Art room themes

Pouring Paint Can Tulle Curtains- cute art classroom window decorations. School room decor. Colorful rainbow colors. Tutorial

The other day, I was perusing the isles of my local big box craft store with the previous night's Art Teacherin' Book Club on my mind. We were joined by the amazing Barney Saltzberg, author of Beautiful Oops (among 62 other titles!) You can still view his live chat here. He said some things that really stayed with me: "You need to build your imagination muscle. Don't look for ideas, they are already there!" He shared with us that "art finds him" and that he has built his imagination muscle…

This rainy day gettin ya down? Well luckily you can find rainbows on rainbows in the Franklin art room because everyday is #nationalfindarainbowday !! Have a Colorful Day friends! #artteacher #artwithmrse #elementaryart #classroomdecor #insidetheartroom #elementaryartteacher #rainbow #rainbowwall #arted #artclass #findarainbowday #rainbowerrythang

To know me is to know my love of pegboard. It's a big part of the teacher cart I designed with Prang. It played a huge role in making my sewing room more organized. And it helps keep my painting suppl

I have been talking SO MUCH on this blog and on my podcast about the first days of school. You can read all about how I set up my art room (complete with a video room tour), my very favorite (and easiest!) classroom management tool, my favorite first day of art projects, my art room rules, and my art room routines by clicking any of these blog post links! It's all wonderful to hear about how folks do things but I find it's even better to see it in action. So...today I'm sharing a video of…

An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

All art students created a leaf on the first day of school. Each leaf was added to our classroom tree collage. Throughout the day my bare tree trunk transformed into a bright and colorful piece of collaborative art.

Make a Statement In the most recent Extreme Makeover Classroom Edition, we transformed a high school African American Studies classroom for Layla Helwa and her students. In each makeover, I like to be intentional about the