Magical Frozen Bubbles
Stuck inside due to freezing weather? Bundle up, bring some bubbles, and watch magic happen! Photos by Angela Kelly via Apartment Therapy
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Stuck inside due to freezing weather? Bundle up, bring some bubbles, and watch magic happen! Photos by Angela Kelly via Apartment Therapy
Cat ownership can definitely feel like some sort of surreal video game that has no rules, so this ingenious homemade Super Mario Bros warp pipe cat climber from Redditor Collinferal (inspired by Etsy seller CatastophicCreations) makes perfect sense.
He’s made out of fish, and pink sushi rice, he’s gonna get rolled, he’s gonna get sliced; Santa Claus will get swallowed down (with this amazing project by YouTube user Make Sushi).
If you’re looking for some activities to keep the little ones occupied on these chilly winter days consider this inventive Rainbow Soap Foam Bubbles Sensory Play activity from Asia of Fun at Home with Kids.
We at MAKE love The Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, so when we heard that its directors, Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich, were going to capture their community of artists and engineers (“Tinkerers”) into the pages of a book called The Art of Tinkering, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on it. And you know what? They have exceeded my very high hopes for what they’d create.
We have all seen movies and TV show where someone opens a treasure chest and the treasure inside is so shiny that the container is glowing as soon as it is opened. I thought that this would make a great effect for Christmas presents. So I made a small treasure chest with a built-in light that turns on when it is opened. The lights are activated by a normally open momentary switch.
There may be plenty of presents for Makers under the twinkling lights (Arduino controlled, of course) of your tree, but don’t forget about the stockings hanging from the mantle! Swing by the Maker Shed and ogle the Maker Shed Stocking Stuffer Gift Guide and get some goodies to fill those stockings.