Tips and Ideas To Preserve Your Child's Artwork

Tips

Preserve the art - purchase an aerosol hairspray or soft pastel fixative and cover the artwork with a thin coat of spray.  This will keep the soft pastels from rubbing off.

Keep the original - Store the original version of the artwork in a dry and protected location.  Only send color copies to friends and family so you can reproduce more of the artwork through the years.  Your local copy company can help you produce high-quality color images of your child's artwork for a reasonable cost.

Ideas

Make cards from the artwork - Purchase high-quality watercolor paper and envelopes.  Make color copies of the artwork and afix the color copies to the watercolor paper.   Send these one-of-a-kind cards to friends and family.

Laminate the artwork and use the laminated art as placemats - Take your child's artwork to a local copy company that can do lamination and use your child's artwork for placemats.  Your dinner table will be a tribute to your child's creativity!