Recipe: Whiskey Sugar Rocks
It might be a bit early in the day to talk about adding booze to your coffee, but it’s Friday, so I’m doing it anyway.
Month: March 2013
How-To: Gumball Machine Fish Tank
Instructables user aloew has put together this great tutorial for turning a gumball machine into a fish tank, if that’s the sort of thing that strikes your fancy.
Making Movies with Kids
Anyone who has kids will, at one time or another, point a video camera (or smartphone) at them and make a little home movie. But how about getting kids involved in making movies? Bianca Giaever doesn’t have kids, but the young filmmaker has created a great short film called “The Scared is Scared,” based on a story invented by a six-year-old boy named Asa. Bianca’s questions and Asa’s often flip-flopping, cute-as-can-be answers form the narration of the movie. Bianca takes Asa’s imaginative story and brings it to life as he tells it. It’s clever, funny, and poignant. She offers advice on how to go about making a movie with kids.
Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire March 23
The second annual Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire is coming right up in two weeks, on Saturday, March 23, in Hudson, Florida. They’ve got an interesting and diverse group of makers signed up already, and their call for makers is open until March 15. Seen above is an interactive installation from Urban Congo, a group […]
Maker Corps Deadline Extended to March 8
The Maker Education Initiative is looking for new Maker Corps recruits. The application deadline has been extended to March 8 at midnight so if you are a young adult with an interest in making and looking for summer employment in maker education and leadership, you’d better act quickly.
How-To: Rainbow Mini Doughnuts
Doughnuts are always tasty, but they’re extra tasty when they’re very colorful!
Neon Geometric Planter
Modernly Wed is a lovely wedding blog that has inspiring ideas even for the non-engaged. Even their instagram feed is chalk-full of cool things, like this neon geometric concrete planters that someone made with a simple paint job.