S does many, many paintings a day so I am always looking for new ways to display her art. Displaying her art is important to me. I want her to have pride in her work, to build her confidence and to know that her art is treasured. I thought that we would try to turn her paintings into something different.
These paintings were so very colorful! She had painted several layers on the paper over the course of about a week. It was fun to watch her walk by her paintings, stop and quickly add more paint before continuing on her original course.
Taking a spin on the newest trend with triangles, we cut up some of her paintings that she had done on regular printer paper. We cut the painting into one inch squares and then cut the squares in half from corner to corner to form triangles.
We cut down a piece of white card stock to 8×10 the size of our frame. Then we adhered the triangles onto the paper. We had fun with the pattern and design – making each row different. To add additional texture to her piece of art, we used the sewing machine to stitch down the center of the triangles.
Yes, S helped me! She pushed on the peddle while I guided the paper through the machine.
Don’t want to try triangles? How about hearts, circles or squares? All of them would work and look beautiful!
A new piece of art ready to hang in S’s room!
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What a fabulous Idea!! I have so much artwork and hate throwing it away. This is a great solution!
Thank you Kristen!
This is such a lovely idea! My kiddos are forever creating masterpieces and I love the idea of up cycling them into show pieces! We’ll definitely be trying this idea soon!
Thank you Michelle! I hope you guys have fun with this idea!
This is such a great idea. My son is constantly drawing and painting too. I have a hard time displaying all of his work, but we do keep a lot of it on the wall. Then we place some in folders too.
Thank you Sonya!
Clever!
Thank you!
I love framing my girl’s artwork. I still have artwork from when my daughter was 10 and now she is old.
That’s awesome Aimee!
I always love your ideas and this one is so creative! While I love my kids artwork and keep some framed or up on the wall, I don’t know what to do with the ones that are all the same put trash them. Now we can practice cutting shapes and making new art! Great tips!
Thank you Sarah! I hope you and your kids have fun re-purposing those paintings and artwork.
Now there’s an idea! Our little bear is always, but always making and creating. Such a good idea! #magicmoments
Thank you Carol!
OMG! I love this idea! To bring out the sewing maching and to add that detail is so innovative. Beautiful! Now, I have all the art work I just need a sewing maching…hmmmm… 🙂
Thank you Tiffani! The sad thing is I never use my sewing machine on fabric only paper 🙂
I love this idea! It creates such a beautiful art piece. I’d love for you to come link up at tagsthoughts.com.
Thank you for the invite Trish! I’ll be sure to stop by!
What a great idea! I love it! I have so much artwork from my kids hidden in the bottom of my china cabinet. I need to pull it out and try something like this.
Thank you Stephanie!
Wonderful idea.
Love the way you turned 1 thing into something else. And she helped sew!
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Thank you Melinda! She loves to push the peddle on the sewing machine!
What a great idea! Such a creative way to condense and still be able to save some artwork. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Angel!
Great idea! So simple yet creative!
Thank you Iryna!
That is such a good idea, kids can really churn out a lot, it’s lovely to make something special from their multiple masterpieces!
My daughter has so much artwork at her house. I can’t wait to tell her about this idea. thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty
Thank you Vickie!
This is such an awesome idea – love it! A great way to save artwork but repurpose it into different artwork. I will definitely be trying this with my little guy! Thanks for sharing at the Creative Inspiration party, hope to see you again this week!
Thank you Kelly! I hope you two have fun with the idea!