Displaying kiddo artwork...the entry way

I had been working on a photo wall for weeks,  after countless crooked pictures and awful spacing issues I got frustrated. I took them all down and started over.

First I went to the family,  husband didn't care, kids said they would rather see their artwork vs. photographs. I choose my biggest frames from the photo wall ruble, let the kiddos paint a stripe, touched up the stripe myself, commissioned the best artist I know while the paint was drying, and in the morning we had an art wall to welcome our guest.

Wall Art for a kiddos room: DIY style

An exact-o knife, glue stick, paper, recycled frames, and an extra piece of glass cut to fit each frame is all you need for this little project. So simple!

1. Using the exact-o cut out a simple shape and glue it to a background piece.

2. Sandwich the art between two pieces of glass.

3. Hang art & let the kiddos enjoy.

Reading List for Kiddos Age 5-8

Our bedtime routine is filled with books. After the five year olds are tucked in bed, the seven and eight year old gather next to Daddy and the nightly reading begins. The little ones enjoy looking at the books from their bookshelves while Daddy reads. I just updated the list of books he have recently enjoyed. The list is on the right side of the blog, just above the blog archive.

We are always looking for great books. Please leave me a comment if you have a family favorite.

In the past the kiddos have especially enjoyed:

Encyclopedia Brown: The boy dective - series

Little House on the Prarie - series

Henry Huggins (Beverly Cleary) -series

The Fudge Books (Judy Blume) - series

Hank the Cowdog - series

Fancy Nancy - series

The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh

Thomas the Tank Engine

The Box Car Kids - series

Happy Reading!

Instructions for raising kiddos...

Kiddos finally come with instructions...

A friend sent me this via email and I laughed out loud. I don't know where it originally came from, but I hope you enjoyed it.