This morning my mum gave me a drawing I did when I was 5. She has kept it for, ahem, 31 years. And no, it’s not on parchment paper.
It’s a texta colour drawing of the Care Bears. There is a lot of effort and minimal talent.
Mum has boxes of family artwork. It takes up space, the drawings are never looked at and they are yellowed, faded and falling apart.
I’m now facing the same dilemma with my kid’s pictures. Those beautiful hand and foot print paintings, the first scribbled writing of their names and that picture they spent ages on with their little tongue poking out in concentration are all so special.
But what to do with them all?
Thanks to technology, keeping boxes of perished art will be a thing of the past. There are some fantastic apps to store kids artwork and keep it handy to look at, share and make albums with.
ArtKive
This is a great family app. You photograph your child’s artwork, set up different profiles and make albums, which you can organise by date and other selections. It’s really simple and easy to use.
You can then order hardcover books of the artwork, which will be a special keepsake for years to come. And a lot less bulky than keeping bursting folders of paintings.
Art My Kid Made
A much more social app, Art My Kid Made works in a similar way by photographing the art, but you can share it and look at other kids artwork on the Art My Kid Made blog. You don’t have to share the art, but if you do, you could win artist of the day!
You can also make albums, add effects and share the pictures with just family and friends. At this stage, creating prints and photo books are not available.
Keepy works a lot like Artkive, except that kids can record a story to accompany their art. You can store photos, art and school work and organise albums by date and location. You can also set up different profiles for different kids.
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