I’m always up for trying out a new Artterro art kit. And I’m always surprised by just how much creative potential is packed into a deceptively compact cardboard box (which doubles as a decorate-your-own frame, by the way).
A little like that stunt where clown after clown hops out of a miniature circus car, surprising and delighting you.
That’s kind of how I feel with Artterro’s eco art kits.
The materials in their kids’ art kits are luscious and beautiful—printed papers, batik fabrics, glass and wood beads, colorful embroidery thread, wool felt pieces, lace, and ribbon. And we always seem to have left over materials to add to our own art supply stash after we are finished with the kit.
I’m also impressed with the printed fold-out pamphlets that Artterro includes in their kits. They always seem to provide the perfect balance between:
- Inspiration (showing in-progress and completed examples of how others have used the kit)
- Guidance (giving us tips for using the materials)
- And creative encouragement (urging us to use the kit in our own way and giving us ideas for finding inspiration within and around us)
We recently had the opportunity to try out the canvas storybook kit, one I’ve had my eye on for quite some time.
The kit includes one well-made blank canvas book, an assortment of plain and printed fabrics, needle and thread, a packet of beads and sequins, a palette of acrylic paint, and a variety of ribbons.
Here’s what we did with all of those beautiful materials…
Make a Book with Kids Using a Kit
Maia decided to go with an under-the-sea theme.
We went to the Atlanta Aquarium (with friend Marlise) a couple of months ago and it made a big impression on her.
On all of us, really.
We loved the dolphins, whales, sharks, fish, jellyfish, octopus, seahorses, sea urchins, everything. But Maia especially loved the dolphins and the dolphin show.
Since then, she’s said she wants to work at the aquarium when she grows up and/or wants to work with dolphins. She’s been watching Dolphin Tale and reading about dolphins.
So her choice of theme for the book was not surprising.
Maia loved the fabrics, the colors, the paints, etc, and began assembling them into her ocean images right away. But she got a little frustrated with the sewing and the gluing and turning her vision into reality.
She asked me to help her and we ended up working on the book side by side, as a gift for the friend we went to the aquarium with. It’s not finished yet and we work on it a bit at a time, letting paint and glue dry before turning the page and starting the next one.
By the way, if you’re interesting in making books with kids, check out my review of Artterro’s other bookmaking kit (a paper-based one).
More Art Kits for Kids by Artterro
- Creativity Kit
- Art Journal Kits for Kids
- Art Dolls Kit
- Bookmaking Kit
- Needle Felting Kit
- Felt Bugs Kit
- Bubble Wands Kit
This canvas storybook kit was sent to us for free by Artterro to try out; all opinions expressed are my own.
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Artterro Eco Art Kit Giveaway
We love the aquarium (live here in Atlanta) and have a 9 year old who would also like to work with dolphins. That same 9 year old would love to win an art kit. Thanks for the chance!
My daughter would live to create this book!
How fun!! What a great activity. Love your underwater theme as well!
This looks so fun for my children!
All the colors are so vibrant!
I really like this idea! I’ll have to steal it to use with my daughter’s sea life homeschooling unit. Thanks!
I have never seen a canvas book before, that’s a wonderful idea. My daughter would crazy love it.
That looks like a lot of fun!
We would love to have these kits. What a great idea.
I changed schools often and managed to get through 12 years of education without a single art class. I will make sure my son is exposed to art. These are a wonderful way to make that happen!
Beautiful possibilities with both kits. My kids would love them.
SO very cool
Beautiful! My girls would love this!
We would love to have one of these kits!
Beautiful. My daughter would love it!
This looks like such a fun thing to do with my boys!
So inspirational. Just lovely.
I’ve made soft books fr my kids before, but they haven’t yet made any of their own. I’m sure they’d love this.
This is just what we’ve been wanting to do for our visits!
Love love! This would be an amazing gift for my daughter!
Looks fun!
I LOVE her storybook. The little bead and gemstone details on the starfish and jellyfish are so sweet.
Sarah M
PS-Love Arterro! Thank you!
My goodness…these look like terrific fun.
Love this beautiful memory book, what a sweet project to do together and
Such pretty materials!
My boys would love these kits!
