I love to incorporate fun, novelty jewelry into my looks for teaching! I especially love funky-themed earrings and bracelets! During this back-to-school season, I’ve been seeing a lot of teacher and school-themed jewelry and accessories. This post will be a round-up of ALL of my favorites! Note: all links are affiliated links unless otherwise noted. I earn a small commission when you shop my links. Thank you for using my links when you shop my favorites! Gold Pencil Bracelet $58.00 Teal Pencil Bracelet $58.00 Paint Palette Earrings, Ruler Earrings, and more fun school-themed jewelry Backpa ..read more

Teacher Appreciation Week 2022 is Monday, May 2 through Friday, May 6 this year! As a teacher myself, I wanted to share some cute ideas for Teacher Appreciation gifts you can give to the awesome teachers in your life! Cute teacher tumbler: teachers LOVE coffee, and these tumblers will look so cute on their desks! Pair with a Starbucks, Dunkin, or Wawa gift card! School Supplies: teachers go through school supplies quickly, so this is the perfect inexpensive gift for them! Here is a list of some of my favorite teacher items! Attach one of my teacher gift tags to personalize it with your ..read more

I’m SO excited to share my new Etsy shop with my sister Kaitlyn, School Fuel Charms! School Fuel Charms was born when Kaitlyn and I began collecting Disney straw charms for our teacher cups. We wondered why no one was making straw charms specifically for teachers, so we decided to create them ourselves! ❤️ Who is a part of School Fuel Charms? Chelsey (me) and Kaitlyn (my sister!) We are two teacher sisters who are two years apart! We are so excited to work together on this new venture! What is a straw charm? Straw Charms are simply a charm that slides onto any regular-sized straw! Our straw c ..read more

REGISTER HERE! I am THRILLED to share I will be a presenter again at this year’s Elementary STEM Con! The Elementary STEM Con will be held virtually from April 8-10, 2022. I will be presenting TWO sessions- “Art is ELEMENTary! Teaching the 7 Elements of Art” and “Cultivating a creative classroom: ideas to inspire creativity”! Each of these sessions will be available to you for ONE FULL YEAR, so you can go back and rewatch at your leisure! Here’s everything you need to know to register: COST TO ATTEND The Elementary STEM Con is ONLY $39 when you register with Friends & Fans registration ..read more

The official Hour of Code week is December 6-12! Whether you are a Computer teacher, Technology teacher, or classroom teacher, ANYONE can participate in the Hour of Code! Now I know what you're thinking: "Code is intimidating!" "I don't know how to code." "I don't feel confident enough to teach code." If any of these thoughts entered your head- that's okay! Prior to teaching coding, my only "coding" experience was editing my Myspace HTML in high school to add cool backgrounds and images to my page (anyone else?) I PROMISE you- teaching coding is more simple than you think! There are lots of w ..read more

It’s the most SPOOKtacular time of year at school! I wanted to share with you a fun STEM challenge from Maniacs In the Middle (Josie Bensko) I taught this week, as well as some fun teacher fashion for Halloween! Halloween STEM CHALLENGE For Halloween week at school, I wanted to find a fun engineering challenge for my 3rd-6th grade students! Josie’s Pumpkin STEM Challenge was exactly what I was looking for! Students build 3D pumpkin stands using paper cups, index cards, popsicle sticks. cardstock and masking tape. I had my students work in groups of 2-3 students. I taught this challenge as a 2 ..read more

Happy Summer! I officially ended school on June 22, and I’ve been working on my school curriculum, my new classroom, and some fun Instagram posts! Even during the summer, I’m always on the lookout for fun teacher accessories and clothing for my teacher ootd’s! I’ve found a few fun and colorful statement earrings, perfect for teachers! Here are my faves: baublebar glue bottle earrings (on sale!) How adorable are these glue bottle earrings?! These are perfect for an art teacher or any elementary teacher. “Just a dot, not a lot” definitely comes to mind!! Iridescent Rainbow earrings- OH SO JO I ..read more

As an art teacher, I love a good rainbow! ? I like to surround myself with rainbows in my office, at school, and even in my car! The bright colors make me happy and inspire me to keep going, even on hard days. When it comes to organizing my classroom, I use ROYGIV organization! Here are a few reasons why I LOVE using the rainbow as my organization guide: Functional system When you organize in rainbow order, you create a system that is easy for your students to follow. They will begin to learn what color bin or basket to look for when they need a specific material so they don’t have to ask whe ..read more

I am finally reopening my Etsy shop, Hipster Art Teacher on Wednesday, April 14 at 7 pm EST! For the past year, I have been dreaming up product ideas, creating sketches, and searching for vendors to help me bring my ideas to life! I’m excited to make a few announcements in this post, so be sure to read all the way to the end so you don’t miss anything ? Stickers Are Back! Stickers are back and I’ve added seven NEW designs to the shop! Some of my favorites include the “every artist was once a beginner” sticker and the “teacher rainbow” sticker! Pins! I am excited to offer two pin designs to my ..read more

I was inspired to create this colored pencil garland using Astrobrights Tropical Cardstock! I love the variety of fun Spring colors in the pack ? Here’s how to create your own: Pick up the Astrobrights Tropical Cardstock pack from your local Target or at Target.com for same-day pickup! Attach one sheet of Tropical cardstock to a paper towel roll using double-sided tape. Use the template linked below to create the pencil point using brown cardstock. Follow the same process for the color point. Attach the pencil point using glue to hold it in place. Use a hole punch to create a hole o ..read more