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Sparkle (3)
It seems like every day, the kids are bringing home their artwork from school and, by the end of the week, your kitchen counter is covered with artwork that needs to be dealt with “later”. You start moving the piles of artwork from one place to another, until it all falls over and you are forced to deal with it.
OR...
Grab a box for each child to catch all the artwork as soon as it comes in your home. The box can be fancy and pretty, or can be as simple as a cardboard box. You can even ask each child to decorate their box as a rainy-day craft project. The key is to have it big enough to fit the large pieces of paper (folded of course) AND small enough that about two months worth of artwork can fit in the box before it starts overflowing.
Kids can show you their artwork when they come home, decide what gets displayed on the fridge for the week, and put the rest in their box. When the box is full, it's time to go through each box with that child. You and your child decide which pieces are keepers, whether for your memory box and/or to frame the piece. You can either have a couple of frames where artwork gets rotated weekly or monthly, or frame those special pieces that you want to keep forever.
Your child takes the remaining pieces from their box and decides who to send it to (feel free to prompt them). Collect all the artwork by recipient, put it in a large manilla envelope, ask your children to address the envelope, put postage on and even put it in the mailbox.
Some other uses for your children's artwork:
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wrapping paper for birthdays, anniversaries or holidays
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cards
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mats in picture frames
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invitations
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placemats (be sure to laminate them)
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birthday hats
Be creative. Even ask your kids what else their artwork can be used for...they are the ones with the limitless imaginations!
One word of advice though...try to send as few packages as possible to homes with other school-aged families. If you do, be prepared to receive similar packages. ;)
