Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads and Grandpas out there. Hope you are all enjoying a great day with the family. Pictured above is the origami shirt and tie card on Alphamom from Cindy of Skip to My Lou. [ via The Long Thread ]
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The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Kidlaunching!
kidlauncher from connors934 on Vimeo. Kidlaunching is a variation on the slip and slide model of backyard/park fun. What we did this day was lay out a hundred feet or so of plastic sheet on the grass, tied a gigantic elastic band to a tree and poured water from a park fountain over the plastic […]
Recipe: Pbu, 30 Calorie Peanut Butter
Emily at Curly Top shares her healthy recipe for an all-natural 30 calorie peanut butter, Pbu. See how she incorporates it into her daily menu as well.
Street sign chair
I like this simple perch attached to a street sign by Ken Mori. When not in use, it rotates to vertical, to advertise it’s proposed use. Via Urban Prankster.
Recycled Wedding Flower Baby Toy
Two of my sweetest friends were just married, and I know how excited they are about someday soon having a baby. So I decided to recycle some leftover flowers from their wedding into a keepsake baby toy. I saved the fragrant lavender blossoms from some of the arrangements, and dried them to use as part […]
Weekend Project: Arduino Rumble Robots
Learn how to modify the classic Rumble Robot toy with an Arduino. Thanks go to
Dino Segovis for this Weekend Project from Maker Faire.
Amphibious bike
Not sure how well it works, but from the pictures on Inhabitat, it does appear to at least… float. It’s made from eight plastic water jugs. Wanes attached to the rear spokes provide power. The DIY Floating Water Bike