How-To: Flower-Shaped Pancakes
Round pancakes are a bore! Get snazzy with your breakfast and whip up some of these flower-shaped pancakes. (especially nice for Mother’s Day tomorrow…) Not Martha shows you how it’s done.
Year: 2010
Metroid Quilt
Sprite Stitch forum member lucyinthesky made this totally incredible Metroid quilt. The fabric choice really makes the colors pop.
In the Maker Shed: Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
Fifty Dangerous Thing (You Should Let Your Children Do) is the first book from the people who created Tinkering School. With projects, activities, experiences, and skills ranging from “Superglue Your Fingers Together” to “Play with Fire,” along with 48 other great ideas, the book is a manifesto for kids and parents alike to reclaim childhood.
Alt.Transportation: Dune buggy electrical conversion
MAKE subscriber Frank from Ontario wrote in with this fantastic project: a dune buggy painstakingly converted to run on batteries. This unit rolled (sort-of) into the yard in mid to late Aug 2009. I was hesitant to buy the damned thing largely because I had my hands full with another project that was already several […]
Petri dish culture soaps
We covered these clever Petri dish soaps from Cleaner Science back in March. Now, we’re very pleased to have her on board as a Makers Market seller. Her soaps are available in many colors and varieties, including some with glow-in-the-dark “colonies,” and none of them will set you back more than $10.
Mother’s Day Heart Eggs
Bay Area artist Matthew Jervis of Kulture Hero posted this great Mom’s Day breakfast idea on Facebook — what a great, simple way to make her morning shine! (Easy to do with kids, too.) Pile up your bread slices. Carefully cut out a heart, tracing over it a couple times to ensure the bottom pieces […]
“S-word” World’s Fair, May 14-16, Piscataway, NJ
Amazing lineup of over 150 makers and performers, including our pals Jake von Slatt and the band HUMANWINE. More details here.