Product Talk

You know you’ve reached the end of the year when you’re ready to scrub and clean. Be sure to capture some of the end-of-the-year excitement by having students clean. The phrase, “Many hands make light work,” also applies to end-of-the-year cleaning. One year, my students requested I buy shaving cream to clean the table tops. […]

The Best Glue The best glue for working with cardboard is a toss-up between Elmers and Hot Glue. Elmers—not Elmers School Glue—is highly recommended, but it takes some time to dry, so your cardboard needs help to hold its shape while the glue dries. You can tape, clamp, weigh it down, or add hot glue […]

Hello! And welcome to My Art Lesson’s Product Talk section. In Product Talk, I will discuss the products art teachers recommend in the art room as well as why teachers recommend them. Nothing worse than ordering a product and finding out the quality is subpar. Ordering supplies is no small part of our job. […]