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We have the combination of a small budget and being in a church that we only have use of on Sundays, which has made us extra creative. If we want to put something on a wall it has to be able to go over what is already there, so I often just ignore the walls.

 

Almost everything we have comes from Thrift stores, clearance racks, and garage sales I'm always on the lookout for anything that looks "Biblical". 

 

We use big pieces of colored fabric to create ground, water, grass, etc this is especially useful in drama. We hang a curtain by a rope across the corner of a room which the teacher for our story telling workshop sits in front of giving us our"Tent"illusion, and the kids sit on a wool blanket with lots of pillows. We also have big baskets we use in differnt place. For our movie workshop we put out twinkling lights along the hallway leading to the room and a "Now Showing" Poster we create for the current video placed on an easel. Out front. I bought some dark maroon upholstry velvet and am making theatre curtains which I hand on an expansion rod leading into the room.

 

I found bought a plaster pillar on sale at the fabric store and found another at a thrift shop, these get used in art and drama. For our art workshop I bought a 3 tiered metal art cart which I found great deal on at Boeing Surplus. It is handy not only for storing art supplies on but it adds to the atmoshphere.

 

I loved the pictures of other church's workbench type tablesin their art rooms. To imitate this I pinned a couple of sheets to the side of the storage building in my yard - it has long, rough horizontal boards which I used as guides to paint wood boards onto my sheets - knot holes and all! This looks really cool and whenever paint - or snacks - get on them it just adds to the look.

 

 

Last edited by Wormy the Helpful Worm
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