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Childs Art to ART! 18 Pictures into 2! {{tutorial}}

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Childs Art to ART 18 Pictures into 2

Child’s Art into ART!

Display your child’s art!

How do you display your kid’s art?  I absolutely love it when my kids draw, color, and create.  Some pictures hang on the fridge or are stored in a file, but I wanted something classy {{less cluttered}} to display their best projects.  I know there are hundreds of fantastic ways to display art.  Missy is actually going to do a post on more ways to display kid’s art tomorrow morning:)   If you’ve got an idea, send it over and we’ll include it in the list (as long as you aren’t selling anything).

Here is my tutorial on 18 pictures to 2…art-display-2

1.  I loved this picture that my 5 year old drew.  The shoes and the long hair…  Anyways, watch for her and see her shrink!

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2.  I scanned her in.  If you don’t have access to a scanner, Fred Myer has some in their electronic department that you can use.  Just drop your kids in their play land and scan away!  It costs about $4 for a CD and it will hold a ton of scans!

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3.  Here she is on the screen:)  If you have photoshop or some other picture correction program, now is the time to use it!  I did increase the saturation colors a little bit so it didn’t look washed out.

4.  I shrunk the pictures down to 1 x 2.  A tad larger than a thumbnail.  art-display-4

5.  I scanned, saturated, and shrunk 9 of my favorite pictures that she created.  I even had her write her name and added it to the bottom just like a real artist would do:) {{Can you still see the black haired beauty?}}

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6.  The size I needed to fit my frame would print on one normal paper…so here’s a picture of my printer doing what she does best!

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7.  Here is another one of my favorites…in class they needed to take the letter ‘u’ and make it functional.   She made a flower bed.  LOVE IT!!!  How could I throw that away?

art-display-78.  I did it with my other daughter’s art projects too.  Wahoo…18 into 2!

**For a gift for their Grandparents we put all 18 pictures onto one and ordered a 16X20.  We found a big frame and the girls gave it to them…they loved it…I even thought I saw a tear in Grandpa’s eye!

Fun Stuff!

One more reminder about the list for tomorrow…we’d love to see or hear how you display your kid’s art.  Send over a link by shooting us an email or leave a comment on this post.

Childs Art to ART 18 Pictures into 2

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Alison is one of the 3 founders of HowDoesShe.com She is the mama of 4 rockin' kids who love PB and J's. She has one fantastic husband who is the love of her life and loves long walks on the beach!

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  2. Kelly says

    We created an “art line” out of clothes line and fun binder clips to display my son’s art. The line stretches around his room and creates a gallery feel. He can switch out the pieces as he sees fit.

    Here’s a link: themillermix.blogspot.com/2009/12/wfmw-display-kid-art.html

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  7. Kim says

    We display several of our favorites on his door (using painters tape so it doesn’t hurt the finish) or the fridge. When it’s time to take them down I might put a few away for the scrapbook and he gets to pick some to send to his Grandparents who live out of state. They love getting a little something from him.

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  13. Sarah H says

    After my 4 yo decoupaged 15 artwork pieces to the fridge with a gluestick when we weren’t paying attention (we had been complaining about them being all over the floor because the magnets fall off) we decided to get her a binder so she can put all her art together and we can keep it nice. I love the painter’s tape idea! (And I took a pic of the decoupaged fridge…when she wasn’t looking. Can’t reward undesirable behavior but that had to be documented for posterity!)

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  18. Johanna says

    I do something very similar! I call it a gallery-poster of kids artwork. Mine would be for the less DIY types like you, since it’s a “service” I offer! I include a place where kids can write (or parents record) what they were thinking when they made this artwork. Truly, so important to display their masterpieces! We also did a grandparents one.
    http://www.etsy.com/shop/simplycreate

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  21. Tammy says

    I’ve hung my kids art all over my garage walls and it’s great – especially for oversized pieces! Makes a drab space come alive & since we use it as our entrance though most of the year, it’s very nice. Now that they’re teens, we still have work up that they made in elementary school – fun to look at.

    I wish I had heard of this idea when my kids were little!! Maybe I will grab some of my favorites and still do it – I think they would like to get one of these framed collages as a gift.
    Thanks for the idea!

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  24. Stephanie says

    i just made one of these using my step-daughter’s drawings. thanks for the great idea. i can’t wait to hang it up 🙂

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  25. Elizabeth says

    I love this idea! I have boxes and boxes of artwork from my boys (with loads more to come down the years as the younger ones grow up). This is such a great project.

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  26. Julia says

    Hi. We recently posted about something similar, and I’d love to post your tutorial! Please let me know if you have a problem with me posting one of the photos and linking to your tutorial. Thanks.

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  31. Kelly says

    I just love this. I had thought of scanning my son’s art, but I would never have thought of creating such a beautiful framed piece. Thank you for the great idea!

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  32. Kelli says

    In our playroom I used some old metal thin curtain rods that we no longer had use for. I attached them to the top of our chalkboard wall and purchased curtain ring clips for each side. I attach my kids art to the clip and change them around as needed. It just adds to the playroom.

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  33. Amyjoy Price says

    Hi. I LOVE the kids’ art picture idea. I want to do the larger one but do not know where to have it printed or how. Can you steer me in the right direction?

    Thanks!
    Amyjoy

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  35. Mary Ann says

    I have two grown children and one still in high school. I had kept a great deal of their art work especially in elementary school, but I was running out of space. I took pictures of the each artwork and made a photobook with all of their work in one of them. So, I ended up with three photobooks, one for each child. I look back at each one and remember it in a loving way and the age they were when they created each piece. The teachers always had them sign their names along with placing the date on the front. I loved the way that they turned out. Bonus, I got rid of three large boxes and have 3 small 4 by 5 albums.

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