A Neat Idea

    Today's post is about a concept invented by an acquaintance, which I kind of wish I'd known about when my kids were small but which I'll share with all of you on the chance that some of you out there with small children might think it's a neat idea, too. 
        He made collage of family photographs which he secured with
furniture-and-wall-paint-friendly painter's tape to his toddler's crib, where it serves as visual stimulation and lets her see photos of her family when she wakes up.

    He also made a second collage and taped it to the wall outside his other daughter's room at her height:

   ...where she enjoys checking it out now and then.
    I asked my friend if he would mind sharing his instructions and he was glad to share.
     So here are my friend's instructions for making a wall or crib collage:
    "I taped the pictures to a large piece of paper and then went to FedEx and got it laminated.  My daughter drew on the back of them and I signed and dated them.  Kinda fun.  Cost was about $0.02 per picture and about $30 (each) for the lamination.  I asked my daughter where she wanted it and she chose the hallway.  For the baby I just picked that location but was considering lower on the door (her eye level). "
      Neat idea, no?