{"id":11319,"date":"2015-09-21T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/?p=11319"},"modified":"2015-09-21T04:00:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T11:00:28","slug":"precious-kid-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2015\/09\/precious-kid-art.html","title":{"rendered":"What to do with all of that precious kid “art”"},"content":{"rendered":"
When my kids first started making things at school I was so excited over their creations that I, of course, kept \u00a0it. It started out on the fridge. Then started piling up on our counter. And then I would move it to a bin. And then finally to some photo albums that I could look through later.<\/p>\n
I thought this was a great idea since I could look at the albums down the road, and over the past year started being more selective on what I saved. But, after putting together the last album I realized even then that those things are huge and then what? Will my kids want these some day? Probably not.<\/p>\n
But I can’t<\/em> just throw it away, either.<\/p>\n Well. Actually. I can. In secret. Like hiding it in the trash or taking it to the outside trash on garbage day because if done any earlier SOMEHOW it is discovered in there and I shamefully point fingers elsewhere.<\/p>\n “Uhhhh, man. Someone<\/em> must have thought that was something else! Shoooooot!”<\/p>\n One time, Gwyn found her work in the outside trash and ran to us crying, “MOM! How could someone throw away ART<\/strong>?!”<\/p>\n We were speechless.<\/p>\n But my big mama heart just can’t throw the precious stuff away. The stuff made for special occasions. Or the first time they spelled their name. Or anything with a hand print on it. I just can’t do it.<\/p>\n So I thought I was stuck with the photo album option until just a few days ago when I came across a GENIUS idea from someone on Facebook.<\/p>\n Create a separate Instagram account just for your kiddos’ art\/school activities. Then, once the masterpiece arrives home, take a \u00a0photo of it, upload it to the IG account, write a little caption (or not) about it and BAM! Memory saved. Then, once you’ve acquired a good amount of photos, order a Chat Book,<\/a> running about $6 (or are sometimes even free!) which makes your IG feed into a nice, small, compact, yet memorable book for you to keep and look through for years to come. Or for you to sneak into your kids’ moving boxes someday when they move out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Via\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n What do you think? I think it is GENIUS and have created one account for Gwyn and one for Cal. I already put their first day of school photo on there as well as their art\/memorabilia from their first days as well.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When my kids first started making things at school I was so excited over their creations that I, of course, kept \u00a0it. It started out on the fridge. Then started piling up on our counter. And then I would move it to a bin. And then finally to some photo albums that I could look […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-organize"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n