Eco-friendly Crafting with Kids


Book Description

Quirky, colorful, and fun projects for preschool kids and their parents to make together. Small children love crafting and creating, and it's educational as well as enjoyable- crafting can help develop fine motor skills and teaches small children to follow instructions and work alongside someone else. Kate Lilley's hugely popular blog, Mini-eco, grew out of her desire to teach her own kids to be resourceful and use recycled items or what's around them for creative play. parents and kids alike will love the 35 bold, colorful projects featured in the book and divided into sections that include Music, Nature, Recycle, Paper and Card, Sewing and Threading, and Science. The final section contains a list of 50 quick "boredom busters" that harassed parents can pull out of the bag in an emergency!




Eco-Friendly Crafting With Kids


Book Description

Quirky, colourful and fun projects for preschool kids and their parents to make together. Small children love crafting and creating, and it's educational as well as enjoyable - crafting can help develop fine motor skills and teaches small children to follow instructions and work alongside someone else. Kate Lilley's hugely popular blog, Minieco, grew out of her desire to teach her own kids to be resourceful and use what's around them for creative play. Parents and kids alike will love the 35 bold, colourful projects featured in the book and divided into sections that include Music, Nature, Sewing, Science and Recycling Bin. The final section contains a list of 50 quick boredom busters that harassed parents can pull out of the bag in an emergency! Kate Lilley has a degree in Fine Art and a Master's Degree in Visual Communication. She then went on to work as a web designer before becoming a Mum. Kate's blog, Minieco, chronicles her adventures in crafting with her two young sons using inexpensive materials found around the home. Minieco has just celebrated its second birthday and currently receives 150,000 visits a month.




Eco Craft Book


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Everyone knows crafting is so much fun - but did you know that it can sometimes create excess waste that is not good for our planet? For this imaginative collection of projects, most of what you need is already in your recycling box, but for other supplies there is a handy guide on what gets a planet-friendly thumbs up and what to avoid. Throughout the book you'll find facts, tips and handy hints on how to be a crafty eco warrior. There are also special information sections dotted throughout covering tips and ideas for climate activism and an overview of the main climate issues we face.




Paper Goods Projects


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Craft to your heart’s content without making a trip to a specialty store. Once you’ve glimpsed the inspired creations in Paper Goods Projects, you’ll never look at your pantry shelves or recycling bins the same way. Here are 60 fun and simple crafts that transform everyday items: paper towel tubes turn into safari animals, coffee filters dyed bright colors bloom into water lilies, doilies make a charming crown, and cereal boxes become the building blocks of a mini city. Paper Goods Projects has crafts for birthday party favors and decorations, cake toppers, greeting cards, children’s toys, and so much more. Tap your creativity like never before to create fun, beautiful objects out of the simplest materials.




The Organic Artist for Kids


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Immersed in the natural world, The Organic Artist for Kids inspires creativity by connecting kids and their adults to our wilderness roots. In addition to offering a wide variety of fun, collaborative projects using nature as a source for art supplies and inspiration, this book also introduces the concepts of awareness and perception that are fundamental to the creative process. Children will be encouraged to learn new skills, build resilience, and be resourceful as part of an urgent struggle to prevent and undo Nature Deficit Disorder. Rooted in experimentation and an understanding that fun is fundamental to learning, kids will refine their drawing skills, as well as increase their appreciation for the visual arts and the natural landscape. Just some of the projects and skills covered include: Making pens and wild inks Making paint from stones and rocks Crafting your own paintbrushes Making simple stencils and rubbings The Organic Artist for Kids encourages you to return to the days when art was made with all-natural materials like charcoal and birch bark.




MiniEco


Book Description

MiniEco is the sensational craft blog of Kate Lilley. With over 250,000 followers it has taken on cult status in the international craft community, and that is purely down to Kates fresh, contemporary and beautifully explained and executed craft projects. With a book for children already under her belt, this publication focuses more on adults with 33 pieces including paper gems, an origami lampshade, macrame hangings, pop-up pixel cards, hama bead candle holders, and tie-dyed furoshiki cloths. The ideas range in complexity from the simple to the advanced, but each one is totally unique and has never before been published. The look of the book will reflect the immaculate, Japanese-inflected minimalism of the MiniEco website, with some high-end production finishes including a die-cut, dust-jacketed paperback binding and boldly pared-back photography. QR codes will link to animated gifs of the craft being made.




Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials


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***INCLUDES 12 CUT-OUT TEMPLATES!*** Exciting, Eco-Conscious Crafts with Stuff You Already Have Transform paper rolls, egg cartons, newspaper and cardboard into colorful decorations, amazing wearable masks, hats and jewelry or even sturdy desk organizers, puzzles and paint palettes. Get ready to unleash your imagination with 60 unique crafts—with something for all ages—including: Homemade Kaleidoscope Build Your Own Marble Maze Cool Superhero Mask Dinosaur Terrarium Indoor Mini-Garden Awesome Cardboard Castle Kimberly McLeod, creator of The Best Ideas for Kids®, provides a varied selection of budget-friendly, eco-conscious projects that are great for imaginary play, bedroom decorations, gift giving and more! You’ll be so proud of the projects you’ve created and customized with your own hands—and they are as fun to make as they are to play with!




Eco-craft


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Projects: sweater rug, painted bottle vases, six-pack screen, bowled over, embellished pot, CD-case towel rack, coffee-bag tote, bamboo trays, inner-tube bulletin board, drawer dividers, do lunch right, message on a bottle, hangers on, tray jolie, stop the draft, can be beautiful, milk-jub pendant, baby-jar chandelier, grocery-bag shade, pots of light, for the birds, seed balls, music boxes, fall line-up, ornamental metal, magazine shapes, by the book, wrapped up.




The Eco-Friendly Artist For Kids


Book Description

Why are nature crafts so irresistible to kids? Beach, woods, park or a simple walk to shops - it doesn't matter where my children go, they will ALWAYS return home with a pocket or two full of nature treasure. I can imagine your kids do this too? What do you do with all this FREE crafting material? Paint it? Play with it? Create weird and wonderful things? Within this collection of many nature crafts for kids, you will find a variety of creative, colourful, fun and easy nature crafts all condensed into one handy book! I want you to be inspired and for some easy reading, I have grouped the crafts into material categories. Let's start exploring!




Organic Crafts


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Parents, teachers, and caregivers looking for ideas on how to get children outdoors and instill in them a love of nature can find more than 75 creative crafts, games, and activities using objects that kids can collect from nature in this idea book. As children make race cars out of rocks, create paint from plants, and assemble funny grass masks, they learn to be environmentally friendly—absorbing information on recycling, reducing waste, and inspiring others to protect nature. Organized by the various natural materials needed, the crafts offer a new twist on perennial homemade gifts and school projects.