Displaying and storing your kids' artwork is a rite of passage for every parent. I don't know how much I actually thought about it before the inundation of art began, except to assume I might not be so sentimental about a bunch of scribbles.

That was incorrect. I have a budding artist on my hands (she actually told someone we met yesterday, when they asked what I do, that she's an artist), and while I'm not holding onto every last scrap, I find a lot of it is display-worthy, and by extension, keep-worthy.

So, we created a little display zone for her. This couldn't have been easier, and it wasn't very hard on the wallet. I found this empty frame at a flea market for $5 and spray painted it pink. I used these little Command clips for the art itself, attaching them to the wall before hanging my frame.

I like the way the clips look even with the frame, and I think it'd be fun to just do an entire wall. But I wanted to add the frame, and for the whole area to be a bit festive, so we decided to use some of Lou's canvases to create a small banner. We chose some of her most colorful works, in a variety of media:

Then I very scientifically cut out some triangles and taped them to a bit of twine. I used hot glue to stick the banner to the inside of the frame, hung the whole thing up, and called it good.

Easy DIY Kids' Art Display with Empty Frame and Command Clips

Lou loves to create something and then see it go up on the wall, and I love that she loves it. Of course, she's quite prolific, so we do rotate out the old art. At that point, I decide what to keep. I label the back (Lou's First Full Name, July 2014; Lou's Family Portrait August 2014) and keep in accordion pocket folders designated by year. We also have notebooks that we take everywhere (restaurants and the like) that we keep. They're a pretty tidy way to document her progress, and her change in preferences, i.e., from stickers as primary medium to crayon. When they're all filled up, we make a production out of buying a new one. Lou picks them, in case that wasn't obvious.

That's it! A seriously easy way to display kids' artwork and store it for posterity. We've cycled through a couple different methods (bulletin boards; washi tape gallery wall) and they're all good. I like this one best so far. How do you display and store your kids' artwork?

Thanks for reading!