Preserving Your Child's Work: 3 Budget-Friendly Ways
Topics: First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Arts and Crafts
We’ve all been there… it’s only December, and already your child has brought home enough writing samples, projects and artwork to fill a storage unit. While we cherish our child’s work, keeping it all can get a bit overwhelming. Here are three easy, budget friendly ways to preserve those precious memories without filling up the attic.
1. Snapshot Photo Album
Cost: About $5.00
What You Need:
- Your child
- Your child’s artwork, writing samples, etc.
- Camera
- Mini 4" x 6" photo album
- Optional: Computer, photo paper, and printer
What You Do:
- Gather your child’s work, your child, and a camera.
- Have your child pose with his favorite pieces of work (and any you are just in love with!)
- Snap a close-up shot.
- Print the pictures out at home on photo paper, or send them off to your local photo lab.
- Ask your child to help chose a special 4" x 6" mini photo album, and help him insert the pictures.
Congratulations! You’ve made a photo book full of your child's work that will stand the test of time. This is a fantastic way to “keep” 3-D pieces, such as clay projects and dioramas.
2. Creative Creations Portfolio
Cost: About $10.00
What You Need:
- Pieces of flat artwork, writing samples, or even that difficult spelling test!
- Optional: 2 pieces of card stock
- Optional: Markers and crayons
What You Do:
- Ask your child to help select about 10 pieces of his work.
- If he’s interested, ask your child to design a “cover” and “table of contents” for his special book using the card stock, markers and crayons.
- Head off to your local copy center, and have the pages laminated and spiral bound.
No more faded, ripped, or folded projects… you now have a low-budget (yet enviable) creations portfolio of your child's best work to keep for years to come.
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