How Do You Tell if a Toy is a Maker Toy?
How should we judge whether a toy fits into the maker movement?
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Artistic Altered Tins Roundup
Try transforming tin containers into wonderful toys, diorama and decor for your home. I hope this roundup will inspire you to start tinkering with tin and mixed media art.
How-To: Rope and Wood Tree Ladder
Have good climbing trees in your backyard? Make those first few branches a bit easier with this fantastic rope and wood tree ladder!
Explore This Rare Gallery of Hyper Detailed Star Wars Models
The site Slightly Warped Curiosities has posted this wonderful, rare gallery of close-up photos of the Industrial Light & Magic spaceship models used in the first Star Wars trilogy. Anyone who scratch-builds models knows the importance of “grebble” — that’s the baroque surface detail–usually cool-looking bits “kit-bashed” from other models–added to make a ship look more […]
Giant Hershey’s Kiss Surprise
If you’ve left your valentine treat making to the last minute, try this novelty sized surprise!
Ridiculously Detailed European Cafe in Lego
Looking at these images, you’d be forgiven for imagining this European-style Lego cafe actually comes alive when you’re not looking and serves microbrews and amazing farm-fresh pub food to hungry Minifig locals. You can almost hear the din of enthusiastic diners and the cooking noises leaking out from the kitchen. Brickshelf user Opabinia has a […]
Printable Mad Libs Valentines
Never know quite what to write in a card? Now you can take that stress away by creating a fun mad libs valentine!