It is totally that time of year. BLAHHH. Everything is gray, food tastes bland, the sun hasn’t been out for months weeks. Well, to get your mind off the winter BLAHHHH’S here are some fun craft ideas to try.

Bright, fun snow cone snow from Color Me Katie (first seen at The Crafty Crow). This will brighten up even dreariest winter day.

Little Paint chip books from Crow Rooster Crow. I always wondered what to do with all of those swatches (I currently have about a million sitting on my dresser from our recent painting explosion). This will make a great, purse-sized doodle pad for the kiddo.

This clock made from junk mail from Curbly.com is super cute. I’m thinking of putting one together for our newly painted bathroom. It would make a great accent piece.

Do you have piles of crafts, taking over your dinning room table? Or perhaps they have a special place, you know, on the fridge, and they all fall down every time someone walks down? Avalanche!!!!! Well, I do. And the kiddo hasn’t even reached two years old yet. We do a LOT of crafts around here.

So, what do you do with all of these beautiful little creations? Here are some of my favorite ways to capture them for a lifetime.

Formia Design (Mia Van Beek) takes your child’s original artwork and turns it into jewelry (thanks to  Little. Lovely. for introducing me to this). I want this for Mother’s Day. Or Easter. Or Saturday. Saturday is a holiday isn’t it?

Have an empty wall or two? Hang it up! Make and Takes has some creative ways of displaying your kiddo’s artwork. My personal fave, the magnetic wall. This is a must do for my house.

Create a beautiful wall collage using frames of all shapes and sizes. 2modern design talk takes you through the step-by-step process for creating a successful collage.

What if the unthinkable happens? That precious art work is all over your walls. Wonder Time has a great suggestion, just tape off the wall and use it as art work. You can use something like the Do-Frame, or just paint on a frame. And, take a deep breath. It’s only the wall after all. It can be repainted if necessary.

How do you display your kids (or grandkids) artwork? Is it gathering dust on a shelf, taking over the fridge or has it found a new home in the (gasp!) garbage? Which idea would you use in your home?