Art center drying rack, sink, supply shelf, and table.
Art center painting easels. We have 32 colors of tempera paint and children choose the ones they want to use. Construction paper is stored in the hanging file crate. Other types of paper of different textures and sizes are stored on the shelf. Paintbrushes of different sizes are stored on the top of the shelf. Drawing materials (crayons, markers, colored pencils) are stored by color in clear cups.
What’s in the Art Center
These materials are included in the Art Center all year, although we don’t start the year with everything. We begin with basics, and more is added, but once added, they stay the entire year. We do open-ended art in the Art Center every day, and it is amazing what the children create when they have a variety of materials.
Basic Materials:
- Glue Bottles and Glue Sticks
- Regular Scissors
- Fiskars Kidzors Scissors
- Stapler
- Shaped Hole Punchers
Drawing:
- Thick Markers (Crayola Pip Squeaks in 16 colors)
- Thin Markers (50 colors)
- Prismacolor Colored Pencils (120 colors)
- Fine Point Black Ink Pens
- Crayons (96 colors)
- Oil Pastels (Crayola 28 colors)
Paper:
- 9×12 White and Manilla Paper
- 11×18 White and Manilla Paper
- 9×12 Colored Construction Paper
- Various Paper Scraps
- Cardboard and Cardstock Scraps
- Coffee Filters (used for watercolor paints, colored water, or markers with water)
- Paper Doilies (bought at Dollar Tree)
- White Paper Bags (mini bags bought in bulk at Sam’s Club)
- Paper Plates
Paint:
- Tempera (36 colors)
- Watercolors (dry)
- Watercolors (in the tube)
Collage Materials:
- Tissue Paper (I cut it in small squares; can be bought inexpensively or recycled from gifts)
- Crepe Paper Party Streamer (Children cut off pieces for gluing on paper; very inexpensive)
- Mosaic Craft Foam Squares (I buy sheets of craft foam and cut it into squares. It lasts a long time.)
- Cotton Balls (white or colored)
- Yarn (wrapped around craft sticks)
- Colored Masking Tape (bought from Discount School Supply)
- Seeds and Pasta Cups (I buy different colors and shapes of pasta and seeds)
- Wood Craft Sticks (box of 1,000 is very inexpensive)
- Sequins (variety pack)
- Scrap Paper Box
Sculpture:
- Wire, Beads, and Wire Tools (for making wire sculpture)
- Play Dough w/ Scissors and Rolling Pins
- Uppercase and Lowercase Letter and Number Play Dough Stamps
- Cookie Cutters for Play Dough
- Play Dough Bakery Supplies (This includes Play-Doh George Foreman grill, mini baking pans, toaster oven rack, bowls, spoons, plastic knives, rolling pins, etc.)
- Clay and Clay Tools
- Brooms (for cleaning play dough crumbs)
Stringing and Sewing:
- Plastic Straw Pieces (cut about 1 inch)
- Plastic Needles
- Yarn
- Pipe Cleaners
- Pony Beads
- Burlap Pieces (for sewing yarn)
- Styrofoam Plates (for sewing yarn)