For the kiddo art, how about adhering long magnetic strips to the back of some inexpensive (and lightweight) frames? You can rotate the art whenever you want, arrange them however you'd like, and the frames might unify different drawings into a 'gallery' of sorts.

You can also buy magnetic frames or picture sleeves for snapshots.

And, as for magnets and things? I just have to keep those from ever entering my house. Or I wind up with a cluttery, messy fridge.

I think its huge to make sure your fridge handle stays clean. I know back when we had an exterior white handle it could get so smudgy and I had such a hard time cleaning it. Then I discovered baking soda. Just make a paste with dish soap and water and it gets in all those little grooves.

I also like the above posters frame idea.

having a stainless steel fridge means it's not magnetic, so we have a small white ikea magnet board at kid height in the kitchen. We also tape our son's art up on the walls in a smaller room, looks cute and not messy.

Fridge clutter is something that I don't worry about. My great grandparents had a ton of kooky magnets on their refrigerator and it was my favorite thing about their house as a kid. I let my kids put up artwork, pictures, fun magnets, etc.

Find other homes for the things that otherwise end up clutter on your fridge. The frames idea is great for kids art and pictures - I've also seen cute displays with wire and clips/clothespins. Put a bulletin board up inside a cabinet or pantry door, and use it for the school lunch menu, gardeners business card, gym schedule, and other random things that you need to reference but don't want to see all the time. Be conscious about what you do put on the fridge, and throw out or move anything you don't need there. I have it down to a magnetic dry erase board for the grocery list, a clip magnet for grocery coupons, and another clip magnet for putting up recipe cards while I cook. I don't have many magnets, and that helps too since if something doesn't fit in the clips then I'm forced to think about whether what's on the fridge is really needed there.

I really like the wire and clip set sold at Ikea (in the office section, maybe?). I think that setting up an art gallery area for the kids somewhere else -- a hallway or nook somewhere -- is a nice idea. We had a whole wall of what I think was peckerwood board (don't know if that's the correct name) when I was a kid. We could post our artwork on that wall instead of the fridge.

Thank you for the wonderful ideas! I think I'll get a few nice frames and spray them red (our accent color) to try and contain the clutter.

Here's a pretty cool idea for kids artwork...hang a long track and add sliding hooks with clips and small chain drops (you could also use fishing line). It allows you to arrange and rearrange the artwork across a whole wall without any pins, tape, tacks, or magnets, regardless of the size from small to poster size. The track just lays on "L" shaped screws. That way the wall isn't covered with anything other than the artwork and a narrow track along the ceiling.

http://www.curtain-tracks.com/curtain-track-gallery/play

We've tried it and it works great. My daughter loves it and is always adding new stuff as she creates it. We also gave her an archive folder where she can store old stuff that comes down to make room for the new.

For clutter, we just never have anything on the fridge. Since we've started doing that the kitchen feels so much better!

We have a photo box for pictures and cards we get, and hang the artwork on cork boards elsewhere.