A Creative Way to Display Children’s Artwork

Both of my girls love creating art. They spend hours each day drawing, coloring, glueing and painting. They also go to a school where they are constantly bringing home wonderful masterpieces. I love displaying their art, and if it were up to them, we’d display each and every thing they make. Our refrigerator was quickly packed with pictures and the pantry door was quick to follow. They moved onto trying to tape everything they made throughout the living room and dinning room. I truly love looking at their art, but wanted to come up with a neat way to display it. I also thought it would be cool to come up with a way to display the art that also really doubled as decor for the room. We decided on a special “Art Wall” for our dining room. 

Here’s how it came together:

I started with items to display the art: white art frames and big metal clips from The Land of Nod. The clips are awesome because you can easily switch out the child’s masterpieces. My girls love adding something new in the clip and can do it themselves instead of taping things to the wall. 

Next I picked out some extra items accompany the kids artwork.  I knew I wanted to add a mirror. I found a big green triangle from The Land of Nod and love the color it adds to the wall as well as being a share the girls like to draw! The mirror is currently 30% off on The Land of Nod site. 

To give the wall some texture and something that really “popped” (literally), we went with the awesome Land of Nod giraffe head. Maggie’s favorite thing to draw are animals, so she was really excited about this addition. It’s made of paper mache and it truly a piece of art. 

I thought a framed poster reading “Super Superb” was a perfect addition to the wall and described how we feel about the awesome art our kids create. Last, I added metal letters that spell ART to complete our wall. 

What used to be a blank grey wall in our dining room is now my favorite wall in the house. The wall reminds me of the importance of encouraging my kids’ and their creativity. It’s bright, cheerful and filled with the most beautiful art I could imagine.