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Updated in January 2022. Does the thought of earning extra money on the side selling handmade crafts at flea markets or even on Etsy or a Facebook page appeal to you? It's a great way for moms to make extra money from home. I've been collecting craft projects ideas to sell for years. Just this weekend, I visited a local flea market while on vacation and I was blown away by all the creativity at each booth. With some extra time on the weekends or in the evening, you can make DIY projects that sell for a
Sometimes I get grand ideas in my head. And instead of just thinking about the ideas and keeping them to myself I tell people about the ideas and the next thing you know I am swimming in the ideas looking for the dang foam float. Yep. But hopefully this idea will pay off LARGE. Let me back up my long story with this little tid bit for you. Art teachers in our county at the elementary school level are paid for partially by the PTA. Yes, you just read that right. Our PTA has to bust tail to raise money to pay for my salary, and I think the school nurse. May be wrong on that one, but definitely mine. The county pays for X number of hours and the PTA has to make up for the rest to have me there the 30 hours a week I teach. And they have to pay for all the supplies we use up at a rather swift pace. So there's a little background for you and why, oh why I decided to tackle this insane fundraiser idea. So the idea. Each spring the PTA throws a super fun Spring Fling event. You know the kind....carnival rides, silly games, cotton candy, DJ, cake walk (Oh my favorite), cokes, candy, hair spray the works! It is a family night of total chaotic fun. Alongside the crazy fun for the kiddos the PTA asks local businesses for donations for a silent auction and each classroom is responsible for a theme basket of goodies to silent auction as well. And every year we buy 1-3 of these baskets. Because I know this money goes to the good of the school (it wasn't my salary until this year). We've bought a BBQ basket complete with enough A1 sauce to last me until the year 2020. No lie. One year we bought an awesome craft basket I think we're sitll using to this date. I'm not saying the baskets were all bad, but enough was enough. It was time for a change. So in January I emailed the president and said I needed to talk to the board about an idea. Most of these moms know me, so they were very open to me coming and throwing my idea into the pot. So here's what I proposed: 1. instead of baskets for each class I wanted to create an original painting with each class, totally 23 paintings. 2. I wanted to use my art work as the inspiration for each of the 23 paintings with each grade level a different theme. We decided as a group that the following would be the class themes: k-nest, 1st- bird cages, 2nd- long flowers, 4rd- whimsical landscapes, 4th-bikes, 5th- trucks, Special Ed-cake 3. I wanted them to be framed in the salvage frames 4. I wanted the PTA to buy the frames and ask the students for a small donation to defer the costs of these 5. I wanted to get the images up on the school website at least 3 weeks ahead to get parents excited about this and get them to the event 6. I wanted the PTA to get the Square app so we could take credit cards 7. I wanted to do all this during my regular art time slots with the kids 8. I wanted to be totally done by Spring Break. 9. I wanted to make lots and lots of money 10. I wanted them to trust me that I could indeed get #1-9 done exactly as planned. And well, they loved the idea!! So Phillip made the frames, and I picked them up as seen here: These are LARGE paintings. Like the smallest is 20x20 inside frame. The big skinny ones are an awesome 12x36! Super great sizes. My 5th grade helpers then rolled the wood canvas with black primer. Once the black was dry I set out drawing the 23 canvases. It was effortless getting these ideas out and onto the wood canvas. I also started talking to the kids about the upcoming project and got them very excited!! It took 2 weeks to finish all the paintings....I see the classes 3 times in a two week period. (Except K and pre-K. I did have to go to them during my planning periods. I don't teach those grades.) We set up a table in the back for canvas work and while the rest of the class worked quietly on another project I called about 3 kids at a time back to work with me. And although not one person did more than the other they all felt a part of the process. As the paintings were started we emailed the teachers what we were doing. I have to say doing something NEW is always difficult. I am still not 100% sure the teachers understand what we've done, and I know parents are clueless as to the amazing final products that the kids have made. Every Thursday the PTA group wanders down and just grins at what transpired. I think they too had some "is this really gonna work?" monsters in their heads. But I stick to my word and do what I say I'm gonna do. Even if it did burn me out of my own studio time! Whew. And we are all getting the auction bidding eyes on.....unfortunately there are 3 Mommas I know I'll have to contend with for Mailey's class painting!! Maybe more!! So here are some of the 23 paintings we'll have for sale Friday night. I can not wait!! I just know I'm gonna cry. Because seeing the paintings all hanging is going to be an unbelieveable sight for these sore eyes!! The above bike is Mailey's class painting BTW.....I am really into kites these days!!! So, I WILL be taking loads of pics of the night and let you know the sales totals. I really hope we aren't disappointed.....I don't see how we can't make tons of money on these amazing works of art!!
