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Safe Bamboo Swords
At an outdoor festival, my sons and I saw a group of teens play-fighting with padded swords.

Corrugated Glow
A friend of mine recently finished a deck remodel, whose highlight (literally) is a transparent corrugated roof that diffuses sunlight in a delightful way.

Pagan Eggcraft
There’s magic in your fridge or at least the makings of it.

Freezer Paper Stencil
If you were a teenager in the 90s like I was, you’ll remember being a sentient being in a world without the Galactic Information Superhighweb, or internet as we now know it.

Pocket Book
Moleskine notebooks have been popular for some time now, and for good reason: they are small and convenient, and can help even the most scatterbrained people stay organized.

Direct Digital Wedding Rings
After giving my wife a handmade plastic faux-diamond engagement ring, I decided I’d better get serious and come up with more permanent wedding rings.

Altered Books
Part bookbinding, part bibliovandalism, part mixed-media collage, and part scrapbooking, the craft of altered books is becoming increasingly popular and recognized as the distinct art form it is.

Cup Positioning System
Not everyone has a GPS (Global Positioning System), but you can easily make a CPS (Cup Positioning System) from any cup and learn the art of orienteering!

Balancing Robot from Recycled Materials
Amaze your kids by transforming two old toilet rolls and a few other recycled bits and bobs into a cool steampunk-inspired robot.

Fabricate Pieces to Complete a Defective Jigsaw Puzzle
What you’ll need to begin: THE BOX in which your puzzle came (hopefully, with a picture of the completed puzzle on it); A typical 3-in-1 style printer-scanner-copier (with ink, of course); Photo paper (I’d use gloss finish, depending on the puzzle); Microsoft Paint (which is on virtually every computer, new or old, running Windows); A […]

WireFinder 9000
By Christie, Jim, John, and Terry Noe Our dog, Maggie, loves to run around in our big yard.