Set up an organized storage place for your children’s school-year keepsakes (artwork, important school work, awards, special invitations, etc.)

Below are some helpful ideas and suggestions that will guide you in this process:

1.  DO NOT keep EVERYTHING that comes home with your child.  Retain keepsakes that will be meaningful to you and your children years down the road.

2. Go through school work, art work, etc. on a weekly basis and decide what you will keep and what you will let go of.

3. Create a display place for your children’s most recent artwork, good grades, etc.  Then you can transfer what you would like to keep to a long-term storage place.

3. Choose storage ideas that will work best for you, your family and your time.  Scrapbooks are great, but only if you have the time to keep them updated on a regular basis.

4. Clear, plastic bins are a good, simple choice.  Use one bin for each child and label accordingly.

5. The art portfolio (shown above) can be found at playfairtoys.com.   Similar ones can be found at target.com and chocolatecake.com.

6. Creative frames are available that are made to display current artwork and also hold up to 50 other pieces of art behind it.  How awesome!

7. Another creative idea is to take a picture of all of the artwork that you would like to keep and save on a cd.  Plan to do this on a monthly or quarterly basis so the paper does not get too overwhelming.

Keep in mind that all of your children’s school work, artwork and school keepsakes can become BIG PILES, unless you take the time on a regular basis to store them properly.

The time you take NOW to do this will be meaningful to you and your family in the years to come.