Studio Hacks: Free Drying Racks, Paint delivery, and more
Recycled nursery racks are free and make wonderful drying racks for the days when I run out of space on the regular drying racks. These racks store pretty flat when they aren't needed and even kinders can handle them. To handle about 800 art servings a week, my students are using a lot of markers, pencils, paper, and paint. Here are some of the hacks I've been using this year to manage markers and paint. Four paint wheels fit on a microwave plate from the dollar store. Students sometimes use the plates as palettes. When the plates are stacked they keep leftover paint fresh overnight. Sharpie caps glued into a toner cap. Those toner caps again. This time Sharpie caps are hot glued into the sections. I have only lost one sharpie all year. Mr. Sketch markers. Caps are hot glued into the holes. I drilled them into 2 x 2 redwood and it took me about an hour to make 6 trays like this. The downside is that sometimes kid