How to Organize School Pictures

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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We love them and will cherish them forever, but the question is: what do we do with all of them? If you are like many other parents out there, you overbuy school pictures and are left with many pictures each year for each child. Take control of all of those precious memories and proudly display them and keep them organized.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

All school pictures
12-pocket accordion file for each child
12 matching frames for each child

Step1

Gather all of the school pictures you have of your children and sort them by child.

Step2

Keep it simple by starting with the first child. Then once the first child is compete, move to the next and thereafter.

Step3

Sort pictures chronologically by year. Lay them chronologically to see how much your child has grown, changed and evolved into the person they are now.

Step4

Label each picture with the child's name, year and age. Use an acid-free pen.

Step5

Set aside a 4 by 6, 5 by 7 or 8 by 10 size for each year. Throughout each year, stay consistent with the size of photo that you choose to use.

Step6

Take the extra pictures that you have for each year and put them in individual pockets in an accordion folder. Use enclosed inserts to label each pocket with year. On the outside of the folder, clearly write the child's name with a marker.

Step7

Take the remaining 4 by 6, 5 by 7 or 8 by 10 photos and put them into matching frames. Hang them up on one wall in chronological order. Try creating a square or rectangle mural, or lay them out in length across the whole wall.

Step8

Get creative with your display. Add a ribbon to the top of the frame or create a stencil above the pictures to spell out their names.

Step9

Repeat all steps for each child, and watch them grow up before your eyes. You can choose different walls in your house to display each child.

Step10

Cherish the wall of each child for years to come and embrace the organization of the extra pictures so that you can use them later for scrapbooks, school projects or gifts for family and friends.