Art Supplies are here!

more materials arrived!

matte board

One of my favorite mediums-oil pastels!

Organizing things

I think I received the bulk of my art supplies I think in late October. Was I excited! After the school day ended, I opened the boxes to organize what I got. There was some thoughts of I wish I ordered more, buyer’s remorse on some items, where’s the rest and where am I going to put these? I bought 24 red pencil boxes (they only came in that color) and I’m glad I did. I put oil pastels, color pencils, and crayons into them so that each of my six tables would get one to share. I removed the boxes that came along with the supplies because the students would just eat them up. Students are so hard on any materials that’s in front of them. Whether they’re goofing off or just handling them-supplies seems to break everyday or just plain disappear (they’re not stolen but taken to other classes, putting in their bags without thinking or thrown away in the trash bin). I bought a pink stapler/three hole punch set with my own personal money and proudly displayed them on my desk for the students to use-oh, they broke that same day. Never again will I buy an expensive set. The school purchased the cheapest stapler/three hole punch sets and they have withstand the tough hands of middle school students. Lesson learned.