Show off your child's artwork to encourage her creativity.
Your child's artwork doesn't just have to build up in a pile on your desk. Rotate the artwork on display regularly to show off new art your child brings home from school or creates at home. Dedicate an area to your child's artwork, and display his artwork in a professional manner to give it importance and add a creative element to a room. Don't forget to hang your child's artwork at his eye level as well as yours.
Instructions
1. Use a clothesline to display your child's artwork. Make one long clothesline, or two or more shorter clotheslines above one another. Hammer nails into your wall about 2 feet apart from each other. This will help keep the clothesline from sagging under the weight of the paper. Use a level to make sure your clothesline will be straight. Tie clothesline or twine to the nails. Use clothespins to hang up your child's artwork.
2. Paint a wall in your home with magnetic paint. Use rollers to apply three to four coats of the paint to part of a wall, an entire wall or an accent wall. Allow the paint to dry between coats. Allow the paint to dry for a few days, then paint over it with the paint used elsewhere on the wall. Allow the paint to dry. Use strong magnets to display your child's artwork.
3. Paint a wall or part of your fridge with chalkboard paint. Use rollers to apply four to six coats of the paint. Allow the paint to dry between coats. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly. Supply your child with chalk and let her create art right on the wall or fridge.
4. Buy frames at thrift stores or discount stores, and hang them in a line along your hallway or in a pleasing arrangement on a wall dedicated to your child's art. Change the artwork in the frames frequently to display your child's most recent creations.
5. Buy a thermal coffee mug with a plastic sleeve. Slide your child's artwork into the sleeve, and your kid's creations can be with you throughout the day.
