CraftyPod #91: Crafting With Your Kids, with Future Craft Collective

by Sister-Diane on May 10, 2009

in General Crafty, Interviews, Podcast

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a craft podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:

- An interview with Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever, co-owners of Future Craft Collective. They offer craft projects for families and kids that also teach creative reuse and self-reliance.

- Tips on designing good crafting and learning experiences for your children.

- Thoughts on how crafting can also become a way to learn more about sustainability.

- Bernadette and Kathie share their lessons learned through crafting with their own kids and their students.

Links:

- The Future Craft Collective website offers lots of projects to do with your kids, and lots of great links.

- Kathie’s line of clothing is called Ramonsterwear. You may also know her from the Back and Forth Project.

- Bernadette has a great blog for parents, and be sure to check out her other project, Slow Family Living.

- Kathie and Bernadette recommend Crafting a Green World as a good source for sustainable craft project ideas.

- They also recommend The Story of Stuff, a short film about production, consumption, waste, and reuse.

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  • I wanna be in FCC! Such good 'Lessons Learned'. So immediately applicable. Can't wait for that book!
  • Loved this one! I think that lots of suggestions for kids are equally appropriate when teaching adults. I especially will keep in mind- how do we want to feel at the end of the class/project/whatever. Very important!
  • Thank you Sr. Diane! We loved it. And we're super grateful to have had the chance to talk with you.

    Bernadette
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