If you’re a parent, then you know how crowded it can get trying to find a place to save your child’s art, or the tears when you finally just throw it away to make room for more. Today’s tip just might be the advice you are looking for!

Rather than packing away the art your child has produced, take a picture of it. When those pictures get printed, put them in an album.

Yes, it really is that simple. Just imagine how much “art” can be saved within those albums. In the end you also have the added benefit of saving space in your closet where all that saved art would have been and no more tears if you did end up needing to throw something away.

This doesn’t mean you should throw everything away, but it does give you the opportunity to clean up a potential mess before it can happen. Then you’ll always have those art memories when you look back at those special albums with your child later on.