{"id":3442,"date":"2008-05-06T22:48:30","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T05:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2009-12-01T22:59:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T05:59:17","slug":"creative-ways-to-display-kids-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3442","title":{"rendered":"Creative Ways to Display Kids Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hit the High Wire<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Choose one picture each month and mount it with previous selections along your child’s bedroom wall, timeline-style, to chart her artistic development. Design catalogs sell sleek steel wall-mounted cable systems 6 ($34, <\/span>westelm.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>) to which you can clip artwork and photos; DIYers can approximate these with yarn or wire and clothespins or binder clips. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Get Digital<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Memorialize selected works\u00e2\u20ac\u201d your child’s blue period, say, or her armless bodies phase\u00e2\u20ac\u201d by scanning them into your computer and creating cool keepsakes. To make a glossy poster, scan 4 to 16 pieces, then visit <\/span>shutterfly.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> or <\/span>snapfish.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> for the poster design and printing (about $20 to $25). If you’d rather not handle the technical aspects, try a print shop\u00e2\u20ac\u201d just call first to make sure they do scanning. Once the items are scanned, all you need to do is decide how you want them to look on the poster and choose the background. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Live Large<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

FedEx Kinko’s will turn PDFs of artwork into large-format prints 1 on foam core (around $80 and up). <\/span><\/p>\n

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Go Mobile<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Commission your artist to cut up her old art and create a simple mobile with a wire hanger and thread, or use Fotofalls’ mobile photo clip. ($21, <\/span>umbra.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>) <\/span><\/p>\n

Make It Magnetic<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Updating the artwork on display isn’t difficult if you create a magnetic gallery. Use four coats of magnetic primer (Magic Wall, $36 for 32 ounces, <\/span>kling.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>), then cover it with the wall color of your choice. Mount artwork with super-strong magnets (regular fridge magnets won’t hold). Shape-Up! magnets from Three by Three Seattle ($8 per 4-pack at <\/span>fridgedoor.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>) are too big to swallow and come in a variety of colors and shapes such as stars, birds, and arrows. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Blow Up<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The hardest part? Inflating the frames \u00e2\u20ac\u201d so let the artist do it. Then slide the work-of-the-week in the pocket and hang. (Instant Masterpiece Blow Up Frame, $10, <\/span>Brooklyn5and10.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tape It Off<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If your child should happen to draw directly on the wall, don’t panic. Incorporate it into the gallery by surrounding it with Do-Frame Tape. It works for pieces he made elsewhere too. ($15, <\/span>chocosho.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Frame It<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lil’ Da Vinci frames ($29 to $37, <\/span>dynamicframes.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>) swing open and store extra artwork (can you say spacesaver?). Or showcase your rotating collection in tried-and-true acrylic box frames. ($2 to $23, <\/span>archivalusa.com<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hit the High Wire Choose one picture each month and mount it with previous selections along your child’s bedroom wall, timeline-style, to chart her artistic development. Design catalogs sell sleek steel wall-mounted cable systems 6 ($34, westelm.com) to which you can clip artwork and photos; DIYers can approximate these with yarn or wire and clothespins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,76,8,9],"tags":[361,175,123],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3443,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions\/3443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}