If you have teens, do you still display their kiddie art?

[Anonymous]

If you have teens, do you still display any of their art from when they were little? If so, where in your house? I have a couple of favorite pieces but just don’t know where to keep them, or if I should just retire them altogether.

[Anonymous]

Yes. It's beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Take them down for a few years.

[Anonymous]

lol - no. Haven't for at least a decade

[Anonymous]

Yes. I have a piece my son did in maybe 2nd grade hanging in my hallway. It’s in a frame, just like all the other artwork. And there is something that hangs on the side of the fridge. I like it, and enjoy getting a reminder of his younger years.

[Anonymous]

My in laws whole kitchen is their “kids” (now 35-45 years old) childhood art. Prob 20 pieces. Mostly framed, but not all, and not well (think poster frames, not matted).

Honestly - I think it’s kinda ugly/tacky. Their whole house is super dated fwiw.

If there were just like 3-4, nicely framed, I think that’s be okay. Though the family room or office would be a better choice.

[Anonymous]

I have had several pieces by each kid professionally framed. Those are hung in bathrooms, bedrooms, the family room, my office, my husband's office, etc. Then I have probably another 10-15 pieces from each kid that are in long flat tubs (some of the things are huge) that are stored away. I don't know what will become of them but I couldn't bear to throw them away!

[Anonymous]

My dad still has some framed art I did as a child hanging up in his home and I’m 34.

Personally, I love the actual look of kid art and put it up for that reason, not just for sentimental reasons.

[Anonymous]

Take s digital picture.

[Anonymous]

If it’s well-framed or not too dusty, kid art is delightful. It often has a vibrancy and life to it that mediocre adult art lacks. I’ve been in many homes where the parents disdain their own kids’ art and it is vastly superior to crap they bought in Paris or really bad paintings they paid bundles for.

That said, time for our family to cull and digitize. We will keep one framed painting and some charming ceramic animals. The easel paintings on newsprint dont look great after the newsprint has yellowed, even when nicely framed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it’s well-framed or not too dusty, kid art is delightful. It often has a vibrancy and life to it that mediocre adult art lacks. I’ve been in many homes where the parents disdain their own kids’ art and it is vastly superior to crap they bought in Paris or really bad paintings they paid bundles for.

That said, time for our family to cull and digitize. We will keep one framed painting and some charming ceramic animals. The easel paintings on newsprint dont look great after the newsprint has yellowed, even when nicely framed.

Same here. Frames make even junky stuff look good but a lot of the kid art is more than junky so it looks great framed.