Determined to be a great mom and to keep track of the progress my children made growing up I saved all their art work. With six children this became quite a large collection. I had the art work stored in two extra large storage totes, two large portfolio envelopes and four filing cabinet drawers
A lot of the art work was large and hard to store. Hardly any of it would fit nicely into binders or scrap books.
I found myself really looking forward to the day when my children would grow up and I could give them all of the treasures I had been storing so they could cherish them and share them with their own families.
After two of my children where married it didn't take long for me to realize that they weren't going to have room to store their art work for a very long time and even if they did have room why store bulky pictures that are hard to get out and appreciate. Great idea! Take pictures of the art work and make DVDs for each child that they can then look at and enjoy.
Here is a small selection of my youngest's art work
A lot of the art work was large and hard to store. Hardly any of it would fit nicely into binders or scrap books.
I found myself really looking forward to the day when my children would grow up and I could give them all of the treasures I had been storing so they could cherish them and share them with their own families.
After two of my children where married it didn't take long for me to realize that they weren't going to have room to store their art work for a very long time and even if they did have room why store bulky pictures that are hard to get out and appreciate. Great idea! Take pictures of the art work and make DVDs for each child that they can then look at and enjoy.
Here is a small selection of my youngest's art work
Taking pictures of the art work allowed me to dispose of the originals freeing up tons of storage space.
I then made books with the art work and included a few pictures of the children during their elementary school years.
This is the cover of Noah's book
I then made books with the art work and included a few pictures of the children during their elementary school years.
This is the cover of Noah's book
The cover is his art work
And here is a sample of a few of the pages in his book
And here is a sample of a few of the pages in his book
With the pictures now in a book that is easy to store and to take anywhere my children can remember their early years and share them with their children.
It took a lot of courage from me to throw away the original art work. I hoped my children wouldn't think that I didn't appreciate their hard work.
I really wanted them to know that their work was valuable to me.
These books did just that. I didn't just solve a storage problem but I created a great way to store and share memories.
It took a lot of courage from me to throw away the original art work. I hoped my children wouldn't think that I didn't appreciate their hard work.
I really wanted them to know that their work was valuable to me.
These books did just that. I didn't just solve a storage problem but I created a great way to store and share memories.