My confession...

[nothing2lose]

Box construction. I HATE box construction!!

Other people's recycling rubbish turned into art which cannot, under any circumstances, be thrown out

Sadly, DD loves it and we have 443456656788 home made horse stables, dog kennels, Barbie cars, etc.

[Nai]

I try to throw my kids stuff int he recycle bin and DD1 goes and gets it out asking how it got in there It has to be really special for me to keep it. Often I say I am taking it to work and I will put it on my wall there for a few weeks and then bin it to make room for the next one.

[nothing2lose]

I try to throw my kids stuff int he recycle bin and DD1 goes and gets it out asking how it got in there It has to be really special for me to keep it. Often I say I am taking it to work and I will put it on my wall there for a few weeks and then bin it to make room for the next one.

But then they go into your office and it's not there and they ask where it is

Dd cannot remember to put her socks on five minutes after I ask her but she can remember a loo roll she covered in glitter and tinsel five years later. I am resigned to my house looking like an episode of Hoarders. God forbid someone lights a match

[~clover~]

I usually leave mine on the bench/table for a few days, then bin it when noone's around. I love seeing the new bits & pieces they bring home, there's way too much to keep it all. Some of it will go on the fridge, but if it falls, it lands in the bin

Mum did the scrap book thing for us, & I started for DD1. But never actually got it together enough to fill it.

[LimeSlice]

I can bring myself to throw 99% of it out... I have a giant plastic tub on the top of the wardrobe that houses all the artwork (most of it!! LOL) that isn't displayable. The rest is on the fridge, the super special stuff is on the walls around my desk.

[Trillian]

We have a small pinboard in the office where some of the better stuff goes and some stuff goes on the fridge. I used to keep all of it, but quickly realised that I would end up with boxes of the stuff. Plus once they got to preschool, they give you a gorgeous little portfolio of all their best work to keep, which is much nicer, so I didn't worry about keeping anything after that. Same with school - each year they get a portfolio of all their worksamples (basically work they have been assessed on) and I know it's their best work so I'm cool with that. Although by the time they all finish preschool and primary school I will have 35 folders LOL, but they are only the plastic display folders anyway, not great big binder folders so it's not too bad. Mostly now I wait until they have had a chance to show DH and then bin it.

Trav, I don't think you're being mean for wanting them to give you a particular standard of work either. I think it will teach them to take pride in their work and to always put their best effort in instead of doing it half heartedly and hoping that it will do.

[RhiChiChi]

I can't stand to keep everything DD makes between kinder, creche & home.I had most of it in a cupboard in the hallway but I was having trouble closing the cupboard so in my nesting frenzy took it all out and told DD to pick her favourties, stuck it in a scrap book & the rest went in the recycling. At times I stick things on the fridge then it was going in the cupboard but I now (when DD is not home) put it in the recycling bin