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Back to school "the cleanest art room ever!"

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So, schools back in session & I have been working on new displays and fun ideas to organize the art room. Every year it gets a little easier as I find ways that work & weed out the ones that don't. Our school has the most fabulous custodial staff & I feel as if my room is so clean right now it shines! Let's hope as the creative process begins it stays that way!

CRAYONS! CRAYONS! CRAYONS!

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  CRAYONS!CRAYONS!CRAYONS! It's time to go through supplies and close up for the summer, so what do you do with all those old crayons?  I usually sort through and re-use all the unbroken crayons. However, this year I have too many left over! So, I am bringing them home to recycle into new crayons! I've tried this before and my students loved using the crayons I made... Here is a great way to do it: -Peel all your unwanted crayons. (This is the worst part, my daughter helps and we get pretty creative with it and have crayon peeling races or see how many different ways we can peel them, like a banana, etc...) -Break them into small pieces and I I use a silicon muffin or candy mold.(silicon is easier to pop crayons out) I like the star because it gives you points to color with. I use mine just for crayons, because it makes a mess out of your baking pan. -Melt them on about 200-250  -Remove, wait til cool  -And, Viola! you have new "cool" shaped crayons to use. You can...