My little girl is still figuring out the mechanics of sitting upright, but I can hardly wait for the day when we can splash finger paints with wild abandon, glue together crazy collages, knead play dough into malformed critters, and conduct other random acts of craftiness. And when she finally realizes that fingers don’t belong jammed in her mouth and glazed with saliva, it’s reassuring to know that safe, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly art supplies are only a click away.

Founded by art educators,  Clementine Art is known for its beautifully packaged, certified-non-toxic art kits, which are chockfull of all-natural and organic products made from plant and mineral sources. More important, however, they’re completely free of chemical dyes, petroleum products, or any other suspect additives that might give child advocates dry heaves.

This summer, you’ll be able to purchase individual supplies à la carte, like natural citrus dough colored with botanical extracts (turmeric, spinach, annato), tempera paints made with mineral earth pigments, water-based glues, and crayons and markers derived from soy.

Even the packaging treads lightly on the planet: Clementine Art uses 100 percent post-consumer recycled and reusable materials. Which means my daughter can color her world, not run roughshod over it.