Storing and dispensing yarn can be a nightmare - the above picture shows one of the worst ways to do it. Yes, this photo is from my classroom, but I have come a long way since piling up all my tangled yarn in a cardboard box! Check out all these tips for keeping your sanity when dispensing yarn to students.
With all these ideas, train your students to leave a "tail" so the yarn doesn't get lost. Also, have early finishers wind yarn around toilet paper tubes or cardboard cones.
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| This brilliant idea is from Abbie Burge, shared on the High School Art Teachers Facebook page. She has a bit of tape on each cardboard tube where the end of the yarn can be found. I love this! |
1. Create a yarn caddy by using large plastic tubs with drilled holes for yarn dispensing - this picture is from art teacher Tracy Triplett:
2. Or, drill holes in the lid of a large plastic container (ornament containers go on sale after Christmas!):
3. Use soda bottles with the bottoms cut off - stored upside down, the yarn is dispensed through the spout -
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4. Or try using fast food ice cream containers:
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5. Use a laundry basket - the holes provide a dispensing mechanism:
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these give me some ideas, too:
6. A shoe organizer also works well for dispensing yarn!
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7. cheap drink containers from the dollar store:
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8. Wipe containers repurposed:
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9. Get full directions on how to use a small plastic container to make a yarn caddy here: Yarn Holder DIY, Chatter Box Jenn
12. Lezley Stiff says, "I use the soda bottles, cut off the bottom, hole punch near the top to hold a thumb tack into the bulletin board. It's perfect because they can see all the colors before they choose one, and I put the rainbow yarn on the bottom row. It took a while to get it setup, but now it is so easy! And kids love to help me roll yarn balls and help straighten them up."
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| photo credit: Sarah Winther Shumaker...she says, "From the K.I.S.S. school of tips: I finally figured out a better yarn distribution system that doesn't end with yarn on the floor... I started wearing it. I cut about 4-6 pieces of each color beforehand and then pulled out the strand the student wanted when they asked. Never going back." from the Art Teachers Facebook group |
Make a Cardboard Weaving Needle in 2 Minutes or Less, Alexis Hamilton Green
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article by Mrs. Anna Nichols
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