Comments on: How Not To Do Things: Kiddie Art Gallery Edition

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:46:45 +0000

autumnalyssa, I think that was from Family Fun.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:36:01 +0000

I am actually impressed- no level?! You were not messing around in the least. And don’t feel badly about the project. Kids’ art on the fridge is totally acceptable. Or in real frames. No reason to stress over it.

By: autumnalyssa

autumnalyssa — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:29:45 +0000

ooh, ooh, I know the answer to this one. OK, I think I might have gotten it from the real simple magazine, but you buy some crazy old picture frames, take the backs out, paint them a cool color, and hang them on the wall empty in the back (like, you can see the wall.) Then you hang one of those office clip thingies (you see I’m doing a real good job of explaining this) on a nail pounded into the wall inside the frame, then you clip up whatever artwork you want. Gah. I hope that makes sense. I tried to find the article at realsimple’s website, but i cannot.

By: LizPres

LizPres — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:24:04 +0000

Just the way it would have happened at my house, I’m sure …

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:46:47 +0000

I have seen several of my friends tie a nice ribbon or yarn across a wall from 2 small nails (kind of like a drooping clothes line, then they hang the work with clothes pins. I think it looks very cute.

By: Lacey

Lacey — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:46:13 +0000

I can’t believe how incredibly similarly this went down at your house and mine. Bwahahaha. I feel better knowing I’m not the only total dork in the world.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:58:10 +0000

You have to get the super velcro thingies…then they stay up. I also got the falling tile syndrome, but luckily my dog did not think they were waffles…my 2 year old on the other hand…:-)

By: katie

katie — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:24:49 +0000

How about these? (BTW, you and Dooce are on my Bookmarks Toolbar in Firefox so I can get to you quickly… OK, now I feel weird):

http://www.dooce.com/daily-style/2008/06/20/reusable-magnetic-display-system

BTW, I have yet to hang many works of art from my kids, ages, 8, 6, 5. My 6 y.o. daughter, however, has taken it upon herself to Scotch tape her art to the hallway wall. It’s better to let her have the sense of accomplishment than to let her know that I never got around to it…

Or, these are totally holding up three cheapo paintings in my kitchen:

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Command/home/damage_free/picturehanging/

By: Rosie

Rosie — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:13:18 +0000

I DID THIS TOO!!!! Kills me because it too so much energy to get to the store, put them up, etc. I finally just used so super glue crap. Hope the new owner someday likes cork tiles!

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:14:06 +0000

Jodifur–I threw my daughter’s stuff in the trash too. I only have a handful of her preschool and elementary school artwork crap; the rest is in a landfill somewhere. So I guess we both suck! =)