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11 pages · a 3-step routine

The Artwork Preservation Protocol

$3.50

A simple routine to keep the drawings that matter and let go of the rest.

  • ✓ A clean 3-step routine for the drawings that pile up at home
  • ✓ Capture the story in 60 seconds, sort weekly, curate once a year
  • ✓ Keep the 5–10% that matter, without tears or guilt
  • ✓ A printable capture log and a "Keepers of the year" page
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11 pages · A4 and US Letter PDFs

About this guide

Children make hundreds of drawings a year. Keeping every one isn’t realistic, and throwing them away in secret doesn’t feel right either. This 11-page guide gives busy families a calm, three-step routine for kids’ artwork.

The goal isn’t to save every scrap of paper. It’s to capture what matters, your child’s voice, the milestone and the story behind each piece, before the clutter takes over, and then keep only the best 5 to 10% as physical keepsakes.

What’s inside

  1. 1

    Fast facts and “Did you know?”

    How much paper childhood produces, and why it is fine to let most of it go.

  2. 2

    Step 1: Real-time capture

    The 60-second routine: pencil the name, age and date on the back, and record your child telling the story.

  3. 3

    Step 2: The weekly holding tray

    One tray for new art, photograph everything, keep the 5 to 10% that matter and let the rest go gracefully.

  4. 4

    Step 3: Annual curation

    Group the year’s keepers, frame or print a favourite, and back up the photos and voice recordings.

  5. 5

    Capture log

    A printable log for the date, age, the story your child told and whether it is a keeper.

  6. 6

    Keepers of the year

    A page to record the year’s favourite pieces and why each one is a keeper.

  7. 7

    The routine at a glance

    The whole three-step routine on one page.

All 11 pages

  • Cover preview

    Cover

  • Why preserve preview

    Why preserve

  • Fast facts preview

    Fast facts

  • Did you know? preview

    Did you know?

  • Step 1 preview

    Step 1

  • Step 2 preview

    Step 2

  • Step 3 preview

    Step 3

  • Capture log preview

    Capture log

Questions

What do I get?

A printable PDF in two sizes, A4 and US Letter. You get both, so it prints well wherever you are.

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Is it a printed book?

No, it’s a digital download. Print it at home or at a print shop, as many times as you need for your family or your own classroom.

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