So, what do you do with that beautiful picture your child makes? The story they wrote? What do you with the 500th beautiful picture your child made or 100th story they wrote? Whether you homeschool or not, deciding what to do with your child’s beautiful works of art or learning, can become a serious challenge. After all, how many pictures can you really hang on your refrigerator? How many projects can you display?

Over the years, I have tried to figure out what to do with all of these items. Throwing them out is not the best option but swimming in them isn’t either. These are just some of the ideas that I have come across or implemented.

Office Corkboard-Whether it is at work or in your home office, corkboards are a great way to easily display work. It doesn’t take the paint of the wall and you can quickly change out the beautiful works as you get more. Simply hang a corkboard and make sure you have plenty of tacks to display the work.

Scrapbook-If you enjoy this hobby, you could place the work of art, project or story in a scrapbook as one of several highlighted accomplishments for that year. Be sure to use archival and acid free pages and materials. This will make these beautiful works not turn yellow and last for years.

Table Top Book-With this one you can photograph each project or art piece. Then get a large scrapbook and place them on each page. Again, be sure to use archival and acid free pages and materials. This can then be a Table Top Book to be displayed on your coffee table.

Gifts-Share your child’s beautiful works. Grandparents love getting gifts and showing off how gifted their grandchild is by displaying the beautiful works. The beautiful works can be sent to the troops or given to a nursing home to brighten the halls.

Digital Photo Frame-This is a new type of frame that has become very popular. With this frame you can take your digital pictures that are on a SD or CF card, take the card and put it in the digital frame. Then you can view the pictures in the frame in a slideshow format or as a single picture. This is another great way to show your child’s multiple beautiful works.

Website-If you have a family website or blog, you can share your child’s beautiful works of art by scanning or taking digital photos of the work and then sharing them with loved ones via these Internet tools.

Box Them-If time is limited but your child’s beautiful works are important then select what you want to keep. Then obtain an archival, acid-free box and place your child’s beautiful works in the box. By doing this they can be brought out to reminisce about years later.

If you have more ideas, PLEASE share them with the rest of us. Just click on comment and add your ideas. We are all looking for different ways to manage our children’s beautiful works!