2150: What To Do With Children’s Artwork When You Can’t Keep It All by Antonia Collins of Balance Through Simplicity
Apr 26, 2024
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Antonia Collins shares insightful strategies for managing children's artwork, including practical tips for sorting, preserving, and honoring their creations. She emphasizes the importance of keeping what's special while letting go gracefully. The podcast offers creative solutions for involving children in the decision-making process and celebrating their creativity in a clutter-free space.
Involve children in organizing artwork to teach value and reduce clutter.
Consider digital preservation and creative display options for children's artwork.
Deep dives
How to Organize and Manage Children's Artwork
To effectively handle the influx of children's artwork, parents should create a system for organizing and managing the pieces. Encourage children to place finished artwork in a designated box for review. Regularly sort through the artwork, involving the kids in the process by categorizing pieces into keep, display, and discard piles. By explaining the necessity of decluttering and emphasizing the value of their creations, children can understand and participate in managing their artwork. Making the process enjoyable and interactive, like highlighting favorite pieces and involving children in decision-making, can ensure that cherished artwork is properly stored and appreciated.
Creative Ways to Preserve Children's Artwork
For artwork that parents wish to keep but cannot display physically, digital preservation offers a practical solution. Taking well-lit photos of the artwork and storing them on digital devices allows for convenient archiving. Additionally, parents can involve children in selecting their favorite pieces for framing or immediate display to showcase their work. Considering alternative options like using artwork as gift wrap, creating a digital photo book, or designing a pin board in the child's room can also provide creative outlets for preserving and showcasing children's artwork.
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Episode 2150:
Antonia Collins of Balance Through Simplicity.com provides insightful strategies for managing the deluge of creativity from children's endless art projects. Discover practical tips on sorting, preserving, and honoring your child's artwork, ensuring their creations are cherished without overwhelming your space. This piece offers valuable guidance for keeping what's special and letting go with grace.
Explain to your children (depending on their age and understanding) that it’s just not possible to keep everything they make, however much you love it all."
"For the one(s) that you want to keep, make sure you put it in a frame or find a place for it on the shelf straightaway otherwise it will end up in the pile of jobs waiting to do but you never get around to."
"Your children’s artwork is special and it’s easy to want to keep everything. But with a bit of practice you’ll find it easier choosing the pieces that are the most important to you and your children will enjoy learning and choosing with you."