Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, maché, and more.
DIY.org is an online community for young makers to share their skills and projects, and to be inspired and learn to make new creations. This year at Maker Faire Bay Area, they will be providing the supplies and space for Cardboard Village, a place where kids can collaborate to build their own community using cardboard. If you’re planning to attend Maker Faire, stop by and check out the progress!
Into stamps and stitches? You’ll love this hexagon quilt stamps tutorial from Mollie at Wild Olive!
Get the look of handcrafted glass beads—and use up those pretty little paper scraps that you’ve been saving—with DIY faux lampwork paper beads!
Give your paper crafts a fun electronic upgrade with this LED origami tutorial!
Our friends at Dark Rye, an online magazine from Whole Foods, have come up with a project for turning a wooden crate into a retro bike cargo box. It’s a simple, but useful bike mod. The project comes from Dark Rye’s latest “Future” issue. It’s a great read featuring forward-looking innovators in architecture, urban agriculture, energy production, and transportation.
I love a faux animal head and this paper mache` bust by Lil Blue Boo is even better because it’s a unicorn!
Instructables user science4u used this simple arrangement to create an ad hoc paper resistor — a strip of heavy paper with pencil lead limiting the flow of current, with precisely spaced paperclips serving as leads. Desperate for a 10K? Draw your own! [Thanks, Laura!]
