Eben loves to draw and he spends a lot of time and energy on his masterpieces. We have several pieces framed and hanging throughout our home. He literally creates dozens of these masterpieces over the year and then also brings all of his artwork that he creates at school home too. If your little one loves art the way mine does, it can really start to pile up, and what do you do with it all?
Once Eben’s masterpiece has decorated our family cork board it is either archived, sent to a family member, made into cards or recycled.
If it is a piece of art that is fabulous and I can’t part with, I scan it and upload to Facebook for everyone to admire, then I archive it in an acid free scrapbook that is specifically for Eben’s art. {He has one for each year since he started drawing at age 2.}
If it is a nice piece but not something that I feel we need to keep forever. I either cut it up and make gift tags and greeting cards out of it {recycling the leftover pieces} or I send it to one of Eben’s grandparents that live far away and don’t usually get the opportunity to experience his art. {this is a HUGE hit with the grandparents}
By arhiving, creating cards or mailing these masterpieces, we never have a pile of artwork laying around cluttering up the joint.
Do you archive your children’s artwork?
If not, what do you do with children’s artwork?
Artwork Courtesy of Eben Lyon.
Enjoy.
xo.
LOVE that dragon pic Eben drew!!!! My sis-in-law frames the good pics my niece draws and hangs them in her room!
Hi one4earth,
He is quite the little artist. lol. Thank you. We do have several hanging throughout our home. They make great conversation pieces and look great.
xo,
Sweet Greens.
I just recently took a painting (acrylic) my daughter did for me into a place that had a framing sale and had it framed (I don’t have it back yet). I am so excited. I have been wanting to do it for years. I call it “abstract landscape”. I think it is perfect, but my daughter thinks I am just being weird. Oh well! I will take a pic and put it on my blog when I get it back. I love to share it with everyone! http://dcg2u.blogspot.com/
She has also done sketches in pencil that we have framed and hung around the house. I love them! She is older now but I still have tucked away in my “stuff” some of the earliest drawings she did. Wish I would have thought to do some of the things you have suggested… back then. Anyway, great topic and great ideas. You will surely be glad when he is older.
Hi dcg2u,
Yes, definitely, I would love to see the pics of the framed piece. It is fun to keep the best pieces and then go back from time to time and look through them. I think it will especially fun when he is a grown man. lol.
xo,
Sweet Greens.
I don’t know how old Eben is, but that dragon picture is fantastic! It’s awesome that he loves art. 🙂
Hi Chloe,
Eben is now 8, he was 6 when he drew the dragon. He took a dragonology class where they learned how to draw many different types of dragons. He was completely into dragons at the time, so it was an excellent art class for him.
Thank you,
Sweet Greens.