How To Deal With Kids' School Art Projects - A Video

by Taylor
(Household Management 101)

Below is a video which gives some very good suggestions and ideas of how to organize all of your kids' school papers, and artwork, at the end of the school year.

Here are some of the things I liked from this video, and/or thoughts I had from the discussion:

• Clear out your kids' backpacks regularly (or encourage them to do it themselves when they are old enough).



• At the end of every school year it is important to take time to toss all the paperwork which is no longer needed, such as old school calendars, etc., so you don't keep lots of unnecessary stuff that takes up room in your home.



• In regard to artwork (and homework in general) you need to decide what your criteria is for what you keep, versus what you throw away. You will have to throw some stuff away or you will quickly get buried under an avalanche of paper.



• Allow your kids to help with throwing stuff away -- including their artwork. I think this is very important, because it is a great way to learn that we don't have to be packrats -- we can part with stuff without feeling that we aren't loved.



• You need a special way to save three-dimensional art that is separate from papers, because obviously 3D stuff can't fit in files.

Here is the video:

What are your ideas for how to keep 3D art? I have heard about taking pictures of it, and then just keeping the pictures.

Has anyone done this? How did it go? Any other ideas of what to do?

Photo by Frazzled Jen