Good Earth Art Environmental Art for Kids

Featuring more than two hundred projects, this guide offers ideas for painting and drawing, sculpture and mobiles, collage and printing, weaving and crafts, and handmade art supplies, all to emphasize recycling and natural materials.

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the author of Discovering Great Artists and Fine Art. Cindy Gainer is the author of I'm Like You, You're Like Me. Together they are the coauthors of MathArts.

Table of Contents

6 Using symbols
10 Building Blocks to Creativity
11 Introduction

13-44 Chapter 1: Painting and Drawing
Examples of activities: Newspaper Design, Cardboard Box Painting, Fresco, Impasto, Scrimshaw, Felt Drawings, Nature Rubbings, Shadow Paintings, Leaf Burst

45-94 Chapter 2: Sculpture and Mobiles
Examples of activities: String Sew, Newspaper Sculpture, Paper Tube Sculpture, Shadow Art, Cardboard City, Aces Wild Sculpture, Lid Mobile, Theme Tree, Cinnamon Ornaments, Sandy Bakery, Seashell Display, On-Site Beach, Pebble Towers, Shell Chimes

95-128 Chapter 3: Collage and Printing
Examples of activities: String Collage, Wood Shavings Collage, Dried Bean Pictures, Waxed Paper Leaf Collage, Sandwich bag Designs, Funny Paper Art, Yarn Prints, Chalk Floats, Bubble Pop Art, Garden Prints, Foiled Leaf, Pressed Cookie Print

129-180 Chapter 4: Weaving and Crafts
Examples of activities: Branch Weave, Fence Weave, Fruit Basket Weave, Shrinkles, Stained Glass Lantern, Luminaries, Nature Wreath, Holiday Chain, Wildflower Chain, Feather Necklace, Pebble Necklace, Newspaper Beds, Egg Shell Planters

181-214 Chapter 5: Homemade by Hand
Examples of activities: Earth Paints, earth Crayons, Nature Paintbrush, Egg Shell Crayons, Homemade Rice Paste, Homemade paper, Recycled Wrap, Natural Berry Dye, Onion Skin Egg Dye, Homemade Fossils, Pressed Plants, Old Sock Puppets

215-224 Chapter 6: Resource Guide
Examples: Where to Find Free Materials, Environmental Organizations, Bibliography, Indexes, About the Authors