Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Good Earth art, environmental art for kids, MaryAnn F. Kohl, Cindy Gainer ; illustrations, Cindy Gainer

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Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and indexes

illustrations

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Good Earth art

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MaryAnn F. Kohl, Cindy Gainer ; illustrations, Cindy Gainer

Bright ideas for learning centers

environmental art for kids

Over two hundred projects for painting and drawing, sculpture and mobiles, collage and printing, weaving and crafts, and handmade art supplies emphasize recycling and natural materials

Using the symbols -- 7 building blocks to creativity -- Introduction -- 1. Painting and drawing -- Free drawing or painting -- Newspaper design -- Tin can sponge paintings -- Cardboard box painting -- Fresco -- Impasto -- Plastic scrimshaw -- Plastic paint bags -- Slate shingle paintings -- Roofing felt drawings -- Nature rubbings -- Stone painting -- Indoor rainbow -- Shadow drawing -- Cotton ball clouds -- Sand paintings -- Pots, pans, and paper -- Junkyard paintings -- Snow paintings -- Ice-y art -- Poster time -- My own book -- Sheet banners -- Wall hanging -- Glue batik -- T-shirt transfers -- Draw from nature -- Bracket fungi painting -- Inky leaf silhouettes -- Leaf bursts -- Film etching -- 2. Sculpture and mobiles -- Hanging box art -- String swag -- Newspaper sculpture -- Paper tube sculpture -- Shadow art -- Mat board sculpture -- Cardboard city -- Cereal box buildings -- Paper trash sculpture -- Aces wild sculpture -- Paper bag sculpture -- Stuffed brown bag -- Doll's play house -- Shadow box -- Wire figures -- Machine sculpture -- Design jars -- Soap carvings -- Breezy rings -- Styrofoam mobile -- Wire coat hanger mobile -- Hoop mobile -- Cup sculpture -- Lid mobile -- Can sculpture -- Tin can mobile -- Toothpick sculpture -- Frame sculpture -- Cinnamon ornaments -- Theme tree -- Modeling beeswax -- Burdock figures -- Sandy bakery -- Snowy bakery -- Pine cone sculptures -- Seashell displays -- On-site beach art -- Nature box -- Nature gatherings -- Driftwood sculpture -- Nest construction -- Nature mobile -- Elderberry wind chimes -- Seashell chimes -- Pebble towers -- Totem pole -- Cheese carving -- Sculpture salad -- Garden critters -- 3. Collage and printing -- Cardboard collage -- String collage -- Pizza puzzles -- Match box puzzle -- Mechanical contraption -- Easy découpage -- Seed wiggles -- Wood shavings collage -- Put-togethers -- Dried bean pictures -- Waxed paper leaf collage -- Sandwich bag designs -- Foil art -- Funny-paper art -- Bean jar -- Sands of many colors -- Yarn prints -- Junk printing -- Easy sun print -- Solar prints -- Innertube prints -- Roller printing cans -- Stencil prints -- Screen print -- Chalk floats -- Bubble pop art -- Cup stamps -- Garden prints -- Leaf prints -- Ironed leaf designs -- Foiled leaf prints -- Mushroom spore print -- Pressed cookie prints -- 4. Weaving and crafts -- Branch weaving -- Fence weaving -- Weaving trays -- Fruit basket weaving -- Six pack ring weaving -- Shrinkers -- Shrinkles I -- Shrinkles II -- Paperweight jars -- Tin can pencil holder -- Stained glass lantern -- Soup can lantern -- Luminaries -- Masking tape vase -- Web art -- Leaf skeletons -- Cattail fluff pillow -- Sunflower seed wreath -- Grape vine wreath -- Pine branch wreath -- Nature wreath -- Trim a tree for birds -- Holiday chain -- Veggie garland -- Wildflower chain -- Feather necklace -- Pebble necklace -- Seed necklace -- Newspaper beads -- Walnut shell boats -- Egg shell planters -- Eggheads -- Wood chip garden -- Pine cone garden -- Lentil-piece -- Milk carton planter -- Plastic bird feeder -- Plastic bottle terrarium -- Grocery baskets -- Bark baskets -- Squash-O-lantern -- Gourd art -- Musical gourd shaker -- Gourd guitar -- Animal tracks casting -- Colorful coal crystals -- Keep clam -- Flower box pictures -- Cattail basket -- Cattail weaving -- 5. Homemade by hand -- Earth paints -- Earth crayons -- Roll-on painters -- Nature paintbrush -- Homemade chalk and board -- Egg shell crayons -- Natural finger paint -- Easy finger paint -- Homemade rice paste -- Homemade flour paste -- Homemade paper -- Handmade lint paper -- Recycled wrap -- Wrappings and bows -- Natural berry dye -- Natural dyes : sources -- Kool-Aid dyes -- Tie-dye -- Natural egg dyes -- Onion skin egg dye -- Finding and forming natural clay -- Clay pinch pot -- Basic natural kiln -- Homemade fossils -- Homemade perfume -- Homemade candles -- Sand dried flowers -- Sand baked flowers -- Glycerin preserving -- Pressed plants -- Potpourri -- Homemade T-shirt yarn -- Old sock puppets -- 6. Resource guide -- Where to find free materials -- Environmental organizations and resources -- Bibliography -- Index, projects -- Index, materials -- About the authors

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