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The Best Thing I Did to Start My School Year

By Marcia Beckett | September 4, 2016 - 9:03 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, first days of school

Colorful "ARTSY" banner with letters on pencil-shaped flags against a red background with a vibrant chevron border.

Hi! Welcome back to another artsy school year! I had a brilliant breakthrough this summer while reading Facebook Art Teacher groups online. Someone had created a video about their rules and procedures for their art room. I saw that and I thought that I DEFINITELY needed to do that! As a K-4/5 art teacher (I no longer teach the 5th/6th graders.. that grade level went to our new art teacher), I see a lot of classes. But, I still probably … Read more… →

Make a Magical Wand

By Marcia Beckett | May 18, 2014 - 8:57 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, sculpture

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Colorful homemade wands laid out on a table with a banner at the bottom reading "Make a Magical Wand.

Every so often, I host after school art classes. I try to have some fun projects that I wouldn’t normally teach during the school day. These magical wands were a hit with both the boys and girls who signed up for this class. Use dowel rods or natural sticks as the wand base. Twist, tie, wrap and hot glue fabric, ribbons, feathers, pipe cleaners and colored tape around the stick. Tie on flowers, add glitter glue and sequins and use … Read more… →