HOW TO – Feed the Birds
Birds have a hard time finding food in the winter – Crafty Crow has a great roundup of lots of different ways to feed them; these are great projects for kids!
Kids Crafts
HOW TO – Valentine Pretzels
Maya Made shares the recipe and instructions for making these cute heart-shaped pretzels. This is a great project to do with kids!
HOW TO – Toy Terrarium
Plum Pudding shows us how to use an old shoebox to create a toy terrarium, full of magazine photo cutouts, twigs and rocks.
HOW TO – Felted Elf Slippers
Maya*Made recently came up with this great pattern for elf slippers, and shares her tutorial with us. They’re made from felted recycled sweaters, which makes them extra cozy-cute.
Kids in Malawi Make Toys from Junk
MAKE reader Mike points us to this Inhabitots article about Avik Maitra, a Colombia University graduate doing a research fellowship in Malawi. Malawi kids have been making some very cool toys out of found items; Avik is working on designing more toys that the children can make out of local materials and factory byproducts – […]
Big Box of ADHD
Meagan sent us a link to her Big Box of ADHD project. I think it would be a super way to help kids (and grownups) organize their brains and ideas.
Star Wars Birthday Party Ideas
Marie at Make and Takes shares some of her ideas and projects she used to celebrate at her son’s Star Wars birthday party. I love this clever Death Star piñata – made from a store -bought soccer ball piñata – and the simple light-saber cupcake display.
