Oct272008
Displaying Children’s art
Filed under kids art by Beck at 10:41 am on Oct 27 2008
I have long ago realised that my house is not mine but mine and my children’s. To that effect I have had to change it to suit my children as well as I. I have hung pictures lower - particularly in their rooms. But I had the delimma of what to do with their art. They bring home so much of it and while I used to stick some on the fridge it was forever falling off and getting squashed and making a mess.
I figured that the best bet was to hang it up on the walls. First I considered using magnetic paint on one of my walls - but as I am currently attempting renovations (this may be a later solution) I did not necessarily know which wall would be best (as it may be a wall that disappears). So I settled for a couple of pieces of string along the wall and pegs to hold the art work in place.
A photo of my children's art work
So now I have a wall of art and it has had an extra effect - when my kids walk past this wall, they frequently stop and point out the pieces of work that they did and sometimes tell me the story of the work. They are proud of their art wall… It is not a huge space but it is their work.
The art work is hung at their height so they can help to put it up and take it down.
