At that age, we threw everything in a big rubbermaid tote. By the time the next year rolled around, they didn't care about last year's projects Empty the bin at the start of the school year, and then repeat.

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Make them into photo books

We are pretty ruthless when it comes to the art work. We keep the really great pieces or ones that are sentimental but the rest either get tossed or hung on a board in our kitchen for a few days (before getting thrown away). My 6yo gets to choose a few to keep in a folder in his room (he likes his "paperwork"). Every once in a while I'll bring a few pieces to my office (I hang up a few and then dispose of the rest).

Wait until kid is in bed then toss. Or put the excess in a large box, wait 3 months until they forget about it, then toss.

I have two kids, 3 and 6, and neither yet cares if I hang on to anything more than a few days. We put a couple nice things on the fridge and rotate them periodically and toss the rest. Of course, my kids are terrible artists; maybe other kids with more skills feel more strongly.

Wait until she's at MeeMaw and Pop-Pop's house and toss them.

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately my kid couldn't have cared less, but I know people who take photos of all the projects before they toss them, and keep an album on their phone/computer.

Regadless.. some kids are not mature enough to care and they are sorry later.. or not.

File box for all things flat .. drawings, paitings.. another one for most precious 3d projects.
It is precious. Let them look at it every few years, it is a sense of growth and pride
and just amazing. Later on they can decide what to do with it. You are their memory
keeper for now.

I hang a few of the better ones and I have a system for all the other crap that comes home: 1. I look at it with DD and we talk about it. 2. It stays in the counter for the night 3. It then moves to the junk drawer for about a week 4. In the the trash it goes.

The system works as long as DD does not see me throw it out and the waiting time in the drawer insures she has completely forgotten it has ever existed.

Fortunately my kid couldn't have cared less, but I know people who take photos of all the projects before they toss them, and keep an album on their phone/computer.

Take a picture before filling into the garbage.

We have dedicated wall and fridge space for artwork (two kids). When it is full and we get new stuff, we take photos of the old stuff, take it down and put it in a box, then put the new stuff up. We have several boxes of artwork currently in the basement, but since we have photos, we are close to starting to discard some of the stuff.

As the kids got a little older, they could decide which things came down to make room for new stuff, so that if they had a favorite, it could stay up for longer.

Anonymous wrote:All those preschool scribbles, glitters, and cutout snowmen are cluttering up my kitchen. I tried to select a few to put on fridge and dispose of rest, but DD flipped out (as did DH).

What are your super mom hacks for managing all the art work?

There are like 3 projects a day at preschool and I’m constantly like “why is glitter in my work laptop...cereal bowl...hair”...

I throw them in the trash except for the mothers day and fathers day ones and the ones where I can clearly see a milestone, like the first time he drew a picture of me, or the first time he started using letters. Those I shove in a drawer and will probably use a kids archiving service like artkive. Just toss the rest when DD (and DH) are not looking.

Display a couple at a time on a rotating basis, keep the rest in a stack, end of year pick out a couple of favorites to store for later years, toss stack (tell no one).

I tell her that I hang them in my office. Then once per quarter I save a bunch and throw them up on the walls with scotch tape when she visits. The rest go in the trash.

All those preschool scribbles, glitters, and cutout snowmen are cluttering up my kitchen. I tried to select a few to put on fridge and dispose of rest, but DD flipped out (as did DH).

What are your super mom hacks for managing all the art work?

There are like 3 projects a day at preschool and I’m constantly like “why is glitter in my work laptop...cereal bowl...hair”...