We have 5 kids and they make a lot of pictures for us to enjoy. Our refrigerator is stainless steel, which means it's not magnetic, and therefore the only way to display their art was taping it to the wall. Um, not ideal. So I saw this idea on Pinterest (originally pinned from The Project Girl, who found it in the Utah Valley Parade of Homes):
I loved it! The only deal breaker is that it's white. 5 kids and 3 dogs and white are not a match made in heaven. So I picked up a bunch of blues, greens, and purples to make my background.
I picked 8 different colors and then spread each color all over a piece of plywood and mixed them together in the brush strokes. Don't worry about it being perfect, just splatter it randomly around.
The entire sheet was done in about 8 sections so the paint wouldn't dry before I got to mixing it together.
I cut it down to 4' x 6' and then nailed it to the wall with my nail gun. I screwed eyelet screws into pine boards and then nailed all the trim on top of the background. Then I added picture wire between the eyelets for the kids to hang their artwork on.
A quick little close up:
I finished it off with a little paintable caulk to fill the holes and painted the pine boards to match the rest of the house trim. Now the kids can hang their art as they finish it and change it out on a whim. The best part is that they have a dedicated art space in the center of the home where it has a place of honor and everyone can enjoy it.
