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The other problem was, my wife agreed. So, after he and his sister entered elementary school, my refrigerator was immediately plastered with art from corner to corner. There were so many pictures on it that ten magnets fell to my feet every time I opened the door. So next, I tacked the crafts to the walls, placed the heavier stuff on tables, and once, when no one�s looking, I fed the dog a macaroni necklace. But, after all of that, I figured I would either have to buy a bigger house, or find somewhere else for the crafts to go. But, it�s not like I could throw the art in the garbage. There�s nothing sadder than an art project in the garbage. Unless it�s a sobbing first grader digging her art project out of the garbage. And that�s when I started taking the art to work and throwing it into the garbage. Only, before long, I started to feel guilty about that - especially when I saw a garbage truck pass by with my daughter�s Pilgrim puppet attached to its antenna. 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[Funnystuff] Ken Swarmer: The free flow of art projects
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