What To Do With Your Children’s Drawings?

There is a period in which children begin to draw relentlessly, turning into little artists. After this stage (which lasts a couple of years) they start reading and become prolific writers. Overwhelmed by sheets and letters you ask yourself: “What do I do with all these drawings?”.  

The house – gallery

Some designs are really beautiful or have a special meaning. It will be difficult to get rid of them and you will start hanging them on the refrigerator, in the bathroom mirror or behind the doors, transforming your home into a very special art gallery.

If we consider that some children have years and years of pictorial and literary creativity behind them, you can imagine what happens at home.

The problems of the house-gallery are the following. Even if you wanted to keep them, the designs will eventually deteriorate over time, turning yellow and fraying at the edges. The house will also look untidy due to the random drawings hanging on the walls.

What to do with your children’s drawings?

In this article we will show you a wide range of alternatives to keep your children’s drawings in good condition while keeping your home tidy. That’s not to say you no longer have to show them: there will always be a special place in your home for special works of art.

Digitize them

Scanning the drawings and letters that your little ones write to you is a brilliant idea that will allow you to look at them as many times as you want and to keep them in excellent condition. This method will also allow you to share them with your family.

Be careful to save these files so as not to lose them in case of electronic problems.  Nowadays there are various alternatives for storing information beyond your computer’s hard drive. 

Create a book

Once you have scanned your drawings, print them on photographic paper and create a book  that you will have to bind. Some graphic designers can make it for you.

The funniest thing is that you can add your own personal notes, which will allow you to remember the context in which the drawing was made because, after all, this is the very thing that enhances it. You can also add the date and the name of the little artist as, if you have many children, it is difficult to remember the author over the years.

Turn them into breakfast placemats

Select those with the same size, laminate them and use them as breakfast placemats. If you are creative and skilled mothers in manual work, you can make a collage with various designs on a card and add a frame.

Frame them

You can scan your drawings and then print them, frame them and hang them on the walls, or place them on a table. In addition, you can also frame the original which, in this way, will be preserved in good condition. All mothers think the same way, which is that their children’s drawings are wonderful.

Create covers

You can digitize children’s drawings and turn them into covers for diaries, cookbooks or notepads. In the same way you can create a collage, or select a drawing and make a montage on a good quality cardboard. Laminate it and have it bound with a bundle of white sheets to have the most beautiful diary in the world.

You can do everything: telephone diaries, special shopping lists, etc.

Turn them into a memory game

When you digitize them you can reduce them to a standard size, the same size as a card used for memory games. Laminate them and you will have at home a children’s game made by themselves.

The Internet will be your best ally

Whether you are good at manual skills or not, you will find an endless array of wonderful options and ideas on the internet. Do a search with the keyword “scrapbooking”  and you will also find the models to give life to the design holders of your children.

Good fun!