Artist Shares Origins of Fantastic Food Hats
Wooly head-covering maker Phil Ferguson (aka chiliphilly) sheds some light onto how he got started making an on-going series of incredibly elaborate crocheted hats in this amusing video from the BBC!
Edible Art: Cool and Refreshing Watercolor Popsicles
Looking for a tasty treat to bring a bit of painting-inspired artfulness to your next cookout? Check out these pretty watercolor popsicles!
Kid Crafts: Origami Faces
This weekend, get crafty with the kids! Create fun folded paper figures with this neat origami faces project. Directions to Fold Origami Faces from Pink Stripey Socks on Vimeo. Ready to make cool and quirky custom paper friends? This easy-to-follow origami faces tutorial from Leslie at Pink Stripey Socks will show you how it’s done. […]
Drumroll Please for the Ribbon Winners from Maker Faire Bay Area!
This year’s Maker Faire Bay Area has come to a close, and while we are sad to see it go, it also gave us the opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of those Makers who brought the best, most fun, engaging, memorable, and educational exhibits. One of the biggest perks of working as part of Maker […]
DFRobot Encourages the Open Hardware Community
DFRobot is a Shanghai-based open source hardware facilitator whose mission is to encourage people to develop their own products and simply enable more rapid project creation. We caught up with Hector Saldana of DFRobot to find out more about the company’s offerings. Saldana notes one of their main focuses of DFRobot is to reduce the […]
Making a Simple Air Muscle
A father’s love inspired this A-bomb maker to invent a pneumatic actuator that’s used in robots today.
Sew Cute: Hula Hoop Tent Tutorial
Make a family-friendly DIY play tent that’s fit for a prince or princess with this cool hula hoop tent project! Give your little ones the gift of bright smiles and hours of playtime fun with this sweet hula hoop tent tutorial that Mandi from Making Nice in the Midwest shared on A Beautiful Mess. It’s […]