Artful Gallery Wall Using Your Kids' Creations

In January I made a few home goals for the year. One of my goals involved art. I longed to make more art, encourage my kids' art, and live with more art in our home. 

I haven't made as much of my own art but the year isn't finished yet. But I have been writing and living, thinking and resting. I've come to believe that when we live in ways that are intentional and authentic to who we are, we're living artfully. 

But I do long to create a bit more visual art. We'll see how that works out. In the meantime, my kids are always making stuff at school and at home and oh, how I love me some kid art. 

Months ago I pinned these inspiration photos from Pinterest.

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And here's what ended up on the wall in our front entry.

Here's how it all came together:

• Gathered thrift store frames and hoarded them in our garage
• Painted over their oak and turquoise and fakey gold gilded finishes
• Attached soda flip-top thingy to the back of the two unframed canvases with hot glue

• Stapled cork to the backs of some of the frames. It helps to add some thick cardboard or mat board behind the cork for added thickness. You can buy rolls of cork at home improvement stores.

• Arranged the frames and nailed them to the wall.
• Added the art with upholstery tacks and voila! My foyer is an art museum.

It's still in process but that's the story of my life. The cool thing about this gallery is its flexibility. As my kids bring home new stuff, we can change it around or display some of their seasonal art. {Handprint turkeys anyone?}

And putting all of their art together in one spot makes it feel like a real collection. 

I'm sort of in love with it. 

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