Organizing Artwork: The Binder Approach
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When kids are babies, they come with lots of cute little clothes and stinky diapers. They grow up a bit and lots of toys are added to that mix. As they get a little older, you get to the lose the diapers but the toys get smaller and hurt your feet a lot more. Then, they turn 5.
Now, we still have all the toys {lots and lots of toys} but we also have lots of paperwork! Seriously, it amazes how much paperwork H has come home with in the first week alone!
My previous solution for the paperwork and random artwork were these boxes. A set for each year…
I still have a set of boxes for this year {thanks, Ikea!} but I wanted a way to organize some of her artwork in a more accessible manner. That way, when grandparents visit, I can quickly pull some out and say “Look what H has been up to”.
Enter the 3” binder and in idea to make it a place for organizing artwork. So simple but oh so versatile.
Knowing I was going to keep the binder in a main space of the house, I used one of the Avery templates and created a simple binder spine label. This type of label can be used with any binder that has a plastic overlay on the spine.
Then, I took a piece of artwork I already had from H and made that the cover.
Inside, I put clear sheet protectors and tab dividers made to work with sheet protectors.
I write the date on the artwork and then it goes into the sheet protector.
I use the tab dividers for each year.
Although, judging from the amount of stuff coming home already, it might be a binder for each year with tabs for the months!
How do you organize all the art and creations that come home with your kids?
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