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Green Review: Artterro Art Journal Kits

January 27, 2012

We’re in the middle of our Artterro Eco Arts & Crafts Giveaway so I wanted to fill you in on one of the great prizes, the Artterro Art Journal Kit. Use: Crafty free-form fun that allows imaginative kids (or adults) to explore their artistic creativity through art journaling. Available in many different colors as shown above. Cost: A super [...]

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Artterro Eco-friendly Art Kits Giveaway!

January 24, 2012

Engaging young children in crafty projects is a great way to grow your child’s imagination and it can help them develop lifelong skills such as creativity, hand-eye coordination, critical thinking and so much more. Plus, if you go with green-art supplies and kits, crafts can teach your child about green living. Artterro makes eco-friendly arts [...]

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Green Product Review: Artterro Wool Felt Bug Kit

December 8, 2011

Review summary: An excellent buggy art kit that requires almost zero parent help – although, you’ll probably want to make a bug too! Product: Artterro Wool Felt Bug Kit Use: Crafty buggy fun for creative kids – and even adults. Cost:  An affordable $19.95 at Amazon or at the Artterro online shop. Eco-perks: For more information [...]

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Green Gifts for Crafty & Creative Kids

November 27, 2010

You very rarely can go wrong when you give crafty gifts for the holidays. Most kiddos love arts and crafts of all sorts, and nowadays there’s a fairly amazing array of eco-friendly art products out there. Here are some excellent green arts and crafts gifts for inspiring creativity this holiday season. If you’re looking for [...]

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Green Product Review: Artterro Arts & Crafts Kits

November 13, 2010

Review summary: Great, low-priced art kits for kids made with eco-friendly materials. Product: Three art kits from Artterro – Collage Jewelry Kit, Creativity Kit and Paint With Wool Portrait Kit. Use: Crafty fun for creative kids – and even adults. Cost: Vary. Each kit costs about $16-$25, but I think all are reasonable. The three [...]

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Green Company Review: Artterro

October 9, 2010

An excellent family-friendly, green-friendly company with almost zero cons. Coming up I’ll be posting specific reviews of a few Artterro art kits. Before I do that though, let’s take a look at the company basics. BASICS: Artterro was founded by Forrest & Jen who note that after searching high and low for “Eco-friendly, open-ended art [...]

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20 DIY Eco-Friendly Summer Toys

June 6, 2010

You don’t have to spend a lot of green on cool eco-friendly summer toys. You, along with your kids can make a whole slew of eco-friendly toys all on your own, with low-cost eco-friendly or recycled materials. Following are 20 eco-fun, summer toy projects. Really neat rock dominoes (shown above) – one of those I [...]

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Nature Craft – Homemade Tea & Juice Dye

May 28, 2010

When I was a kid I was obsessed with the book series All-of-a-Kind Family book series. Now I barely remember any of the stories but I remember some and especially remember the chapter where the clever mama (IMO) used tea to dye a dress so her daughter could attend a dance. I thought that was [...]

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Green Product Review: PlayMais

May 9, 2010

Today I’ve got a video review that my son Cedar and I made in summer 2008. Or I should say a video that my son reluctantly made. Cedar would rather be showing off his dance moves than talking about a toy, but he’s also a semi-good sport. It’s nuts to see this old video by [...]

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Responsible and Green Magazine Reading Habits

May 3, 2010

There are some benefits to real, hold-in-your-hand paper magazines such as they’re awesome for recycled material art projects, are better than your laptop in the bathtub and magazines may encourage kids to read – often kids who don’t love reading books do find that they like reading magazines. That said, no matter how cool a [...]

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