Nature Craft DIYs

Painted Shell Collage, Natural Wizard Staff & Wands, and Nature Animal & Flower Petal Fairies!

Tie dyeing is a classic way to add fun, colorful designs to towels, shirts, and different fabrics as a great Summertime craft. But the conventional tie dye kits contain toxic, petroleum based dyes and chemicals that we'd like to avoid. Let's go back to our ancestral roots and use earth and plant-based ingredients to create the same beautiful results!

Slime just never seems to get old! My 8 year old has loved it his entire life. Most slime recipes that we've found online call for a use of chemical glues, petroleum based dyes / pigments and borax that may cause respiratory, skin, and eye irritation. Here's an all natural, kid-friendly slime with only 4 ingredients!

We've taken the traditional craft of paper marbling and adapted it into a 100% natural, non-toxic and earth-based activity using earth pigments, walnut oil and a plant based glue. This is a fun and fascinating way to create unique paint designs on paper for cards and decorations. 

 

Our best helpful advice for applying face paint. Plus, "Cool Cat," "Winter Reindeer," Scarecrow, Zombie, and Queen Elsa Face Paint Tutorials.

Earth Day Salt Dough with Natural Earth Paints lets you create play dough planets! Kids love this interactive and fun activity.

Puffy paint is a great way to add some texture to your art projects, but conventional puffy paints contain chemicals, preservatives and petroleum based ingredients unsafe for children. Here's how to make non-toxic, natural puffy paint with only 4 simple ingredients!.

 

Natural Cold Porcelain Clay is a perfect substitute for toxic polymer clay and allows for even finer detail and ease of sculpting. It's also incredibly inexpensive and super simple to make. The clay is air-dried so no need for baking and it dries to a light weight, luminous, stone-like texture. Perfect for kids through professional artists. 

 

Glitter is a fun way to add some dimension and sparkle to your crafts, but did you know that glitter is also an ecological hazard? Most glitter is made of plastic, and its small size makes it easy for fish and other animals to consume. So why not make an all natural form of glitter? 

 

Confetti eggs are a fun and eco-friendly Easter tradition that you can easily make with kids at home!

 

These banners are perfect for seasonal décor; they can also be used as decorations for all celebrations such as baby shower, wedding showers, graduations, and birthday parties. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create decorative banners for any occasion! 

 

Are you looking for a simple, beautiful, and creative DIY gift? Adoration Stones are such a fun and elegant craft that everyone will treasure and anyone at any age can do! For children, with a little leadership from an adult, and a bit of creativity, these stones would make a great gift. They would be a beautiful addition to any home or garden! 

 

Adorable and one-of-a-kind gifts for mom! 

 

Most commercially-available modeling clay is made with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) mixed with phthalate plasticizers, which are associated with several scary health risks. To keep my little one safe, I decided to make our own clay with all natural ingredients and natural earth pigments. This recipe is super quick and easy and actually nourishes your skin as you play with it!

These cards are the perfect thing for little ones to make for mom on mother's day. 

 

MAKE YOUR OWN ECO STAMP PAD in 60 seconds! 

 

St. Patty's Day Nature Craft & Treasure Hunt: Make your own Leprechaun Gold with DIY natural gold mica paint. Here's a great and simple activity to get outside, be in nature, have loads of fun and do crafts! 

 

Painting these wooden eggs has provided my 3 year old son and I triple the fun of buying eggs! The painting, the arranging, AND the hunting. Plus the satisfaction of knowing you can re-use them each year (and keep painting on different designs if you like). 

 

When it comes to crafts, I always like to go back to basics – simple and natural. That’s why I love making good, old-fashioned Potato Prints with Natural Earth Paint! This activity can be enjoyed by toddlers, older children, and even adults. Give your loved ones a beautiful, earthy Valentine, and enjoy their smiles.

 

Our recent Nature Art Class had alot of fun making natural paint brushes out of yucca plant stalks and horse tails and painting with Earth Paints. The Southwest Native Americans had yucca plants all around them (but they grow in many other places - like my backyard in Oregon) and used them for painting pottery and fabric.