An Earth Day Craft!

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, 
we borrow it from our children.  

~Native American Proverb~

In honor of Earth Day I wanted to share
our earth lovers craft...

A globe luminary 

An opportunity to "light up the world"

taking a moment to offer a blessing of gratitude 

for our great mother earth 

and the many gifts she bestows upon us all.

To create you will need

green & blue tissue paper

mod podge

glass bowl

paint brush

To begin rip your blue tissue paper into smallish pieces.

Paint mod podge onto your glass.

Add pieces of tissue paper on top

Paint on more mod podge over your tissue paper (love that stuff!)

Once your first layer has covered your whole bowl and dried...

add another layer.

Draw out your pieces of land onto your green tissue paper.

 I used this basic outline.

Mod podge it onto your globe.

Let it dry 

and ignite your flame!

Earth teach me stillness                                                         as the grasses are stilled with light.                                                           Earth teach me suffering                                                           as old stones suffer with memory.                                                           Earth teach me humility                                                            as blossoms are humble with beginning.                                                        Earth Teach me caring                                                  as the mother who secures her young.                                                         Earth teach me courage                                                        as the tree which stands alone.                                                        Earth teach me limitation                                                            as the ant which crawls on the ground.                                                     Earth teach me freedom                                                    as the eagle which soars in the sky.                                                           Earth teach me resignation                                                             as the leaves which die in the fall.                                                          Earth teach me regeneration                                                          as the seed which rises in the spring.                                                              Earth teach me to forget myself                                                               as melted snow forgets its life.                                                                          Earth teach me to remember kindness                                                                      as dry fields weep in the rain.

Take nothing but pictures.
Leave nothing but footprints.
Kill nothing but time.
~Motto of the Baltimore Grotto

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Khalil Gibran

Here's to celebrating our earth
and all the practical ways we can help preserve her gifts.

What ways do you teach and celebrate Earth
Day with the children in your life? 


With Love 
~ Shanti~

P.S. in honor of digital detox week (taking place right now all over the globe!) and Easter we shall be signing off for a couple of weeks.
See you again soon!
xo
Shanti & Maureen