How-To: Make a Ruffle
Whether you’re an accomplished stitcher or a novice sewer, refreshing your knowledge of basic sewing skills is never a bad idea.
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Recipe: Super Quick Churros
In the mood for a sweet snack? Check out this mouth watering super quick churros recipe!
How-To: 30 Minute Stretchy Tube Skirt
Send your little lady back to school in style with this 30 minute stretchy tube skirt tutorial!
Today on Maker Camp: Young Makers and Special Effects
Today is the second-to-last day of Maker Camp and our penultimate show will be a good one. Actually there will be two good ones.
Starting at 9am PDT we’ll hangout with Innovate Salone’s David Moinina Sengeh. David will be joined by young makers from all over the world who will be sharing their impressive projects. Innovate Salone is a Sierra Leone-based project to empower high school students to think of a problem and have them solve it.
Then at 11am PDT, we’ll explore the creation great looking special effects, props, and costumes with the pros—Fon Davis, Frank Ippolito, Harrison Hix, and Keril.
How to Create a new Generation of Innovators
With fun, relatable technology, children can immerse themselves in finding solutions and asking the right questions. Early on, they can experience the joy of creating something. We give them tools, then let them exercise the engineer inside from K-12 and beyond. That’s how you create innovators.
This Weekend: Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire
Pittsburgh’s third annual mini maker faire is set for Saturday, Aug. 18 at Buhl Community Park and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. There are more than 70 maker exhibits planned for the fair, everything local roboticists to hackers to kid inventors. Here are some of the projects and makers you’ll see at the event.
Paper Feathers
Poppy Haus has an easy tutorial for paper feathers that can then be used in a ton of other projects like wreaths, table decor, or a head band.