MariDisney · 11-16-2009, 08:27 AM

I toss almost everything. DD is in 5th grade. When she brought home drawings, etc. I would hang them around before tossing. Now, things get looked at and reviewed with her and then tossed. I don't even keep report cards. I just don't see the need. DH and I both have nothing from our school days except an ornament or two we made, and neither of us cares at all, so...

11-15-2009, 05:39 PM	#1
ashbradnmom Mouseketeer Join Date: May 2008 Location: Central, IL Posts: 176	Kids art and papers from school I have kept quite a bit of my kids art work and papers from school. Of course they are in boxes, but there has to be a better way. What do you do with your kids stuff. I am thinking about hanging some of the artwork but what about the rest?? TIA __________________ Me(31) DH(34) DD(7) DS(4)

11-15-2009, 05:43 PM	#2
JESW We have 4 cats, 1 anole lizard, and 10, yes, 10 birds - 2 cockatiels and 8 parakeets, but still no partridge in a pear tree It just craps me up! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Village Hidden in The Leaves Posts: 6,262	Take pictures of them all and then put the pictures in a scrapbook or photo album. Frame some and hang if you want. Not sure how old your kids are, but all that paper work adds up over the years and before you know it you will be swimming in it all! Jill __________________ **************** Boardwalk Inn (DVC) April 17th - 25th 2010

11-15-2009, 05:47 PM	#3
remyandhollandsmommy Don't be afraid of the dark Addicted to pot pies Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: FL Posts: 3,298	I know it sounds kinda dumb but rather than be OVERRUN with papers I started taking a quick picture of them with the digital camera..when I have enough I burn a cd and label it with the year and child name lol..saves WAY more space and papers don't hold up forever. Of course I do save the best of the lot in the cedar chest. __________________ *Angela, Mom to Remy, Holland, and soon Koi...

11-15-2009, 07:19 PM	#6
vettechick99 Why do I open these threads? Car Snob Oh snap, I'm Bree!! my mom used to call me "gagootz" Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 6,553	OneStepAhead has a cute folder that has years on it. So you save just a few from that year (the best of the best) and store the whole thing on a shelf somewhere. I wish my mom had saved my stuff...I have nothing from when I was a kid! __________________ Allison, Kory, Scooner Tuna & Vettechicklet2 (due in Aug.) .... Check out the Official Bonnet Creek Thread

11-15-2009, 07:35 PM	#7
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11-15-2009, 07:43 PM	#8
taximomfor4 Needs a few Ricola drops I get first dibs on the jasmine scented one Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 4,131	we display the best on the fridge for a while, then throw them away. VERY few get put in a box to keep. We have "stuff" all around, and just have so little storage space that we can't keep it. Anyway, neither dh nor I have very much from our schooldays...and we don't miss it a bit. __________________

11-15-2009, 07:47 PM	#9
RangerPooh It's the little things that make our day It was a nice surprise to find to find when I returned home from work Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,624	I've been trying to keep the best items in a box or folder, others arerecycled, some get sent to great grandma, and a few have been put in frames. With the holidays coming you could use some as "giftwrap", it has more meaning and is very thoughtful. __________________ Keri Disneyland Wedding 6.02.2003

11-15-2009, 08:37 PM	#10
diznygirl I have a symmetry thing It is always important to know what team the whackjobs are playing for! It was the wedding with a two-meatball limit Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Celebration, FL Posts: 7,783	I take digital pictures or scan, and then make photo books of artwork for the year along with photos from school. Like some previous posters, I save some of the best stuff from year to year. __________________ The Official Webkinz Thread http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1674222

11-15-2009, 08:59 PM	#11
monkeybug DIS Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 901	I read a tip somewhere to have the child choose their favs. (or you can choose for them) and then at the end of the year put them in that years backpack and hang it in a closet. That's what we do now! I have a box that I keep it in during the school year and at the end of the year I let my daughter go through it and choose what to keep. It's nice having it hanging up and off the floor for now (might change when I have 6 backpacks hanging up)

11-15-2009, 09:04 PM	#12
charming23 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 852	My mom has a medium sized rubbermaid container that she calls the "Best of Elizabeth". It has what she considered to be the best projects I made and then got rid of all the others by recyling them. __________________ Me DM Cleo Caly Forget Edward Cullen, Adam Lambert Dazzles me. Donald Duck is #1 in my heart. Thanks praisehisname TR Elizabeth and the Seven Dwarves

11-15-2009, 10:43 PM	#13
Luv Bunnies Bunnies make great hand warmers! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Posts: 2,611	Papers get reviewed (OK look you only missed one!) and then tossed right away. Small art projects usually get tossed unless my son really wants to keep it. Larger projects that took a long time get saved in a plastic bin. I will say that probably 97% of things get tossed. Very few get saved for very long. There's just too much of it. __________________ Pop Century 12/06 Disney Magic to Mexico 7/05 Carribean Beach Resort 9/91 Trips to Disneyland - More than I can count!

11-16-2009, 08:27 AM	#15
MariDisney Learned a difficult lesson about eating chocolate in the dark! Had to admit to eating bird poo to get what she wanted Fully open=cool. Fully closed=cool. Half way=no can do Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warrington, PA Posts: 2,376	I toss almost everything. DD is in 5th grade. When she brought home drawings, etc. I would hang them around before tossing. Now, things get looked at and reviewed with her and then tossed. I don't even keep report cards. I just don't see the need. DH and I both have nothing from our school days except an ornament or two we made, and neither of us cares at all, so... __________________ Mari...A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow is Just a Dream Away...7/98 Carribean Beach ... 1/03 All Star Movies ...9/03 All Star Music ... 6/04 Port Orleans Riverside Honeymoon ... 1/05 Port Orleans French Quarter ... 1/06 Carribean Beach ...9/06 Pop Century ... 8/07 Port Orleans Riverside...9/08 Port Orleans French Quarter

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