Nifty·Posted on Aug 17, 201819 Teacher Instagram Hacks That Will Make This School Year The Best One YetJust a few ways to save your money, time, and patience.by Emily ShwakeBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Use hot glue and painter's tape to hang posters without damaging the walls. View this photo on Instagram 2. Wedge a roll of toilet paper into a candle holder and take out the cardboard so you don't have to buy your own Kleenex. View this photo on Instagram 3. Get a bunch of paint chips from Home Depot to teach colors, spelling, and even homonyms! View this photo on Instagram 4. Separate crayons by color into drawers so they can quickly pick out the one they need. View this photo on Instagram 5. Label a shoe organizer to store their headphones, water bottles, or school supplies. View this photo on Instagram 6. Make reading guides out of laminate strips and highlighter tape to help students that are easily distracted. View this photo on Instagram 7. Cut composition notebooks in half, since kids never usually use the whole page anyway. View this photo on Instagram 8. Cut erasers in half with a utility knife and write numbers on them so your students know whose is whose. View this photo on Instagram 9. Glue pompoms to marker caps so each student has their own eraser when using the whiteboards. View this photo on Instagram 10. Lay letters on clear tape to hang them on your bulletin board without stressing over the placement. View this photo on Instagram 11. Bring their scissors home so you can give them a rinse in the dishwasher. View this photo on Instagram 12. Save the caps when the glue runs out so you have a spare on hand when one gets lost. View this photo on Instagram 13. Store glue in plastic containers with a sponge so you don't have to rely on finicky squeeze bottles. View this photo on Instagram 14. Sort out the dull pencils so the kids don't have to dig through the stash to find a sharp one. View this photo on Instagram 15. Hang clothespins so students can claim their homework. View this photo on Instagram 16. Reinforce the lids of crayon boxes with duct tape and unclog all of your glue tops with vegetable oil. View this photo on Instagram 17. Write names directly on the desks with oil-based Sharpie marker so you don't have to fuss over name tags. View this photo on Instagram 18. Frame this template to keep track of the things you always forget. View this photo on Instagram 19. Stick push lights on the wall to remind students how loudly or quietly they should be working. View this photo on Instagram 37 Insanely Smart School Teacher Hacks25 Insanely Clever Schoolteacher Hacks