When I visit someone’s house, I love to see photographs of their children scattered around. There is something very welcoming about clusters of framed photographs on a wall. It tells you first of all that this family like to take photos of their kids, take the time to frame them and then show them off to the world by hanging them on the wall.

I like to take this a stage further and frame my kids’ art. Kids love to see their art stuck up on the fridge or noticeboard, but to see it framed and given pride of place amongst the family photos is a great confidence-builder for the budding young artist! I have a wall where there are numerous framed photos, formal and informal of all three of my children. I started framing ’scribbles’ as soon as the perpetrator of this scribble recognized it as their own! The framed art can be either arranged randomly amongst the photos, or you could arrange masterpieces next to the photo of the child responsible.

I like to use all black frames for both my photos and the kids’ art, but very ornate frames can also work well to highlight the art. Amazon does some very good deals on frames:

If you think toddler art may not be suitable for hanging on your walls then read the article, Toddler fools the art world into buying his tomato ketchup paintings. Enjoy and feel free to post your ideas on this!

Lisa