A Fun History of World Globes

Do you have a globe somewhere in your house, maybe in the garage or attic? Chances are good you haven’t looked at it lately. Globes can be fascinating, and they have a colorful history, but many people are now using their creativity to find ways of re-purposing globes. Working on these arts and crafts projects […]

Faber-Castell Celebrates Earth Day Every Day

Long-term cooperation in Colombia The economically underdeveloped north of Colombia frequently suffered from flooding and poor harvests in the past due to overgrazing. Since 2011, Faber-Castell has been working with around 50 small farmers along the Rio Magdalena, who are planting over 2000 acres of forest for the company on part of their grazing land in […]

Warm as the Sun, Cool as the Moon

The goal of this exercise is for children to learn about the concept and use warm and cool colors in a watercolor painting of their own. The Faber-Castell Connector Paints are designed to click together in various creative combinations for interest and to encourage creativity. Materials: – Connector Paints – CLIC&GO Water Cup – Black […]

Upcycled Robot Project for Earth Day

Create your own robot using Faber-Castell Metallic Colored EcoPencils and Recycled Materials Robots are everywhere… if you have a creative mind, Faber-Castell Metallic Colored EcoPencils and a few other handy materials. Look around for the robot parts disguised as recyclable materials such as empty plastic containers, cardboard tubes and small boxes, plastic beads, caps from […]

Earth Day Recycled City

In honor of Earth Day gather a few items from the recycling bin and create art! Our activity is a great companion to Judith’s Viorst’s book Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me?  I Mean It!)  Going to Move. You can read the book with your children and then use your recycled materials to create Alexander’s […]

Paper Poppies for Earth Day or Mother’s Day

Today we are raiding the kitchen cabinets and recycle bin for a fun project that everyone will love! Let’s make paper poppies and carnations!  For this project, most of what you’ll need is in the kitchen. coffee filters and/or baking cups food coloring recycled paper egg carton craft sticks scissors acrylic paint and paintbrush (optional) […]