The Environmental Arts Program2

Throughout its history the CMLA has joined youth in celebrating the beauty and importance of the earth's environment.

 The CMLA Environmental Arts Program is made up of Art2Go workshops and events, Imagination Kits, and the School and Community Resource for Art Projects (SCRAP).  These award winning programs demonstrate the concepts of material reuse through recycle arts activities. Each year the CMLA provides more than 15 tons of donated paper, plastic and other recyclable materials for youth-based projects.

Here are some ideas about how you can help the environment by using recycled materials from home or school.

 

Recycle Arts Activities 		Choose activity below
Beautify Our Park
Find out how to recycle while you beautify and create the perfect park. Turn that trash into things YOU want for the park, like benches and swings. Then print it out (on recycled paper, of course!) and color it yourself.

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Create a Mask
It's good to Reduce, "Re-use" and Recycle scrap materials to make your own mask. Use left over paper, cardboard, feathers, beads, yarn, ribbon and fabric for your mask. What other fun decorating materials can you discover? Wear the mask to play and pretend. 		  
Stamp Art
Color craft foam with markers and stamp a unique design. Decorate packages, paper bags, or create a whole stamp alphabet. 		  
Dragon Visor
Create a visor modeled after our very own Museum Dragon. It's easy, with step-by-step instructions. 		  
Paper Bag Puppet
What can you do with that used lunch bag instead of
throwing it away? How about making a puppet? It can
be a person, dog, cat, bird... whatever you decide! 		  
Tambourine
 Throwing plastic or paper bowls into the trash after a
picnic? Make a tambourine instead. Put together some
dry corn or beans, some decoration, and you can make
your own music. 		  

Recycle Links
The Imagination Factory
There is no machinery at The Imagination Factory, and smokestacks don't pollute the air. Instead, we teach children and their caregivers creative ways to recycle by making art. Recycling is one way to minimize or lessen the amount of trash we have to throw away. When we recycle, we make a new product out of waste materials. This process helps save natural resources like trees as well as landfill space and the money needed to get rid of trash.
California Regional Environmental Education Community - Los Angeles (CREEC-LA) Network
CREEC's mission is to develop a communication network which provides educators with high quality environmental education resources to enhance the environmental literacy of California's students. CREEC-LA is a project of the California Department of Education, with local leadership from the Los Angeles County Office of Education, and TreePeople.

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