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What can you do with important school portraits
that capture your growing and changing child? Create a miniature portrait
art gallery in your home and office. Choose frames that complement
your décor and personal
style:
• Acrylic plastics for a clean and simple hanging or desktop display clip
frames and wall mounts
• Mat kits with glass, pre-cut mats and backing board in one handy package
• Spring-clip, back-loading, ready-made frames to complement any taste
or style
Develop your own ideas for collage displays or try these suggestions:
• Take wallet-size portraits from every year, mat and frame the group
and place next to a 3”x5” framed portrait of the current school
year
• Create a collage mat and frame with oval cutouts for each school
year portrait – placing a larger current year portrait in the center
to create a point of focus
• Showcase the change that can occur in a single school year by displaying
fall and spring portraits side-by-side
• Make a framed scrapbook page with your child, including his or her
current year photo, key awards and other memorabilia
Scrapbooks are excellent
ways to preserve priceless memories and encourage a unique appreciation of family
history. It can be a fun project or a lifelong hobby.
Tips to get you started on scrapbookings:
* Select
a scrapbook and its contributing elements based on their archival quality
to keep your portraits safe (acid-free, lignin-free, non-yellowing guarantee)
* Sort everything chronologically by placing items in dated piles or
files
* Make each page an original statement with high quality paper, colored
markers, stickers, stencils, rubber stamps and decorative edge scissors
or hole punches
* Consider having a theme for each page or each album
* Encourage children to build scrapbooks for grandparents, giving the
gift of a new page each year that features their school portrait
If you
like scrapbooking, check your local craft store or the Internet for books,
tools and ideas that can spur creativity.
Also remember that portraits
aren’t
just for framing. The variety of sizes available in your portrait package
lend themselves to great craft projects like these:
Craft & Gift Ideas:
Key Chain: Laminate your wallet-sized portrait with
heavy plastic and use a hole punch to string it onto a key chain.
Sun
Catchers: Use colored glass, suction mounts and other simple materials
to create a pretty floating window display for your child’s portrait
Growth
Chart: Use fabric scraps and/or poster board, pre-cut mats and other
materials to frame school portraits and hang vertically in a chart that
shows your child’s growth and
developing maturity.
Best Friends Necklace: Laminate wallet portraits
of close friends; punch a hole near the top and string onto ribbon or
cord.
Creative Frames: Buy plain, inexpensive ready-made frames and decorate
with dried flowers, ribbon, buttons, medals and other sentimental objects.
Holiday
Ornaments: Buy ready-made ornament frames or create your own.
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