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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?

Ancient Egypt Chalk Art for Sixth Grade (and Pinterest bonus!)

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Do you study ancient Egypt at your school? Here is a colorful, successful art project inspired by the art of ancient Egypt.

Materials:

  • black construction paper, 12″x18″
  • pencils with eraser tip
  • chalk pastels
  • black oil pastel
  • reference photos
  • hairspray or other fixative
  • newspaper to cover tables

We looked at images from King Tut’s tomb, old issues of National Geographic magazine (I think they cover Egypt every year!), and reviewed images of the Egyptian gods.

Students were instructed to select a subject and draw it on the black paper. Encourage students to 1) draw  LARGE (fill the sheet) and 2) don’t add too many tiny details.

I model drawing with an eraser: draw layout lines on the black paper only using the eraser.  If you mess up, just wipe away the rubbings and try again.

After students draw with pencil, they should go over their pencil lines with black oil pastel. Color in the portraits with chalk pastel. As a final step, retrace the oil pastel lines a second time.

Spray with hairspray or other fixative to prevent smearing (note: this will dull colors somewhat).

 

This art project is adapted from the Arts Attack curriculum. In addition to my reference photos and the Arts Attack drawing aids, I offered three step-by-step handouts from the library book How to Draw Egypt’s Sights and Symbols (ISBN 978-0823966820).

Pinterest bonus: here are some ancient Egyptian pins that I have collected for next year:

You can’t go wrong! Kids LOVE ancient Egypt. Enjoy!

Pinterest! DIY clay cutting wire tool

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Pinterest saves the day! My ancient clay cutting wire tool broke in the middle of 5th grade clay today.

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Fortunately, I had pinned some great DIY clay tool photos from The Teaching Palette.

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I made my wire cutter on the fly from Two binder clips and 26 gauge floral
wire (left over from wire sculpture).

Thanks Teaching Palette for a great blog post. And thanks to Pinterest for a quick way to retrieve it.

Clay texture tools a la Pinterest

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I finally made a project from a Pinterest pin!

I made the button stamps, originally from the Martha Stewart website. Here is the pin:

Http://Pinterest.com/pin/274367802268427792/

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I used buttons on corks. I used hot glue and the held up just fine with the 2nd grade’s free play clay today.

I also made stamps from cork and some small white fired clay decorations. They made a nice texture as well. Thanks Pinterest!

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