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Every so often I swing by and glance at Works-For-Me-Wednesdays and today as I was working on the computer, I thought I'd play along.

I have a four year old daughter who has loved to draw since she was old enough to hold a crayon. That said, I have amassed a large collection of drawings. However, I only own one refrigerator and I prefer it clutter free, so what the heck can I do with all those pictures she continues to hand me?

Scan them, of course!

After scanning them I stick them in a file that is categorized by the year. That way I can always access the wonderful drawings she completes, but my fridge door stays paper free!

Her school is having a book fair this week and they held a school wide coloring contest to kick off the event. Each grade level would have one winner chosen and that person was allowed to pick one free book from the book fair. Yesterday they announced the winners and she was the winner out of seven Kindergarten classes!

I'll have to make sure I scan a picture of her standing with her winning drawing AND her new book!

Comments

[Homeschool Mama]

That has got to be one of the coolest ideas ever! Thanks for the tip!

[Clemntine]

We have a budding artiste here, as well, and I am sitting mere inches from the scanner! What a nifty idea. I'll get started first thing in the morning.

[Barb]

That's a great idea! You could even take it a step further and make it into your screensaver.....

[Patti Robinson]

Your daughter is a very good artist for 4! I'm impressed. I don't blame you for wanting to keep the drawings.

[Kellyr2]

Oh THANK YOU!!! Now I know what to do when I start to toss something in the trash and he screams that he made it and its very very special and I have to explain that we can't keep EVERY picture he draws when he draws like 10 a day. I think this may be a less traumatic way to deal with the clutter!