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Y'aLL ReAdY fOr ThiS?? *cue up the 90's Jock Jams *
No seriously, are you ready for the *Ultimate Supply List * for your adapted art class? After 15 years of teaching self contained adapted art, I have compiled a list of my go to supplies that can be used in many different ways. Oh and there's more good news: most of these supplies can actually be found at your local dollar store!
Quick sidebar: If you are teaching a self contained adapted art class this year and are looking for help with HOW to go about navigating this class, I encourage you to head to my previous blog here, and you can also check out this blog post with some of my all time favorite art lessons to do in adapted class.
Ok, let's do this!!
The Ultimate Adapted Art Supply List
* The first three sections of this list are made up mostly of items that can be found at your local dollar store. However, to make things easy, I went ahead and linked what I could to Amazon for convenience. I have also linked my favorite brands for the more traditional art supplies.
Containers for Holding Supplies or Used for Printing *
- Muffin tins
- Sheet pans
- Salad Spinner
- Aluminum Casserole Pans
- Foil
- Plastic cups w/ lids
- Ice cube trays with lids
- Plastic Spray bottles
Materials Great for Sensory Play *
- Cornstarch (for Oobleck)
- Food coloring (safer alternative to liquid watercolor)
- Shaving cream (or whipped cream for sensory play)
- Flour
- Dish soap (
- Salt (salf resist for watercolor)
- Baking Soda (for fun experiments with vinegar)
- Colored Rice (sensory bin filler)
- Mini plastic animals or cars (perfect for sensory bins!)
- Kitchen storage rack (for Oobleck play)
- Chips & dip dishes (for sorting paper, materials or sensory supplies)
Recycled Supplies*
- Bubble wrap (all sizes- for all the printing!)
- Cardboard (all the cardboard!)
- Cardboard egg cartons
- Styrofoam egg cartons
- Plastic containers (for sensory bottles)
- Cardboard tubes
Materials to Add Texture *
- Dish brush with handle
- Loofahs
- Rolling pins
- Tooth brushes (use to splatter paint)
- Cotton Swabs
- Clothes pins (to hold small pieces of sponge)
- Plastic silverware
- Plastic combs
- Marbles
- Potato masher
- Kitchen utensils
- Garlic press
- Eye droppers
- Plastic Wrap
- Craft Sponges
- Squeegee
Supplies From Art Distributors
- Kinetic Sand or Play Foam Sand
- Fun Foam
- Cloud Clay
- Model Magic
- Clay palm printers
- Texture Rollers
- Easy grip texture rollers
- Texture Scrapers
- Fluorescent Tempera Cakes
- Fluorescent Tempera Paint (tip: add white to each color to make them more opaque on black paper!)
- Squeezable paint brushes
- Kwik Stix
- Bingo Daubers
- Chalk Markers (great for drawing on transparencies or windows )
- Contact paper
- Transparency Film
- Plexiglass sheets (for printmaking & painting)
- Standing Plexiglass (reuse those old sneeze guards from covid times)
- Adapted Scissors
- Large Pencils
- Clear Glue
- Empty Daubers (to add glue to)
- Pom Poms
- Craft Foam
- Googely Eyes
- Adapted Paint Brushes
- Textured Art Tools
Whew! I know that seems like a HUGE list but honestly, I bet you already have many of these materials in your storage room. Stay tuned to learn more about how I use many of these materials for specific activities and lessons in my adapted art class.
Embrace the mess and have fun!
Cheers!
