"Good Earth Art" contains over 200 easy fun art projects that develop an awareness of the environment and a caring attitude towards the earth. Projects use common materials collected from nature or recycled. The book is filled with sensible creative ideas to help recycle and reuse through art, for all ages, and includes a charted Table of Contents, two indexes, and a great list of environmental resources. 1992 Benjamin Franklin Gold Award 1992 Midwest Book Association Gold Award for Excellence

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the author of "Discovering Great Artists", "Scribble Art", "First Art," "Preschool Art," and 15+ other titles. MaryAnn F. Kohl keeps a busy schedule of presentations, workshops, keynotes, and interviews around the country, all year long. She also is active in social media and sends an eNewsletter to her followers each month. Her website is full of art resources and free ideas.

Cindy Gainer is the co-author of "Math Arts" with Kohl, and the author/illustrator of "I'm Like You, You're Like Me." Gainer is working on illustrating and writing children's books.

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