Setting Up a Craft Table That Actually Gets Used
A craft cupboard fails for logistical reasons, not creative ones. Here is the arrangement that survives contact with real children.
Notes From the Table
What we have worked out from running one craft table for several years. No product placement, just the arrangements that turned out to matter.
Foam, Felt or Paper: Picking the Right Surface
Three materials that look interchangeable on a shelf and behave nothing alike once scissors and glue get involved.
Buying Craft Supplies in Bulk Without Waste
Classroom counts save money on the things that get consumed and waste it on the things that get chosen. Knowing which is which is most of the skill.
A First Craft Cupboard for a Five-Year-Old
The shortest list that still covers most of what a small child will want to make, and nothing that will sit unopened.
Kids Craft Supplies: What to Buy First
A short buying order for kids craft supplies, from the four things worth owning on day one to the packs that only make sense once the table is already busy.
Kids Craft Supplies by Age: Three, Five and Eight
The same cupboard reads differently at three, at five and at eight. Which kids craft supplies belong at each stage, and which ones to keep on a high shelf a while longer.