Petite Watermelons
Make these petite watermelons from Chocolate on my Cranium who makes these for her daughters’ tea parties. Thanks Chrissy!
Year: 2009
Make: Day recap
Make: Day was a huge success! With the aid of over 25 Makers from the Twin Cities area, and thousands more families and Maker enthusiasts, we took over the Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul on Saturday. Make: Day was emceed by Make: magazine contributor and Make: television Technical Advisor, Bill Gurstelle, and […]
Revamp Thrift Sweater Vest to Dirndl Bodice-Like Top
I am swooning from this brilliant thrift store revamp from Hannah of Made With Love by Hannah. She’s taken a “dorky sweater vest” and transformed it into a dirndl bodice-like top. She’s included a diagram drawing of how she cut and transformed the piece on her blog. I think this could be my favorite thrift […]
Containers 2 Clinics
Liz writes in with information about an innovative new project to convert surplus shipping containers into medical clinics for people in the developing world. As it turns out, shipping containers are a pretty useful even if they aren’t shipping stuff around. A shipping container, once retrofitted for use as a health clinic, is a durable, […]
CRAFT weekly recap
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Soft Pressure Sensor Matrix CRAFT Recipe: Spinach and Yogurt Borani Checkin’ In: Fashion Nerd Diana Eng Ask CRAFT: Cat-Scratched Couch And in this week’s video, I show you how to make a QR code scarf!
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw: South Park Quality Meats show in San Diego A Cake for John embroidery Felt Ice Cube Tray Versaille lamp
LEGO Mendocino Motor
Here is a variation on the Menocino Motor project. The Mendo Motor is a solar-powered magnetically levitating motor invented by super maker Larry Spring, of Mendocino California. This is a great project to do with high school kids. The Motor incorporates woodworking, electricity, magnestism, troubleshooting, and can also be used as a way of teaching […]