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Art Room Organization Powered by Pinterest

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Art classes begin in 10 days and I am on an organizational rampage in my art room. I have an art room organization board on Pinterest, and now I get to use all the art room organization tips I have been pinning all summer. I have implemented 12 so far!  Here they are:

1.organizing commonly used supplies into pencil boxes  (one per table)

2. Labeled table bins

3. Numbering and color coding all the students’ chairs from Princess Artypants blog

4. stop sign reminder for the drying rack from One Crayola Short blog

5. coating inside of glue bottle tip with vaseline to prevent clogs adapted from What the Teacher Wants blog

6. ‘who’s out’ restroom sign-out whiteboard next to the door

7. Clean-up bins, one per table

8. 3-drawer bin for organizing paper scraps by color group by The Art of Education

9. Restroom/water reminder in window from Mrs. Hansen’s Art Room blog

10. Job assignments by table group by Draw the Line At blog

11. “4S” line up poster by Katie Morris at Adventures of an Art Teacher blog

12. Paint stored above the sink via The Teaching Palette

It feels sooooo good to organize!

I’m loving Pinterest. I’ve got over 100 pins on my art room organization board so I have a long way to go, but this is going to make a huge difference.  Thanks to all the art teachers who put their tips online!

Are you on Pinterest? How has it helped you at work?

Art Room Organization: The Best Things I Ever Bought

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Its January.  That means you want to get more organized, right? Here are a few products that make my art room life a little (or a lot!) easier.

 

Elmer’s triple-size glue sticks. Glue sticks – so much to love, so much to hate. Hate #1: the standard size sticks (.21 oz. each) run out so quickly! Solution: big fat glue sticks.

  1. Elmer’s glue sticks: .77 oz. vs. .21 oz.

    These are more expensive that regular sticks, but they are over 3x larger. Available in 12 packs of white and Goes on Purple/Dries Clear.
    at office supply stores and Amazon (and maybe even your school district’s supplier!).

3M Command removable hooks

I used 3M Command removable hooks on my laminate cabinets. Instant rack!

Do you have laminate cabinets? Or some other vertical surface deemed off-limits to drilling/nailing by school officials? Try 3M Command removable hooks. These hooks have been in use for 3 years and none have fallen off.

2 oz. ‘salsa’ cups and lids

Glaze in 2 oz. 'salsa' cups

You will find many uses for these: glaze, leftover paint, glue, slip….made by Dixie and available at Costco , Smart & Final and Amazon (lids may be sold separately).

Pre-Cut Foil

Friends don’t let friends waste time cutting foil. Pre-cut foil comes in a pop-up box allowing you to distribute it as if it were Kleenex. Small boxes of 25 sheets are often (but not always) available at Dollar Tree and 99 Cents Only. 500 sheet boxes of Foil Popup Sheets are available at Amazon. Costco has its own brand in 500 sheet boxes. I use pre-cut foil for this sculpture project and this name art project.

I read art room blogs for two years before starting my own….your organizational tips have been so helpful to me!!!  Is there another tip you’d like to share? Leave a comment.

Happy January!

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