Child's Art Clothes Line

If your children are like mine, then you have an overflow of paintings, drawings, coloring pages, and collages- maybe stacked in piles, maybe falling off the fridge. But I came across the cutest way to display your children's art and keep it organized. The basics you will need are a couple thumb tacks, a length of string, ribbon, or clothes line and clothes pins. If you want to be extra creative, have some decorative ribbon and fake flowers or other embellishments, as well as some hot glue. You will also want to have a folder for each child with their name on it.



First cut a length of your basic string, ribbon, or line, to fit the wall space you want to cover with extra for a little slack and to tie a knot or bow on the end. (I used ribbon for the 3 of mine, I made.)

Next, tie both ends of your line into a knot or a bow, depending on the frilliness you desire!

Now tack the bows or knots to the wall with some slack between the ends.



If you want the minimalist version, just attach your clothespins, (I used 5), and your line is ready for your child's masterpieces. If you want the frillier version then have your hot glue gun ready and attach your embellishments to your clothes pins, making sure not to glue the clothespin shut! once the glue dries you can clip your clothespins to the line and you're done!



Now when your child wants to add art work to the display, have them choose which item they are going to remove to put up their newest project. If the one they choose to take down is something you want to save, I would suggest writing a description of what it is on the back along with the child's age. Then put it in their folder to save for nostalgia. If the piece is destined for the trash, (I've slowly learned, we just can't keep everything!) then dispose of it discreetly, so you don't hurt your child's feelings.


This one is mounted in the corner of my M's room.


This one in A's room had a little too much slack, so it hangs vertically on the end- which makes me think you could make one that hangs completely vertical, if you wanted.