Last week, my son painted a picture of a bus at a stop light, using acrylic paints on some old white foam core board. I trimmed the picture (I had to cut out the skinny pink cloud at the top, my son was distraught over that), and framed it in a poster frame that had been left in pieces in the utility room. I think my husband is going to bring it downtown and hang it in his office...
I also have a clear envelop of truck pictures my son drew. I want to turn them into a book, or maybe even a story book or maybe even a black and white line poster...something that I can keep forever! I can't wait to get started! We have a scanner, but I think the easiest thing to do is take a photo of each picture...from there, well, I am not sure...
ps. I can't keep him little!
UPDATE: I hung it here:
kid's art is the best. Half of my art on the walls was done by my almost 4 year old. Best pieces ever :)
ReplyDeletelove it! i want to take a picture of each art to and make a photo book for them...but man, it seems like so much work. in the meantime, i hoard their art pieces like a crazy lady.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds be that I should do something with all the artwork my sons have been producing
ReplyDeleteVery cool ideas! My father made me and my brothers albums with photos, artwork and short stories from our childhoods. I love looking through it on occasion, so I think it's great if you can find a way to save some of it - for yourself and for the boys.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel burdened by the bin of stuff that was saved for me...I don't know what to do with it! One of these days I will organize and purge...in fact, every few months I go through it and a bag of stuff gets recycled...
ReplyDeleteSo I really don't want to keep everything...I promise myself that I won't keep everything...yet, I fall in love with his drawings, every-single-one! I guess that is typical, i'm a typical mom!
Tell your son his picture is so great it made me smile all day! And I love it up there on the wall too. Maybe I'll draw a bus or my silly dog....hmmm...so much to do!
ReplyDeleteI love it. I have art that my son did when he was eight. He is now thirty, and architect, and soon to be a father. His art still brings a smile to my face.
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