Art Room Infomercial! ShamWOW

I made my own infomercial as I tested out SHAMWOW on a real world art teacher spill!! 

Do you use a shammy in your classroom?  

Getting Ready for....THE RETURN!!!!!

Fall Break is here...but I was at school today getting ready for when the kids return next week!!

Check out what I'm doing!!!

 

Dealing With Dipping Hands

After dipping my hands into a bath of black tempera/acrylic paint water all week with the clay mask project....you might imagine my hands looking pretty nasty.  THEY DID!!  However, I found a great product at Home Depot!  Unfortunately..I had already taken the label off of the container...so I don't remember the brand name.  SORRY!!  It smells like oranges..and feels like LAVA soap but in liquid form.  Do you remember LAVA soap?  It was green..smelled terrible..and took a layer of skin off...BUT GOT YA CLEAN!! ha ha  My dad used it all the time(he was a coal minor & worked on cars..so his hands were black a lot from the coal & oil).  Anyways..if you are looking for a good cleaning product for your hands....this one is pretty awesome.  The container is huge...and only cost about $5.  

Getting Organized In The New Year

A new year is a great time for fresh starts!  Many an art teacher has promised themselves to be more organized in the new year(sometimes with the calender new year..sometimes with the start of a new school year).  Organization can't happen if you are a hoarder!!!  You have to be willing to get rid of "stuff".  If you don't use something...get rid of it!  If it doesn't work as it should...get rid of it!  If you haven't figure out what to do with it....get rid of it!  I know...I KNOW...our treasures are hard to part with.  We might use it some day...it is a perfectly good (insert odd item we'd never buy ourselves)...someone gave it to me.  Your room needs to function as a well oiled machine....and all the "stuff" gunks things up.  Just because you are an art teacher doesn't make your classroom the junk yard.  YOU CAN DO IT!  Start small...clean out a cabinet or drawer!  Throw out those dried up glue sticks/bottles.