Teacher Stamps and Designs
Teachers need hands-on materials that are affordable.
And, teachers and school extra curricular clubs and organizations need fund raising ideas that pull profits.
Here is a source for many of these needs.
Link to the Teacher Stamp Company (TSC) site…
What's On Offer?
TSC Design carries affordable art and crafts materials such as stencils, papers, kid safe inks, glitter and
But, even if you don't want to buy arts and crafts materials from TSC Design, check out their Website for how-to craft-project and fundraiser ideas.
Low Prices - High Demand
How can we tell that this stuff is good?
Answer: TSC Designs has an exhibitor's booth at the Texas Computer Education Association Convention in Austin, Texas each year.
And, the TSC Booth is always "swamped" with teachers.
Why?
There is a high demand for low priced materials, especially from teachers who have to pay for classroom materials out of their own "affluence-challenged" pockets.
Check out the Website
TSC Designs offers a dated, but effective Website. The site design is clean and the site is simple to use.
Unfortunately, the site does not offer an automated (virtual) shopping cart, and you have to order the "old fashioned way."
The TSC also accepts school purchase orders, but because of the "archaic& school district purchasing laws in Texas, we can guess that the company does very little school district business (at least in Texas).
Most of the sales will be direct to teachers, clubs and school organizations who are not subject to the silly and stifling rules that Texas school districts are "heir to."
Why Fundraising?
Low cost raw materials can be turned into objects of perceived high value with he materials that TSC sells.
Any holiday, any occasion where you can take a nickel's worth of materials and sell the resulting craft for $0.25, $0.50 or $1.00 is a money maker…as long as each item doesn't take too long to create.
Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Sweetheart's Day…any excuse really, where students can create an affordable, attractive message for a special someone.
The cards and designs are money makers. And, these are money makers that provide real value because…
- Commercial cards are over priced and too expensive for children
- Hand-made, attractive art delivers sentiment and the receiver's smile perks up, while stylized commercial art delivers a "Ho Hum!" and a half-hearted, "I-know-I-have-to-smile" grin
- Children can create something pretty
Sidebar
Three dimensional objects capture attention. And, embossing is a technique for adding depth to a flat piece of paper.
For example, a child would have to paint a picture in the style and technique of a Rembrandt, da Vinci, or Monet before parents give it a fleeting glance as they tack the gift to the refrigerator with magnets. But, parents display three-dimensional "pieces of love" in a place of honor, and they exhibit three-demensional work to any relative or neighbor who comes within their grasp.
So, check out the TSC Design Website, and see if any of these low cost supplies can pay for themselves in your classroom or on your campus.
