Being a teacher, especially in the private school system is little pay; therefore, I look for cheap and inexpensive items I have lying around my classroom when doing art projects.
Below are just a few of the ways we use old items in our classroom:
Item #1:
Play Dough Lids: These are great for holding paint and Elmer's school glue. Anytime we are painting or gluing we pour the glue or paints into a lid and allow the students to use paint brushes or q-tips to put it onto their paper. Less mess is always best!
Item #2:
Play Dough Containers: These are great for holding water when the students are painting with watercolors. We sit them next to our sink, and they help themselves to a container and water.
Item #3:
Plastic Water or Coke Bottle Lids: We use these for everything when it comes to reviewing or practicing our numbers, letters, sounds, sight words, etc. Write a letter on each lid, and you have letter, sound and word practice. The more lids, the more letters! Or write a number on a lid and use for math practice. You can also use for adding, subtracting, etc. A few of the games we used them for are on the following link: http://mrsguniqueideas.blogspot.com/2012/07/i-love-water-bottle-caps.html
Item #4:
Paintbrushes from Watercolors: I am always loking for paint brushes. Even when you toss the old watercolor paints, keep the brushes! You never know when you will need them. However if you can't find one, old markers work great as paintbrushes as well as a paper towel. We've used both before at home.
Item #5:
Plastic Disposable Plates: They work like dry erase boards and are much cheaper!
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