Creative and Cost-Effective Kids Art Display

Parents of young children get bombarded with a lot of social media ads. Often many of these products miss the mark. The new “hacks” for displaying your kids artwork did for me. Many of these are aimed at reducing or minimizing the clutter, and I can appreciate the thought there. For me, that takes away from my child’s experience. So I created this creative and cost-effective kids art display that keeps the fridge clean, and my kiddos hearts happy.

As a kid, I was always making art. You can say it’s in our genes as my aunt was an artist and others have been pretty creative too. Or you can attribute it to the “art bag” or tote of craft supplies our babysitter always had on hand. Either way, my parents had a lot to pick from. They were sweet and I was lucky that they encouraged my art. I want to do the same for my little artists. Like many other parents, I want to keep my house looking neat.

So in our kids play space, an upstairs loft, we made their very own gallery wall. In this space they can create and display their artwork until their hearts are content. And we are too! This project cost us about $51.93 without the tax.

How to Create a Kids Art Display without Breaking the Budget:

Order these rods from IKEA, and these clips from Amazon and meet me back here.

If IKEA doesn’t ship to your area, you can find Hultarp rails or similar products on amazon. Try here.

We used six of the Hultarp rail in black. They’re available in different colors though too. Most of the accents in our house hardware wise are black so I went with that. And of course, the goal is to let the artwork shine through.

Follow the instructions for hanging these rods. My husband added wall anchors to make them a little stronger. Add the O-ring clips as you install the rails.

Then hang your kiddos artwork! My son likes to move his art around, and even hang his own pictures. We just got my little one the easel from IKEA so I’m sure we’ll have loads more to put up here soon. You can get creative and arrange the Hultarp rails as best fits your space. In planning our space, we tried to plan for oversized or odd sized pieces from preschool and other projects.

The opposite wall in this space is a half wall that we really didn’t know what to do with. So I painted it in chalk board paint and now it’s another art space for the kids. I regret getting the crayola chalk as the pigments are stronger and don’t come off of the white trim as easily. Because of this we added some hooks and buckets for their chalk and erasers!