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!
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?
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
My favorite is all of them! I so want to do something clever in our play room, but still have it look grown up.
blogger / clementine / 998 posts
love the installation. i’ve always been a fan of simple bulldog clips, clipboards, and hangers
grapefruit / 4717 posts
Thanks for sharing. These are amazing ideas!
cherry / 142 posts
You have inspired me! I just ordered some wall decals and washi tape. Thanks
blogger / nectarine / 2010 posts
We’re planning to do the curtain wire in our house for art and photos. Love this post!
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
I love so many of these! Once c is a little older, I guess I will have to pick at least one
cherry / 141 posts
I love the one mixed with photographs of the kids.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
I love so many of these ideas! I’ve been throwing away a bunch of stuff and keeping only a select few in their memory box for now. Can’t wait to really show them off!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Love them all!!!!!!
blogger / kiwi / 675 posts
Great ideas in this post… I love the gallery wall just throwing it in with family photos, love the wooden hangers & I like to photoshop Gemmas art and print it out. Love these ideas.
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This article filled with lot of creative ideas and inspiration for mums. If we can display children’s artwork in the home, they will motivate to do more. Thanks for sharing this with us. Keep posting for us
blogger / pomelo / 5361 posts
Some friends have the curtain wire around the top of their kitchen, and I think it looks so cute with all their artwork. A photobook is my favorite idea, though.
blogger / cherry / 192 posts
I can’t wait til Annabelle starts crafting! I would definitely go with the photobook option
blogger / pear / 1563 posts
Wow! There are a lot of good ideas in here! Right now our fridge is just really full, so I’d love a more creative way to display Little P’s artwork.
blogger / pomegranate / 3300 posts
I am using artkive right now. I haven’t made a book yet but I will at the end of this school year
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
I’ve always loved the wire curtain idea – it’s easy to switch out!
GOLD / apricot / 341 posts
So many great ideas! This post came at just the right time for me. I’m trying to decide which way to go for our two little artists. Have been pinning a ton of ideas but can’t decide! Definitely adding some of these to my board…
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
Great ideas!
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
These are all so great! I especially love the frames with binder clips.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
I can’t choose a favorite..!! We’re planning on doing the photobooks but I love the wall displays too.