HowDoesShe display kid’s art – 28 ideas!
February 23, 2010 by Missy
How Does She display kid’s art? I knew I could find a few ideas, I had no idea I would find this many!!! I am excited to present all these awesome ideas – I am so inspired to get my kids to make more art, just so I can display it!
#1 Collage It
This is Alison’s idea to take lots of art, shrink it on the computer and put it into one collage. Child’s art 18 into 2!
#2 Group together on the wall
I love this idea because it is so easy to update whenever you want and it looks GREAT!
The Style Files shares this picture. I love all the colors against the white wall. You can get these curtain holders at Ikea, not online, unfortunately, but if you live by one – lucky you!
The Land of Nod
Cookiemag suggests taking pictures of the art and grouping the pictures together into a display on a cork board
#3 Treat it as art
Frame it
Lil Davinci art cabinet
This frame allows you to easily switch pictures and even store some behind the most recent art being displayed
Blissfully Domestic has a great tutorial on displaying framed art.
Turn it into art on Canvas!!! This is one of my favorite ideas – pretty much anything on canvas just looks classy.
mykidsartoncanvas has the idea above on their website, you can order from them
OR
get it for free at Canvas People – click here!
Turn it into custom wall paper art, a laptop skin, or a removable sticky picture at SticViews - You can still get one free – see this post to find out how!
Turn doodles into a real work of art - Summer from Fine Doodles 
does some amazing work with your kid’s doodles – you gotta check out her website!
#3 Take it with you and show it off!
Analiese will turn it into a clay pendant for you
or Totally out of Hand will turn it into silver or gold jewelry!
Snap Totes will turn images into bags or pillows – picture your kid’s art on the bag above.
Little Birdie Secrets has a tutorial on how to turn you child’s drawing
into a stuffed toy
I made one for my son and he thinks it is the coolest thing!
Other ideas I found but don’t have pictures for are:
shrink and mod podge onto coasters
Use clipboards as frames – easy to change out
hang them all over your garage walls
use them for wrapping paper
display on picture ledges
upload them to a book printing company and have a nice book of art
laminate them and use as placemats
turn them into a calendar – click here to see how to get a FREE ONE
cover your coffee table w glass and slide drawings underneath
use a plastic tablecloth over your dinner table and slide drawings underneath
have them made into postage stamps
cut up and use as gift tags
So Many Ideas, So Little Time!
How do you display your kid’s art?
I made my own Art Display Board using a 2×4, some paint and clothespins!
The kids love to swap out their artwork.
How freakin’ cute is that stuffed animal idea?! I need my little guy to create something other than scratches all over a page so I can try to make him one. A-Dor-Able!
I have been going thru all the art folders my 4 kids have brought home over the years. Couldn’t bear to throw them away, so I photographed the best ones and saved them digitally! Now I use them to decorate blog posts, Facebook posts, etc. I’m having fun showing off original works of art one by one.
Love the canvas people idea!!
Thank you for sharing. Some of the ideas are so creative. I have been thinking of how to display my kid’s art all the time. I will try some of them!
I used some wire and nails and made my own display line similar to the ikea shower bar. I love the shower bar though it looks a little nicer. Maybe next time I’m near an Ikea store I’ll upgrade.
I just posted in the last post, and forgot another way we’ve displayed art at home… We also have a narrow hallway upstairs and have a “gallery” wall – 4 or 5 framed pictures of our favorites are on display up there. One day when they were on sale I got a bunch of matching frames just for this idea.
Each of the kids display their artwork on their own bedroom door. That way when they are bringing home holiday decor, it goes with the season. Take a pic of child in front of door to have a lasting picture of them and their art. Then you only have one picture to hold onto and the door decor gets refreshed.