CONTEST:

Congratulations to Peggy Schwerdt for her organizing children's art work tip.
Peggy, my Organized At Last tip a day calendar is on its way! Thanks to
everyone who sent in some wonderful tips, you'll find some of them listed
below.

Tips for Organizing a Child's Artwork:

• Scan the art on disk and use when sending family holiday newsletters.
  Linda Couch
  
• Purchase an inexpensive photo album to keep the (dated) artwork. Pat Lou
  
• Install a large bulletin board in the child's room. Send a monthly mailing
  of the art to grandparents. Buy inexpensive colorful plastic frames and hang
  the artwork. Anne Durham
  
• Paint a yard stick to match the child's room, add decorations and clothes
  pins and hang on the wall horizontally. Clip the artwork to the yard stick.
  Sally Noona
  
• Save catalog clothing boxes (she suggests 3" tall and about 12" long) to
  store the art. Label with the year and/or grade. If it gets too full, sort
  and save only the best. Arlene Nuesca Cutler
  
• Use magnetic clasp-type hooks on the fridge. Have the children alternate
  the work periodically. When remove the artwork, sort: The best to a sweater
  box under the bed, the rest is used as "wallpaper" for the interior garage
  walls! Teri Merriman
  
• Keep a homemade bulletin board on the side of the frig, and have the child
  choose which art to display. Cindi Olson
  
• Take a photo of child and artwork. Display the art on the fridge for a few
  days. Michele Jones
  
• Use a notebook with plastic sheets to store the artwork. Rebecca Marsh
  
• Set a time limit for the pictures to remain on the frig. Then move them to
  a photo album or 3-ring binder (punched holes might ruin the art, tho), or
  start a scrap book. Peggy Schwerdt
  
• "A" papers go on the fridge. Creative or impressive papers go into the
  "forever" box in the closet. Others are "filed" in the trash when child isn't
  looking. Some art is bundled up and sent to grandma or to a favorite
  babysitter. Beth Bentley
  
• Display the art work on the closet door instead of the fridge. Deborah
  Leith
  
• Keep a small photo album for each child. Becky Waganer
  
• If art is large have it laminated and suspend it from the ceiling as a
  banner in the child's room. Marry Lilley-Thompson
  
• With more than one child allow only one piece of art per child to be
  displayed. Purchase picture frames at the dollar store to display the
  pictures. Jennifer Keeney
  
• Before placing art work on the fridge mount it onto a piece of colorful
  construction paper, with an inch or so of the colored paper showing, to act
  as a "mat" for the art. Makes the art stand out and neatens up the fridge.
  Cynthia Haw
  
• Take a photo of a group of art with the artist. Gail Hernandez
  
• Buy picture frames that have no glass at a thrift shop, and paint them
  bright colors. Display the art in the frames hanging on a hall wall, gallery
  style. Faye Perry
  

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