[blparent] Children's artwork

[Danielle Ledet]

Hmmmm wonder what became of all that which I couldn't take with
me....every report card too. I have heard of people laminating some of
the pieces and using as placemats or turning them into postcards or
holiday cards and even wrapping paper for the larger pieces.

On 1/14/17, Judy Jones via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jennifer
> Bose via BlParent
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 8:09 AM
> To: blparent
> Cc: Jennifer Bose
> 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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