Personalized gifts have always been popular with parents and kids: mom has a necklace with her daughter’s name on it, child has a backpack with his name embroidered on it, dad has a mug with son’s picture on it, baby has a blanket with her name and birth date printed in the corner. All well loved ideas. What’s really caught my attention though are a growing number of items personalized not with text but with kids’ artwork. Here are a few examples.

The Graf family business “brings your child’s imagination to life” by recreating their artwork onto pillows and transforming them into dolls. While it’s easy enough to have your kiddo draw directly onto a solid color pillow with fabric markers, art2believe takes the idea to another level recreating childrens’ artwork through embroidery, applique and fabric painting. And they’re not afraid of complicated drawings - see some amazing examples below.

Designer Mia Van Beek’s Formia Design reconstructs your child’s drawings into handmade key chains in durable titanium or jewelry in gold or silver. Brilliant detail with lovely results.

I am a long time fan of Lizette Greco and the amazing body of artwork she and her family collaboration Grecolaborativo have created.

“Our plush art is based on the children’s drawings and made using only thrifted and recycled materials. We also accept commissions for pieces using drawings from other children. Our aim is to create artwork that celebrates a child’s perspective of the world and will hopefully be passed from generation to generation.”

And they do it so well! Just take a look…many of the examples pictured here were based on drawings created by the Greco family children.

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