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Sometimes I get grand ideas in my head. And instead of just thinking about the ideas and keeping them to myself I tell people about the ideas and the next thing you know I am swimming in the ideas looking for the dang foam float. Yep. But hopefully this idea will pay off LARGE. Let me back up my long story with this little tid bit for you. Art teachers in our county at the elementary school level are paid for partially by the PTA. Yes, you just read that right. Our PTA has to bust tail to raise money to pay for my salary, and I think the school nurse. May be wrong on that one, but definitely mine. The county pays for X number of hours and the PTA has to make up for the rest to have me there the 30 hours a week I teach. And they have to pay for all the supplies we use up at a rather swift pace. So there's a little background for you and why, oh why I decided to tackle this insane fundraiser idea. So the idea. Each spring the PTA throws a super fun Spring Fling event. You know the kind....carnival rides, silly games, cotton candy, DJ, cake walk (Oh my favorite), cokes, candy, hair spray the works! It is a family night of total chaotic fun. Alongside the crazy fun for the kiddos the PTA asks local businesses for donations for a silent auction and each classroom is responsible for a theme basket of goodies to silent auction as well. And every year we buy 1-3 of these baskets. Because I know this money goes to the good of the school (it wasn't my salary until this year). We've bought a BBQ basket complete with enough A1 sauce to last me until the year 2020. No lie. One year we bought an awesome craft basket I think we're sitll using to this date. I'm not saying the baskets were all bad, but enough was enough. It was time for a change. So in January I emailed the president and said I needed to talk to the board about an idea. Most of these moms know me, so they were very open to me coming and throwing my idea into the pot. So here's what I proposed: 1. instead of baskets for each class I wanted to create an original painting with each class, totally 23 paintings. 2. I wanted to use my art work as the inspiration for each of the 23 paintings with each grade level a different theme. We decided as a group that the following would be the class themes: k-nest, 1st- bird cages, 2nd- long flowers, 4rd- whimsical landscapes, 4th-bikes, 5th- trucks, Special Ed-cake 3. I wanted them to be framed in the salvage frames 4. I wanted the PTA to buy the frames and ask the students for a small donation to defer the costs of these 5. I wanted to get the images up on the school website at least 3 weeks ahead to get parents excited about this and get them to the event 6. I wanted the PTA to get the Square app so we could take credit cards 7. I wanted to do all this during my regular art time slots with the kids 8. I wanted to be totally done by Spring Break. 9. I wanted to make lots and lots of money 10. I wanted them to trust me that I could indeed get #1-9 done exactly as planned. And well, they loved the idea!! So Phillip made the frames, and I picked them up as seen here: These are LARGE paintings. Like the smallest is 20x20 inside frame. The big skinny ones are an awesome 12x36! Super great sizes. My 5th grade helpers then rolled the wood canvas with black primer. Once the black was dry I set out drawing the 23 canvases. It was effortless getting these ideas out and onto the wood canvas. I also started talking to the kids about the upcoming project and got them very excited!! It took 2 weeks to finish all the paintings....I see the classes 3 times in a two week period. (Except K and pre-K. I did have to go to them during my planning periods. I don't teach those grades.) We set up a table in the back for canvas work and while the rest of the class worked quietly on another project I called about 3 kids at a time back to work with me. And although not one person did more than the other they all felt a part of the process. As the paintings were started we emailed the teachers what we were doing. I have to say doing something NEW is always difficult. I am still not 100% sure the teachers understand what we've done, and I know parents are clueless as to the amazing final products that the kids have made. Every Thursday the PTA group wanders down and just grins at what transpired. I think they too had some "is this really gonna work?" monsters in their heads. But I stick to my word and do what I say I'm gonna do. Even if it did burn me out of my own studio time! Whew. And we are all getting the auction bidding eyes on.....unfortunately there are 3 Mommas I know I'll have to contend with for Mailey's class painting!! Maybe more!! So here are some of the 23 paintings we'll have for sale Friday night. I can not wait!! I just know I'm gonna cry. Because seeing the paintings all hanging is going to be an unbelieveable sight for these sore eyes!! The above bike is Mailey's class painting BTW.....I am really into kites these days!!! So, I WILL be taking loads of pics of the night and let you know the sales totals. I really hope we aren't disappointed.....I don't see how we can't make tons of money on these amazing works of art!!
