[blparent] Children's artwork

[Judy Jones]

This is such a great question, because we had the same issues with two
daughters.

We treated our fridge like the office bulletin board.  The latest went up on
the fridge.  They never seemed to object when I took down an older piece of
artwork.  And you're right it all ended up in a storage box because "Mom"
couldn't bear to throw it away, at least until we moved and the girls were
then out of the house.

Not artwork, but I did start a baby box for each daughter with little baby
trinkets they had and used, maybe a favorite pair of baby shoes, a rattle
with teeth marks, a favorite baby or toddler memento from baby and toddler
stages.  Each box is the plastic sweater storage box, a little larger than a
shoe box.

When our eldest married, I turned over her box to her.  Inside hers were the
childhood souvenirs, plus some cassettes I had recorded back then of our
interactions and her baby voice that changed over those few years, an early
cry, her first laugh, snapshots, etc.

When Sadie, our younger daughter either requests her box or marries, I will
pass her box to her.

Judy


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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:09 AM
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Subject: [blparent] Children's artwork

Hi, everyone. Happy 2017!

This list is such a great source of ideas and maybe we can share some on
this light topic. I'm organizing paperwork at home and looking at two
cubbies loaded with my daughters' drawings and other artwork.
Every parent I've ever met struggles with the amount of paperwork kids come
home with every day, particularly all the artwork. What do we do with it
all? I appreciate their artwork, especially if I happen to have been there
to watch them create it, and I loved art when I was little. But it's piling
up, and I'm not the best judge of what to keep and what not to keep, and
neither are the kids after a while, even though they're sighted. There's
just so much and they're sentimental about it, which is understandable. So
what ideas have you come up with for all those great pictures, collages and
other projects? Have you found fun ways to display it? Do you just box it up
and mail it to the grandparents after it's been up for a while? Please let
me know.

Thanks.
Jen

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