green crafts

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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Organic Craft Dough Creations

July 18, 2010

The other day I posted what may be the world’s cheapest eco-craft – organic flour dough. I said I’d post some of our creations soon, so to follow through here you go. A couple of these picture will also give you an idea of what happens when you mix in food coloring, although you do [...]

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The World’s Cheapest Eco-Craft – Organic Craft Dough

July 14, 2010

Sometimes we get so hung up on new cool stuff we forget the simple things; like dough crafts. Dough crafting is hands down one of the least expensive eco-crafts you can try with the kids, and best of all, you probably have everything you need for this craft in your kitchen right now! MAKE SOME [...]

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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 Holiday Gifts for Crafty Kids

December 16, 2009

You can still score gifts with online shipping in time for Christmas at many venues for a few more days – which means you have enough time to pick up a super slick eco-arts & craft gift for the little artist in your house. Oompa Art Supplies: The best reason to shop at Oompa is [...]

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Recycled Cereal Box Houses!

December 7, 2009

Just a quickie tonight because I’m dead busy, but I found these adorable cereal box buildings and had to share. Technically, cereal is something you can get in bulk, thus eliminating the box altogether, BUT if you do buy boxed cereal, this is such a cute idea for how to recycle them. Aren’t these sweet! [...]

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Natural Thanksgiving Decor

November 17, 2009

If you’ve gathered up all the organic holiday food for your green Thanksgiving; or at least planned the menu, it’s time to start thinking about decor. There are plenty of natural decor ideas you can use that won’t turn your Thanksgiving into a big footprint event. Following are some great ideas. Festive Pumpkin Flowerpot – [...]