This is a great project
Love this! I took my kids to the Atlanta Aquarium this summer while we were visiting family. I thought the dolphin show was a little cheesy, but my kids LOVED it and still talk about it. That’s a super cute book you all are making.
What a great kit to inspire and facilitate creativity!
Love the fabric as a book making supply. Can’t wait to try it with my daughter!
Incredible! My daughter loves “crafts” of any kind, and really loves books. Maui need buy one now
Wow, never heard of Arterro Kits before today and those look so cool. Especially love the canvas book kit. I will b ordering one but we’d love to win another too.
I love how these products encourage such unique creativity!
Looks like a lot of fun and encourages creativity!
Wow! I LOVE this. Art projects is always my strongest suit but I never thought of anything like this. Love love. And I am so happy that I discovered this site a few months ago!
Thanks for ALL of the giveaways!! LOVE the aquarium-inspired artwork!!! :-)
This looks really fun! Your daughter’s book came out beautifully!
I love the way the book is turning out! Looks great. My daughter and I would have so much fun working on this together.
That looks like so much fun! We love aquariums.
Those look like awesome kits! Your under-the-sea book is shaping up beautifully. Thanks!
WOW! this is so great! These are amazing!
I love the book you created with this kit. I am especially fond of the jellyfish. We also enjoyed the Georgia Aquarium this summer!
wow! my daughter would love to create her own book!
Great set! Thank you for sharing!
I’ve always wanted to try one of these kits. Thanks! :)
Looks like so much fun!
Thanks for the chance to win.
These look so wonderful
Looks like an art adventure. Thanks for the chance!
Wow another giveaway?! Cool under the water activity!!!
Love, love, love it. Crossing fingers….
we need the inspiration :}
So gorgeous! We’d love to create with these beautiful materials at our house!
Ooooh, this would be so great!
We love Artterro kits so much! And…. did you just compare their art kits to a clown car? :)
Wow, these are wonderful! I was not aware of these kits before but I am definitely going to check them out. Thanks for the chance to win!
That canvas book looks awesome! My daughter and I tried the Arttero bug kit and didn’t really like it, but this could be great! I love what Maia is making and love those photos from the aquarium!
Love it! My son would love something like this.
Love what she did with the book!
What a great idea! We would love to try this kit!
Oh we would love these (I would actually want one just for myself :). Thanks for the giveaway!
This beautiful
I haven’t seen this before, so much fun. Bookmaking has been a new project in our family..
My daughter creates her own books now out of paper and staples. She would love this opportunity to make a “real” book. Thank you for the chance to win!
We live close to the National Aquarium, which is spectacular. We go all the time; it provides such inspiration to the children.
We would love to try out one of these kits! Very cool
The idea of the canvas book is so creative and sturdy for little hands. Would love to try!
That’s a beautiful book. What a fantastic idea!
My boy would love this!
The canvas book kit looks wonderful! Would love the chance to try it out.
We would love to win this!
What a beautiful book! My son would absolutely love this, thanks!
What fun!!! My kids would love these!!
Wonderful idea and great giveaway!
I would love to win this! Thanks for the chance!
Beautiful! The sewing might be tricky, but it looks like lots of creative fun!
Art is in your feet, art is in eyes, wherever you go, whatever you see, you come up with an art project! I really like this one!
love this idea!
Loving Maia’s creativity with the canvas book making project! My 8 yr. old daughter is an artist and loves to write books, what a great concept to fuse both passions!
We love Artterro! I hadn’t seen the canvas storybook before and love what you made!
Another beautiful giveaway!
Such a mouth watering offers. Ummm
This book looks like it is right up the ally of my little artists!
How fun! That looks like such a fun kit!
A trip to the aquarium..priceless!
fingers crossed!
Love this!! Thanks!
Would love this
Love Arterro kits! My artsy kids would eat this up!
That book is gorgeous – what a lovely way to remember the aquarium! My daughter would love those kits. Thanks for the giveaway!
Thank you for giving us the chance to win a fantastic Arterro kit, I like the art journal kit best.
Aweswome as always! My kiddo would love this.
WHat a fun way to make a book. My girls would love to try that out.
I loved my visit to the Atlanta Aquarium. My granddaughters visit the New Orleans Aquarium and would be very pleased to make an Under-The-Sea Book too!
These are so great! Thank you for introducing me to them and thank you for the chance to win!
