Contest for Green Kids and Green Folks, too
June 18, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, contest, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft
Here’s a fun contest for the green days of summer:
Jill Ammon Vanderwood has kindly donated a copy of her new book:
What's it like, living green? copyright Jill Ammon Vanderwood, used with permission
What’s It Like, Living Green?
to Hankering for Yarn,
because of my passion for green and eco friendly living.
What’s It Like, Living Green?
Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way They Live
features families who live green,
kids who are
making a difference for the environment
and tips as simple
as putting on a sweater,
rather than turning up the heat.
Link: What’s It Like, Living Green? By Jill Ammon Vanderwood
How do you win a copy of the book?
Simple!
Leave a comment in the box below, with a ‘GREEN’ suggestion for yarn lovers of all ages, and if it is especially kid friendly, then you get a gold star! 
The contest runs from June 18, 2009 to June 30, 2009.
Please make sure you leave an email address that isn’t going to send me into spam, as I need to be able to notify you if you are the winner.
If the winner doesn’t respond in 3 days, I’ll draw again…. so do check in!
Good luck!
AND…. I’ll also publish a posting with all your brilliant suggestions, and give you credit!
My children recently watched a video on learning how to knit. We were impressed to create our own knitting needles, by using what we have in our own back yard. Simply find some straight sticks and either sand them to a point or use a pencil sharpener. Another “green” way of living is to grow your own vegetable garden. It has been fun for the whole family and is also a wonderful way to put organic food on the table.
Congratulations, Janele! You are the winner of the contest! I’ll be sending your email addy off to Jill so she can get in touch with you about sending you the book!
Hope that you and your kids have a wonderful green summer!
Thank you so much for your great ideas!
Wow! Thank you so much for being so generous! I’m excited I won! Thanks again-have a great 4th of July!
I posted a blurb about your website as well as Jill’s on my blog! http://strattonfamilyhappenings.blogspot.com
Thanks once again!!
-Janele
I like making knitting looms out of recycled materials like toilet paper tubes, and juice bottles! Cheap, easy and green!
If you’re into green yarns, you should definitely check out the educational website I put together called Green Knitter (http://greenknitter.com). I talk about all the values that are a part of being green, from local to organic to vegan, as well as impacts of different fibers, and I have a long chart of different green yarns.
I’ll be looking forward to seeing other people’s suggestions!
(oh, and you don’t have to enter me in the contest, since I don’t have kids!)
my family and i recycle everything (it’s taken hubby almost 20 years to really catch on, lol) but we are all involved in the recycling and composting. We have been taking aluminum cans and creating garden and pot stakes out of them for ourselves and all the neighbors. We have also been hanging old pc cd’s in the garden as they sparkle and keep the birds away from nibbling.
I save my cheap yarn for knitting blankets for animal shelters and I use my unwanted practice handspun as plant ties in my garden.
I save all my yarn ends and random bits of leftover yarn to use as stuffing for small knit toys. That way I don’t use fiberfill and the random bits get used rather than thrown away. I also know people who leave their yarn trimmings out in the backyard during nestbuilding season for the birds. She has really colorful nests in the trees around her house!
I save all of my yarn leftovers and make designs with construction paper and glue with my boys. We also make cat toys, if I have the right length.
denise_22315(at)yahoo(dot)com
I donate my leftover yarn to the local YMCA daycare. They love to get donations for crafts and I feel good because I’m not storing my leftovers to use someday. Someday never comes!
GOING GREEN IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHILDRENS FUTURE. WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM TO CORRECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE IT BETTER. I TEACH MY DAUGHTER NOT TO BE WASTEFUL WITH YARN OR CLOTH OR ANYTHING. EVERYTHING AN BE USED FOR SOMETHING OR RECEYLED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
I posted a blog entry about your website as well as Jill’s. Thanks once again!!! http://strattonfamilyhappenings.blogspot.com
Hi Janele
I am so pleased that you are so pleased! Happy Green Summer!
Thank you so much, Janele! I really appreciate that!