Children create a lot of art and when Charlie was in daycare and created “masterpieces” every day, we threw most of them away and only kept a couple of our favorites. Over the past year, Charlie has really come to love arts and crafts. Now that he’s older, he gets really excited about displaying his favorite creations. So I thought I’d do a roundup of some of the most clever, beautiful and cool ways to display children’s art. Here are 30 inspirational images whether you want to permanently display some of your favorite works or regularly rotate that neverending stream of art!

Framed paintings – Charlie’s friend has two of her masterpieces framed in her living room and they look like real art. When it comes to paintings, even toddlers can create beautiful abstract art, whether it’s with their fingers or a paintbrush!

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DIY Toddler Masterpiece – I love this idea of having your little one create art specifically to be framed. Joni of Lay Baby Lay had her daughter draw with a big marker on posterboard, then cut the posterboard to fit inside a frame to create this little masterpiece on her nightstand.

Thematic art – All of these drawings are either of people or animals, and they’re all the same scale. Displayed in white frames, they look look like a cohesive gallery wall.

Bold colored frames – This gallery wall was created with basic Ikea Ribba frames. The drawings look like they were done by a very young child, but bold frames pull everything together and really make a statement.

Gallery Wall – Intersperse children’s art between photographs on a gallery wall.

Shadowboxes – I love the dimension that these frames add.

DIY Frames – These DIY frames in a child’s playroom were created inexpensively with electrical tape. Of course you could do this with any colored tape or washi tape too.

Painted wall frames – How beautiful are these DIY painted frames?

Artwork Display Cabinet Frame – These frames allow you to easily swap out art, and it also stores 50 prints.

Frames with Binder Clips – Keep frames empty and affix binder clips so you can easily rotate out art.

Linen frames with binder clips – Affix linen to frames and then attach binder clips.

Corkboard Frames – Affix corkboard to frames so you can use push pins to swap out art.

Decals you purchase are an easy ad fun way to display children’s art.

Washi Tape – This is how we’re displaying the kids’ art right now because it’s fast, easy, and completely removable.

Washi Tape Frames – If you want to get a little fancier with your washi tape, you can create frames with them.

Clothes hangers – Clothes hangers are an easy way to rotate art.

Clipboard – Another easy and fun way to rotate art. You can also cover the clipboards with your fabric or pattern of choice.

Dimensional – Shrink down artwork and glue them on pieces of foam core to give them a more dimensional look.

Collage  – You can use photoshop or other photo editing program to create a collage of artwork.

Posters – Simply Create Kids turns your kids’ artwork into posters.

Photobook – I’d love to create one of these beautiful photobooks of the kids’ artwork one day to preserve it forever. This one was created with Shutterfly.

Photobook via App – Artkive is an app that makes preserving your kids’ art easy. Simply take a picture with their app and you can turn it into a photobook. There are options to customize by child and age too!

Pegboard –  If you’re looking for an organizational system beyond art, pegboard is an inexpensive way to achieve a cool, organized, and versatile look.

Wallpaper – This popular Graham and Brown wallpaper can be used to frame art or your child can even draw in the individual frames.

Staircase display – Utilize this big area of wall space for kids’ art.

Chalkboard wall – A chalkboard wall is a great place to display children’s art. You can even make use magnetic paint.

Art installation – Here’s a super cool idea to swap out your child’s regular masterpieces!

Clothespins – You can’t go wrong with classic clothespins.

Curtain Wire – The Diginet Curtain Wire is a popular item from Ikea that has been hacked as a children’s art display.

Magnetic Strip – There are several magnetic strips on the market, or you could DIY your own. I would reserve this for older kids though as small magnets can be swallowed by younger children.

Which idea is your favorite?