Sometimes I get grand ideas in my head. And instead of just thinking about the ideas and keeping them to myself I tell people about the ideas and the next thing you know I am swimming in the ideas looking for the dang foam float. Yep. But hopefully this idea will pay off LARGE. Let me back up my long story with this little tid bit for you. Art teachers in our county at the elementary school level are paid for partially by the PTA. Yes, you just read that right. Our PTA has to bust tail to raise money to pay for my salary, and I think the school nurse. May be wrong on that one, but definitely mine. The county pays for X number of hours and the PTA has to make up for the rest to have me there the 30 hours a week I teach. And they have to pay for all the supplies we use up at a rather swift pace. So there's a little background for you and why, oh why I decided to tackle this insane fundraiser idea. So the idea. Each spring the PTA throws a super fun Spring Fling event. You know the kind....carnival rides, silly games, cotton candy, DJ, cake walk (Oh my favorite), cokes, candy, hair spray the works! It is a family night of total chaotic fun. Alongside the crazy fun for the kiddos the PTA asks local businesses for donations for a silent auction and each classroom is responsible for a theme basket of goodies to silent auction as well. And every year we buy 1-3 of these baskets. Because I know this money goes to the good of the school (it wasn't my salary until this year). We've bought a BBQ basket complete with enough A1 sauce to last me until the year 2020. No lie. One year we bought an awesome craft basket I think we're sitll using to this date. I'm not saying the baskets were all bad, but enough was enough. It was time for a change. So in January I emailed the president and said I needed to talk to the board about an idea. Most of these moms know me, so they were very open to me coming and throwing my idea into the pot. So here's what I proposed: 1. instead of baskets for each class I wanted to create an original painting with each class, totally 23 paintings. 2. I wanted to use my art work as the inspiration for each of the 23 paintings with each grade level a different theme. We decided as a group that the following would be the class themes: k-nest, 1st- bird cages, 2nd- long flowers, 4rd- whimsical landscapes, 4th-bikes, 5th- trucks, Special Ed-cake 3. I wanted them to be framed in the salvage frames 4. I wanted the PTA to buy the frames and ask the students for a small donation to defer the costs of these 5. I wanted to get the images up on the school website at least 3 weeks ahead to get parents excited about this and get them to the event 6. I wanted the PTA to get the Square app so we could take credit cards 7. I wanted to do all this during my regular art time slots with the kids 8. I wanted to be totally done by Spring Break. 9. I wanted to make lots and lots of money 10. I wanted them to trust me that I could indeed get #1-9 done exactly as planned. And well, they loved the idea!! So Phillip made the frames, and I picked them up as seen here: These are LARGE paintings. Like the smallest is 20x20 inside frame. The big skinny ones are an awesome 12x36! Super great sizes. My 5th grade helpers then rolled the wood canvas with black primer. Once the black was dry I set out drawing the 23 canvases. It was effortless getting these ideas out and onto the wood canvas. I also started talking to the kids about the upcoming project and got them very excited!! It took 2 weeks to finish all the paintings....I see the classes 3 times in a two week period. (Except K and pre-K. I did have to go to them during my planning periods. I don't teach those grades.) We set up a table in the back for canvas work and while the rest of the class worked quietly on another project I called about 3 kids at a time back to work with me. And although not one person did more than the other they all felt a part of the process. As the paintings were started we emailed the teachers what we were doing. I have to say doing something NEW is always difficult. I am still not 100% sure the teachers understand what we've done, and I know parents are clueless as to the amazing final products that the kids have made. Every Thursday the PTA group wanders down and just grins at what transpired. I think they too had some "is this really gonna work?" monsters in their heads. But I stick to my word and do what I say I'm gonna do. Even if it did burn me out of my own studio time! Whew. And we are all getting the auction bidding eyes on.....unfortunately there are 3 Mommas I know I'll have to contend with for Mailey's class painting!! Maybe more!! So here are some of the 23 paintings we'll have for sale Friday night. I can not wait!! I just know I'm gonna cry. Because seeing the paintings all hanging is going to be an unbelieveable sight for these sore eyes!! The above bike is Mailey's class painting BTW.....I am really into kites these days!!! So, I WILL be taking loads of pics of the night and let you know the sales totals. I really hope we aren't disappointed.....I don't see how we can't make tons of money on these amazing works of art!!
