Kids make crap all the time, and they expect you to display it.  I’m not one of those moms who saves every scrap of paper that her precious spawn has made a crayon mark on- can you imagine with seven kids?  However, I don’t want to crush their inner artists and toss stuff without properly displaying it.

For years we would tack their masterpieces up on the fridge just like the average family.  Since moving, the fridge has turned into more of a command center- it’s where we put notes from school, permission slips that need to be signed, reminders of events, and of course, it’s where we keep a running grocery list.  So there’s not much room for all the torn out coloring book pages and backsides of restaurant kid menus that they want displayed.

I did come up with a solution- and it doubles as wall decor in a spot that desperately needed something other than giant blank slate.  I have a thing for the vinyl wall stickers, since we live in military housing and can’t paint, so I started browsing for a quote or phrase that would look nice in our house but also had something to do with kids and their projects.

I saw ideas on Pinterest, things like a grouping of frames with the drawings inside each one, but knew I’d never change out the pictures in the frames.  Plus, I wanted something that was easily accessible for the kids- so that they could change it when they wanted.

Then one day, I found an art quote that was perfect on Amazon, and I decided to combine it with some twine and couple sets of decorated clothespins to come up with the perfect way to display the projects the kids do!

Once we had everything in place, it only took a few minutes to do.  Aaron used two tiny nails to tack up the twine after we applied the decal to the wall.  Then we added the fancy clothespins I found at Michael’s in the dollar bins, and we were done!

What do you think?