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December 30, 2011 | 15 Comments

Celebrate New Years – Kid Art Retrospective

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My kids have been busy playing with their new toys, my son has been  building Legos and my daughter has been pushing babies around the house with her new buggy. I wanted to do something special to celebrate the amazing year we had so while they were playing I ran upstairs, found the bin of art and made an art gallery of their 2011 creations.  It was a fun way to spend snack time and look back at our favorite pieces from 2011.

 

  1. Gather your materials. You will need your children’s art , painters tape ( so you don’t muck up the walls) , some snacks ( all gallery openings have snacks! ) , as well as something to use as a sign, and to write a blurb about the artists.
  2. I sorted through my kids’ art that made it to the keep bin in my son’s closet. I have a canvas bin in the corner of this closet that we run art into that passes the keep test. I also put in almost everything my daughter makes. She’ll get her own bin soon.
  3. I put the art up at their and slightly above their eye level. I was careful to have things my daughter made at a level she could touch… and as you will see that was a huge hit with her to be able to touch the pieces she made, and is clearly proud of.
  4. Make a sign for the door.
  5. Don’t forget a blurb about the artists.
  6. I put out art related books in the reading nook too.
  7. Add some snacks.
  8. Invite your guests of honor. I wish I’d done this when my parents were still in town because my kids loved seeing their art and showing it off to their dad, they would have loved showing it off to their grandparents too.
  9. I loved that she gravitated towards her own art.
  10. My son showed off the pieces he loved making – marshmallow art is his favorite. No clue why.
  11. After her brother had his treats , and gave a quick gallery talk about when he made this or that he went back to legos, but my daughter stayed looking forever. I see many more museum trips in our future, although she has already been to one of my favorite museums with me.
  12. Then we read a few books and quietly had another cookie. Here are some great fine art books to check out .  

Happy New Year !

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Elementary, Age: Kindergarten, Age: Toddlers, Art Museum, Artist Inspired Lessons, Fine Art, New Years, Preschool Activities, Pretend Play | 15 Comments

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15 Comments

  1. Deceptively Educational says

    December 30, 2011 at 7:23 am

    What a wonderful way to give your kids an at-home gallery experience!! I love this!

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  2. Growing book by book says

    December 30, 2011 at 9:34 am

    I love this idea! How special.

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  3. christie says

    December 30, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    FABULOUS! Can’t waitto do this 🙂

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  4. Marlleen says

    December 30, 2011 at 9:06 pm

    Love, love, love this idea! I just finished putting our kids’ art in our main hallway. our hallway is pretty wide and long so it’s perfect plus we already have a few framed pieces of art hanging in there so i added the kids’ art around those. i made “about the artist” sheets for them as well as a sign. the kids will see it first thing tomorrow morning, on 12/31. can’t wait to see their faces!! 🙂

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  5. Kristina says

    December 31, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    Love this and your wall of art is beautiful. I love seeing it all together. I need to be better about saving samples… I usually just snap a picture and recycle everything. Maybe I’ll finally get my act together and get an art book or poster made with the digital photos in 2012. I am going to try doing a gallery like this each month before I toss things. My son would love it but my 1 yr old daughter would probably even be more into it. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Kathy Sykes says

    January 2, 2012 at 5:51 am

    I always hate to throw my son’s work out and this is a great way to display it. believe or not, his father is an artist also. they are both hidden treasures and i want to celebrate their talents this year!

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  7. robbie @ going green mama says

    January 2, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    What a wonderful idea! I just scanned a few of my kids’ more recent projects to keep, but I think a celebration of how far they have come may be just the ticket for the last restless day of winter break!

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  8. Holly says

    January 17, 2012 at 6:11 am

    I love this idea! Our local museum has a “family tour” program once a month, and we just went for the first time last weekend. So this would be a perfect follow-up.

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  9. fun 4 kids says

    January 20, 2012 at 1:36 am

    It’s a wonderful idea to make an art gallery with kids, I love seeing all these pictures together… its looks great. I will also try to make a new idea like this.

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  10. Heather Mac says

    February 24, 2012 at 7:22 am

    Love. Great idea. I also love your little lady has lovely hair with a bow, yet still in her jammies. Priceless.

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  11. Mandi @ Little Boy Blue and Mommy Too says

    April 13, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Love this! My son and I are doing fine-art as our theme for preschool next week, and this will be the perfect way to end the week! Thanks for the idea!!!!

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  12. Erin says

    June 5, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    We also made tickets! K loved this!

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  13. Natalie says

    October 21, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    Well I must say that finding this website via pinterest has been an asset to me already (only been on it 20-30 minutes) lol and I am enjoying the offerings and most of all your heart and the mission statement! Thankyou for this as I am new to the kindergarten class as a teacher and love the fact that their are untradional subjects included (my highlight)”Fine Art” section is a jewel! Thanks again!

    Blessings and Kudos

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