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So the day finally came. And I was a nervous wreck. No really. I was quiet and reserved because my nerves were a mess. And this is why. Yes, it was an amazing idea. And yes the artwork turned out beyond my wildest dreams good. And yes, the PTA was beyond kind about the whole process. But....what if no one bought them? Oh geesh. I'd brought my personal show displays for the work since I knew they'd all fit. Around 4:30 we had the artwork all set and ready to go. I ran home to change and grab William then back to the school I ran. Ready to meet and greet and show off all our hard work. As families walked out every child came running over to proudly show their parents which painting was their class'. Most were so complimentary. And I just beamed sharing the how we accomplished such amazing work. I do have to say there were a few snobby Mommies in their decked out heels and make-up who turned their noses up. I seriously wanted to punch them in their overly done faces....one even said "I have no use for a truck painting." OMG. Not only did ya stab me a good one, you just stabbed your own child! Urgh....there were several of those type of comments. I also had to remember that not everyone appreciates the same type of art I do. I know this. But most families did love them. The ones who bid were super excited to not be bidding on baskets full of A1 sauce. Many were confused though, as to the process and how to bid. Some were taken back at the starting bids, which we set at $50. (Now I must interject here, we are by no means rich. With money that is. We have a budget for everything. We've been down the dark road before and have NO intention of ever seeing it again. I won't share my entire budget with you, but will tell you that we spend $150 on groceries a week, $130 on gas and we get $100 to spend eating out or on entertainment. Last week for instance we went to Wings and Things. It was $48. So that meant we had $52 for the rest of the week. And spring fling had to be a part of that money. We also have extra in the budget for spending on things like auction items. I had a limit for my bidding and once we hit it I had to back down. Mailey got that. And was fine. Of course I can always have her class paint me one.) Anyhoo, I share that personal information with you because $50 was not unreasonable to start the bidding on a painting that is priceless no doubt. But I was made painfully aware that $50 was just not feasable for many families in our school. And it broke my heart. Because many were ones who really wanted the paintings but could not bid. Does this make sense? So every painting sold. The lowest bid being $50, the highest being $300. Gulp. As I wrung my hands out at 9:30 Friday night my worst fear had come a teensy bit true. Although we made money. Let me be clear about this. Made money. More than the basket auctions in the past, but it still did not meet my expectations. My expectations. The PTA however, turned to me that night and said, let's do this again next year. We learned a few things this year and next year it'll only be better. So they were again being ever supportive and ever optimistic. I love those women. And truly in the end, yes the money was important, but more importantly these children were given an opportunity unlike any they may encounter again. They had the opportunity to work with a real artist on a real painting to sell in a real auction. Hey, just like Horton's little speck, our school is huge to these students and they made history that night by selling their work. Next year, I'll be teaching here again and I am sure students will be offering many an opinion about what to paint. We'll see about that. I do have issues with control and doing things my way...hahaha....and expectations. Not that I intend to lower them. Next year I'll have this year under my belt and can be a little more realist about our outcome. Oh and below was Mailey's class painting...the one that had the bidding war and ended up at $300. Like I said, I can always get them to paint me one, right? Anyhoo, I can not thank you guys ENOUGH for your support of this project. It made the evening so much better reading your comments on FB, getting sweet texts and of course your comments. It's always lovely when you know you are loved. And I certainly felt it. Puffy heart that.
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Bottle Cap Crayon Tea Lights: In this instructable you'll learn how to turn some ordinary household materials into colorful miniature candles. This activity does require using a knife and a stove top, so children need to seek the help of an adult. The process is very simple, so …
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"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." - Mother Teresa
