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When my daughter was was a baby, she absolutely loved anything she could play with that made a crinkle noise. She had a favorite small alligator toy that had one section of its body filled with some kind of crinkle material, and it was her go-to toy for ages. Somewhere along the way, the alligator […]
Photo from The Boston Globe A few years ago a dragon turned up down the street. Chuck Nudd had spent some winter months concocting a behemoth animatronic dragon from some cast off steel junk. It started out as a dinosaur, but morphed into a dragon as the design came out. Draco is both wildly popular […]
SEWbutterfly on BurdaStyle has a tutorial on how to refashion a t-shirt into a halter top.
Spring has sprung, the grass is green again, the trees are in bloom, the animals are stirring. And to me, that all means one important thing: Peeps are in season! I’ve had a rather unnatural attraction to Peeps every since I was a child. There’s something about this strange, over-the-top-sweet, pillowy confection that makes it […]
Here’s a prank to play on older Easter egg hunters – use a spiral stake and a concrete-filled plastic egg to make an egg that can’t be picked up! I’m hiding eggs tomorrow for two high school aged hunters, and they really expect a challenge.
Seen above is a sampling of some of the goings on at the last Handmade Music – a group test of newly assembled Noise Toys instigated by Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan. If you’re in the NYC region this Thursday, 4-18, swing by 3rd Ward in Brooklyn and bring that project/idea you’ve been working on […]
Kleas shares three different ways to craft a bunny from a knit square, a perfect quick craft for the holiday weekend!
