Ideal Bite

As an active visual artist, I've been concerned about toxic media for a long time. When I was in art school they made us purchase and read a book on health hazards for visual artists. It really turned me off a lot of conventional media, like paints (many pigments are toxic, as are many solvents and carriers). My own solution has been to explore media that are non-toxic, like collage and drawing. With collage I can even incorporate recycling, as I use scraps of paper ephemera from my daily life, and also ripped magazine pages. See examples on my blog, www.emelgy.blogspot.com I've also been using coloured pencils and wax crayons for a while, and love the rich colours I can get (although they are not as colourfast as professional artists' pigments). I've heard about the Prang crayons elsewhere, and am very disappointed that their 64-colour box has been out of stock for quite some time. It would be wonderful to find out when it would be available again.

I used to eat library paste (talking about 60 years ago) and I'm still around. Just wondering if you knew of any safe, healthy "bubble stuff." Most of it's made in China these days and who knows what they put in it. If it's not for sale in "safe mode" I'm happy to get a recipe for making it. (Ivory soap bubbles don't last long enough for the baby to blow).

Leslie... A quick and easy bubble mix: about 1/2 cup dish detergent, 4 1/2 cups water, and 4 Tbsp. glycerin. Just mix together and have a blast!

Perfect timing for todays tip- as we are considering getting an art easel for our little budding artist and look forward to aunt heathers fantastic art supplies coming our way. As for safe bubbles, we use the sugar and water mix at gymboree. Completely safe and available to buy online fairly cheap and totally safe for babies to eat, get in their hair and to play around in. Since I have not found the proper solution to make them work at home, I am sticking to still buying it from them - gotta choose my battles..:)

Another great resource for green kids' art supplies is an article from Co-op America's last Real Money newsletter: http://www.coopamerica.org/pubs/realmoney/articles/toxicart.cfm

This is a fantastic tip! I work at a little gift shoppe that sells all things green, and ethically responsible. It takes a little bit of explaining but people really appreciate being informed! We carry the prang crayons that are listed, and they are fantastic!! They work really well and they are purchased for adults and children alike! Kids should be safe while they play!!!

Okay, so I thought I was the only one that did that with the glue on my hand when I was a kid. Glad I'm not the only whacko! lol! Love your blog! www.karensorganizedchaos.blogspot.com

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