Wall of Art

Last year, during Brett's first year of preschool, I got this idea to showcase all of his art work on this random empty wall in between our family room and the toy room (aka - formal living room). It's sort of a bar area, but we have the bar cabinets stocked with toys and crayons and puzzles and play-doh and other fun random kid stuff. (We do have alcohol, in a bar, in our dining room... did you think we seriously turned our bar into a kid toy area?!?!) So, I thought that wall would be perfect... plus, you can't see it from any room, so it's strictly for us and the kids (and the neighbors whose kitchen window backs up to the ginormous window in this "bar area." I'm sure they love to see our kids' art projects too.)

Anyway, back to the story here...

So, last year, it took us close to the whole year to fill up this area. Of course, I was being pretty selective as to what got put on this wall... coloring book pages, for instance, do not qualify for the art wall. Maybe the fridge door, for a few days, maybe. Well, here we are, not even 2 months into the school year, and we have almost filled our wall. I either need to get more selective, or just accept the fact that we will be cleaning off our art wall every few months. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with last year's creations. Right now, they're in a box in my attic. I don't foresee myself keeping boxes of preschool artwork for years to come, but I want to remember it somehow. Hmmm... that's something to think about.