Cover your child’s artwork with contact paper to make place mats

This Mom Tip was passed along to me by another mom as a way to use the many, many pictures, drawings and pieces of artwork that our children make at home or at school.

My friend covers her 4-year-old daughter’s artistic creations with clear contact paper and turns them into fun place mats for the whole family. She said they hold up well to multiple uses and being wiped clean. And her daughter enjoys seeing her artwork being displayed in a new way.

My friend said that she and her daughter also make place mats for special occasions, such as Thanksgiving, by making collages of holiday cards and her daughter’s artwork and covering them with contact paper. She said it’s a fun way to decorate her table for the holidays and everyone can take home their place mat as a party favor.