Brown Paper Bag Recipe Cards
Learn how to recycle brown paper bags into recipe cards in this tutorial by Jackie on Crafting a Green World. She also includes a PDF of her recipe card design for you to easily print with.
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Snap circuits
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – a favorite each year, Snap Circuits from Elenco. We like these kits so much for teaching kids we have them in the Maker Shed too! The one pictured above isn’t out yet, it’s “green” alternative energy – the circuits are powered by: solar power, wind power, crank power, chemical/battery power […]
The Erector set is now a talking iPod dock robot
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – many of us know Erector as the iconic metal building “toy” for kids. Erector Set is the trade name of a toy construction set that was wildly popular in the United States during much of the 20th century. Like Meccano that was patented in 1901, it consists of collections of […]
3D scanning with a web cam and projector
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – One of the more interesting companies was 3D3 solutions, they use off the shelf web cams and presentation projectors to make a 3D model, you can see me getting 3D scanned above – good stuff and not as expensive as many of the other commercial packages. FlexScan3D is an innovative […]
Ticklish plants
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – We stopped by and visited our pals who sell the plants you can tickle… When you touch them, they “curl up” a bit, it’s very cute. The TickleMe Plant has also been called the “Shy Plant”, “Humble Plant”, “Sleeping Grass”, “Touch-Me-Not”, “Noli Me Tangere” , “Sensitive Plant” and “Modest Princess.” […]
HDX 1000 – Analyzer for toxic metals in toys
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – There were a few dozen “lead testing” companies, but I think I liked the HDX 1000 lead tester from XOS the most… It’s a portable X-Ray machine for the most part and their interface / set up seemed pretty solid. XOS, a manufacturer of x-ray analytical equipment and x-ray optics […]
Ecotronics – Hand crank powered toys
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – “Ecotronics” – Hand crank powered toys (sorry, not web site it seems) had an assortment of hand torches (flash lights) and toys that kids crank to power / store energy. One was a game, another was a microphone / noise maker, we’re seeing a lot of the commercial applications of […]