Comments on The Green Phone Booth: Green Art

Thanks - great tips on the supplies. For kids, ch...

2009-05-29T13:57:53.929-07:00

Thanks - great tips on the supplies. For kids, check out Eco-kids fingerpaint and playdough. (We sell it on our site.) Good stuff.

I think paper is the easiest, but it is a struggle to find others so very good tips! thanks again!

Again, great post! My son is still scribbling with...

2009-05-29T12:33:19.442-07:00

Again, great post! My son is still scribbling with a crayon, but I recently found an out of print book on Amazon, also called Eco Art that you might want to check out. The author has several different books, and the one I received has awesome ideas on using bits of nature for projects. The odd thing is the book is from the 90s, she was way ahead of the game!

Wow, what an impressive post. As an artist myself...

2009-05-29T09:19:46.141-07:00

Wow, what an impressive post. As an artist myself, I had not done this type of research but thanks to you - it's now on my radar and will ask my suppliers these types of questions. Well done! And I hope you and the Noodle have fun painting!!

I just discovered modelling beeswax. We are buyin...

2009-05-29T08:55:14.016-07:00

I just discovered modelling beeswax. We are buying it for my stepson for his birthday because it never goes hard and supposedly doesn't flake leaving ground in bits in our carpet like playdoh does.

I think the ingredients are beeswax, oil and pigment for colour.

Thank you for your post. I love encouraging my kid...

2009-05-29T08:12:38.840-07:00

Thank you for your post. I love encouraging my kids (ok and my own) creativity but agree that the materials sometimes leave something to be desired. There seem to be lots of crayon, colored pencil, and paper options, but you're right, it's the paints I'm most curious about. We do a lot of upcycling of book jackets and wrapping paper for collages but I'd love to hear more about safe and natural pigments. Great post!

Ahh, I've struggled with this one too. Especially...

2009-05-29T07:45:22.223-07:00

Ahh, I've struggled with this one too. Especially last Christmas when I was looking for art supplies for my little illustrator. We tend to save every little piece of everything in a big art supply box. It's great for reuse and we also invest in recycled paper but that still leaves me with the markers, paint, and whatnot. I found Stubby Pencil Studio which sells green art supplies for kids. Now I have to go check out your links. Thanks for posting on this!

Thank you so much for this post!!!! Art is one of...

2009-05-29T04:17:16.592-07:00

Thank you so much for this post!!!! Art is one of my biggest "green" struggles as a mama and for my own use. As I have been doing my spring cleaning and cleaning out the boys art closet...yes we have an entire walk-in closet of art supplies plus stashes in every nook and cranny of the apartment...I was really disappointed in the waste of used up markers and paint sets. So much plastic and so many chemicals! I can't wait to check out all the links. This was perfect timing.