How-To: Honeycomb Wall Art
Add some geometric style to your home decor with this simple honeycomb wall art project!
Year: 2013
Can 50 Closed Chicago Schools Become 50 Makerspaces?
Chicago will be soon closing 50 under-enrolled public schools. Could those 50 closed public schools become 50 makerspaces?
Making an Electric Pickle
My friends from Kaleidoscope Learning Center demonstrate the electric pickle often enough that they keep a modified AC extension cord in their car. I’m sure you can find plans to make the electric pickle online. Briefly, you cut off the female end of a heavy duty extension cord, strip the hot and neutral wires, and solder a […]
Meeting Makers in Ohio This Week
After a good weekend in Pittsburgh and the Mini Maker Faire at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, I’m heading north through central Ohio. I’ll be stopping in Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland, and there’s public meetups in Akron and Cleveland. I wrote recently following Maker Faire Detroit an article: Midwest at Its Best, and I’d like […]
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Arduino Controlled Solar Fountain
A fountain can make a nice decorative fixture for your garden. But it isn’t always easy to run a power cord out to where you want it. So I decided to run it on solar power. The system is controlled by an Arduino. This allows you to save energy by programming when the fountain will be turned on.
English Paper Piecing Series: Part 3
Pack your bags and hang on to your hats for this next installment of Haley’s English Paper Piecing tutorial series: the English paper piecing travel kit!
DIY Stone Necklace
This is such a pretty DIY necklace by Jenny of I Spy DIY.
