Good Earth Art

Even if you aren’t one to Go Green, Good Earth Art: Environmental Art for Kids is a great way to gather new ideas for crafting with kids. This book focuses primarily in using (and reusing) unused and recyclable goods to create art and foster imagination in young minds. (And just in case you were wondering, the book itself is printed on recycled paper!)

Good Earth Art has around 200 arts and craft projects which make good use out old t-shirts, leaves, outdated film, tin cans and even roofing! Everything is broken down into the following categories: Painting and Drawing, Sculpture and Mobiles, Collage and Printing, Weaving and Crafts, and crafts which are Homemade by Hand. Towards the end of the book there are even instructions for young kids to make their own potpourri, natural dyes and perfume! It’s pretty thorough. Furthermore, it spans a wide variety of ages, offering craft ideas for ages 1 and up. This is a craft book that you and your family could make very good use out of for some time.

I’d particularly recommend this book to parents of children who like creating things with their hands and are inclined to gather up household items to put masterpieces together. The instructions and processes for creating the various crafts are straight forward and easy to comprehend. Some materials would need to be purchased in order to fulfill the crafting requirements, but not all.

This is the kind of book that is perfect for the young artist who enjoys exploring the world around them and beyond the price of the book for the ideas, you’ll find few other expenses, if any.

Would you like to win a copy of this book for you and your family to use? Gryphon House has generously agreed to give away one copy of this book to one of our readers. In order to win, you must be a U.S. Resident and simply leave a comment below! Good luck and have fun creating!

We’ll announce the winner May 31.

Other giveaways still open: Asian Heritage Month package, Latino Books Month package

The winners of Rose House are
#25 Ann
#21 Shelly

Carrie comes by her book obsession honestly, having descended from a long line of bibliophiles. She blogs about books regularly at Reading to Know.