What a fun idea. My daughter would absolutely love this!
Would love to try that out! Thank you for the opportunity!
I would love to add this to my art lessons! What a great use for the kit!
My older one is just the right age for this. What beautiful materials!
looks beautiful!
This looks great! I really need to do more art with my daughter.
We love the aquarium (live here in Atlanta) and have a 9 year old who would also like to work with dolphins. That same 9 year old would love to win an art kit. Thanks for the chance!
Fun concept, creative and textural.
These look like fun>
We love arterro and this kit looks WONDERFUL! Thank you so much!
Looks like lots of fun!
I’d love to try their kits!
What a fun kit! The possibilities…
Haven’t seen these kits before- what a great idea. Thank you for sharing!
My kids would LOVE these!
Looks like fun! Would love to win and make something awesome!
How fun this would be!
Oh, the possibilities! What fun! Thanks for the chance to win.
Looks awesome!
I love this!
I reeeally want to try an Arterro kit. I have heard about them through the Artful Parent and have seen their website. It looks like sooo much fun!!! Thanks for the giveaway!
My daughter is really into making her own books right now, this would be great.
Great giveaway! My kids would love this…
so fun a great variation on a smashbook
My boys spent all evening making books and woke up this morning to finish them (2 hours early!). I love the idea of this kind of book…more texture and lots of color!
Love these kits!
Beautiful!
My four year old is very into story-telling and creates a bunch of her own books from any little papers left around. How cool that there’s a kit with a bunch of different fabrics and materials for her to explore and make it more “fancy” as she likes to say. This would make a great gift for her and for us to do together.
What wonderful creative possibilities with these kits!
Your daughter is such a great artist. I wish mine had that kind of attention span… Maybe one day. :)
These kits look fantastic! Thanks for giveaway opportunity!!
I just bought the canvas book for my 5 year old for Christmas. We also received the collage kit. It was very beautifully packed and easy two create special ornaments. My preschoolers created some beautiful ornaments with the kit. They loved it. They were so engaged by the beautiful paper. Each one came out gorgeous. Love all of their kits!!
This would be terrific! All of us need something like this for inspiration!
Looks so fun! My son and daughter would enjoy this. My loves drawing and writing short books all the time.
The kits look amazing! They would be great presents!
This is beautiful! My son & I will have to give it a go ;)
Always on the lookout for great art kits!
What a fun craft idea for kids– my daughter would love this!
This makes me want to redo my childhood! Beautiful!
We would love to win!
The aquatic book pages look lovely! I think my daughter would have a blast making a book like that.
This looks great, would love a chance to win!
i love the idea of a canvas story book. Would love to work on it with my daughter!
Beautiful – we gave an Arttero kit as a birthday gift last year – the garden ornament kit – it was a big hit for a girl who created items for a fairy garden she was developing!
Perfect for my artistic grandaughter!
I am always amazed at the materials you use! Amazing:)
My daughters would love this kit! My oldest (4) is obsessed with art and creates something first thing when she wakes up most days :).
My daughter wants to create books when she grows up. She would have so much fun with these books.
I am in love with this for my daughter and I!
Great idea! My son would live to create this book!
My favorite kits!
What a neat kit! We would love to add this to our art supplies.
What an amazing give away! Looks like great fun.
I love the idea of creating a canvas book without having to do the sewing!!
Wow! looks very fun!
LOVE the idea of the Aquarium book to prolong the memory!!
What awesome parenting … im inspired :)
My son would LOVE to create his own book!
I love these kits! Would love to win. Thank you for posting so many wonderful reviews, I use them to purchase items regularly.
pick me! pick me! happy holidays :)
Lovely :D
My kids would love to create this.
What a great giveaway!
These kits are amazing! My kiddos would LOVE them! Thanks for the opportunity!
Love these kits!
Love the book kit! What a neat idea!
Just beautiful! Would love to try the Artterro kits :)
These look neat! My daughter would dig these.
My daughter loves these kits!
Thank you for this opportunity to win something so educational through art, our children would benefit from this:-)
What beautiful art! What a great way to express yourself!
My daughter would love this! Thanks for the opportunity.
Oh these supplies would be so much fun to win for my grandchildren!
This is awesome:)
Just the thing to follow a trip to Mystic Aquarium.