https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:57:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807823 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:51:55 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2807823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are still using this IKEA utility cart to organize our art supplies - <a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2016/04/20/organizing-art-with-a-utility-cart/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2016/04/20/organizing-art-with-a-utility-cart/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807762 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:32:53 +0000 Silva 2807762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: we use it to make stars for the windows. the folding can be a little tricky, if she isn't feeling patient I fold and she glues. <a href="http://gardenmama.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/01/as-the-snow-continues-to-fall-outside-of-our-windows-we-gather-together-at-the-table-to-create-waldorf-inspired-kite-paper.html" rel="nofollow">http://gardenmama.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/01/as-the-snow-continues-to-fall-outside-of-our-windows-we-gather-together-at-the-table-to-create-waldorf-inspired-kite-paper.html</a></p> <p>but we also use it for a variety of things- its slightly transparent. for a while she would make "sun catchers"- cut a shape out of construction paper, and then cut small windows out of the shape, and glue the kite paper to it to make a stained glass effect.<br /> Its just another nice type of paper to have on hand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807742 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:05:20 +0000 looch 2807742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Silva: Tell me more about kite paper and what it can be used for please!</p> <p>I recently added some new items to my son's kit: colored popsicle sticks and packing tape cardboard rolls, yarn. We have some other things that just came to my mind, among them tissue paper, modge podge, paper straws that look like bamboo and little packs of cardstock.</p> <p>We also do a lot of work with Sculpey clay.</p> <p>When I need inspiration, I tend to look at art blogs for kids. I save all kinds of materials, I have a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807643 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 21:03:56 +0000 Silva 2807643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my daughter makes art all day long. its a constant battle to clean it up but I swear she's at work for at least three hours a day when we are home all day and she loves it.</p> <p> she has several different types of markers, colored pencils, and crayons. Scissors, glue sticks, regular glue, glitter glue, and tape (she uses a TON of tape- sometimes I get her a couple rolls of washi tape and she loves that too). she has a set of three plastic drawers- one has stickers in it, one has paints (like those dot paints, and water colors, she also has an easel with tempera paint), and one has different types of paper. She has a small bin with feathers, googly eyes, pipe cleaners and sequins. She has a magazine holder with coloring books but she really only gets these out if I suggest them. She definitely prefers open ended materials. </p> <p>I really only add to it maybe once or twice a year- a new book of stickers, new paper, new markers when they run out. She loves have a space to herself where she can create. I do keep loose glitter and beads out of reach. </p> <p>She also keeps a big gift bag FULL of what she calls her "supples" (this is basically garbage: old photographs, tissue paper from presents, scraps of wrapping paper, some recyclables, etc). She's limited to what will fit in the bag...</p> <p>for more organized crafts (like ones that I initiate) I keep nicer watercolors/water color paper, kite paper, tissue paper, and wool roving. I'm also a sewer so we have a lot of fabric and thread around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807423 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 11:12:15 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2807423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dd has a desk with drawers where most of it is but craft kits that aren't frequently used are in a sterilite container in the garage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807068 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:16:33 +0000 misolee 2807068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a three tier cart from ikea that rolls. The top tier has a caddy with pens/pencils/glue stick/ markers/ and a separate crayon box with lid. The second tier has construction paper and stickers. The last tier has her coloring books, workbooks, dry erase board, etc. LO is 5 and she gets what she wants and needs and Mostly she puts it back. Lo2 is 2. He does make a mess occasionally but it’s not that crazy. I love that it rolls and we can put it away easily with guests. We do all of our crafting in the formal dining room (I know) but we can also take it to the playroom if needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807042 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:20:55 +0000 Mama Bird 2807042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS loves markers. DD prefers play-doh. They're both obsessed with stickers.</p> <p>I keep most markers and pencils in coffee cans on their desk. The small stuff is in shoe boxes, candy boxes, etc. And the play-doh and stickers live in a closet and only come out as needed, because otherwise they would be all over everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2807021 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:25:23 +0000 LuLu Mom 2807021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are craft people over here and my girls are the same age:<br /> Do-A-Dot Markers<br /> Crayola paints<br /> multi-packs of construction paper<br /> fun scissors<br /> window cling maker (we found a kit at Walmart)<br /> fuzzy balls / googly eyes<br /> beads - we use for bracelet/necklace making </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2806978 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:53:28 +0000 Mommy Finger 2806978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I LOVED the spirograph as a kid. Good suggestion! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2806965 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:40:22 +0000 looch 2806965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how old your kids are, but for my son's easter basket, I have done in the past:<br /> Crayola airbrush machine<br /> Crayola cling maker<br /> Crayola spirograph<br /> Spin art machine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2806961 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:30:23 +0000 Foodnerd81 2806961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of our craft supplies are organized into plastic shoe boxes with lids, on a high shelf in our mud room closet. I have a silverware type Caddy that I keep frequently used things in- markets, stickers, crayons, washi tape or colored masking tape, and it has one long compartment that can hold a coloring book or pieces of paper. Current favorites are those foam cut out shapes- I bought a valentines kit and my 4 year old spent hours glueing and sticking and drawing on them. So I leave the silverware caddy on their craft table (a kid size table in the corner of the kitchen) with things they have free access to. But I can pick t up and put t away when we have friends over and I don’t want a mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2806949 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 13:02:49 +0000 Dahlia 2806949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 year old loooooves glitter glue. </p> <p>As for organization, I got a three drawer plastic storage thingy (like 2 feet high by a foot wide/deep) and keep things she's currently into in there. The rest goes in the basement in more tupperware storage things and is rotated in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-are-you-favorite-art-supplies-and-how-do-you-organize-them#post-2806930 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:09:39 +0000 Mommy Finger 2806930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Easter basket post got me thinking and I think I would like to do sort of an arts and crafts "theme" for my boys' baskets as they don't need much of anything. </p> <p>Other than the standard crayons and coloring books, what are your favorite art supplies? And how do you best organize them? Whatever we're doing now isn't working as I feel like we just have stuff all over the house.</p> <p>ETA: my boys are 5 and 2.5 </p>