How-To: Glitter and Trim Ballet Flats
Skip down the street with some extra shimmer in your step—add glitter and trim to your own ballet flats!
Kids & Family
Teen Launches Hello Kitty into Space
Thirteen-year-old Lauren Rojas’ science fair project has taken off in ways she never imagined. The seventh grader at Cornerstone Christian School in Antioch, Calif. saw a Visa commercial that featured three guys sending a balloon into the upper atmosphere. She wanted to do something simliar to test a hypothesis about the effects of altitude on air pressure and air temperature.
“I learned a lot more about space than I ever knew,” she said.
She also got an unexpected lesson in internet fame.
Barbie’s Blinky Dress
Looks like those years of being a computer engineer have gotten Barbie into soft circuits — this year an available accessory is the Digital Dress.
Two Bay Area Young Maker Events This Weekend
It’s my pleasure to tell you about two fantastic Young Makers / Open Make events happening in the San Francisco Bay Area this Saturday, Feb. 16. But be ready for a twinge of disappointment: You’ll have to pick just one of these two wonderful ways to spend a Saturday, because they are happening at the same time! Each site is an action-packed flurry of activity that starts at 10am and ends with an inspiring “meet-the-makers” panel discussio
St. Louis Educators Learn to Solder and Program at a Popup Makerspace
On Saturday, February 9, St. Louis’ Disruption Department hosted a “Popup Makerspace” for teachers at EdcampSTL, a completely free unconference organized by educators. Over seventy teachers came to the temporary space and learned to solder, program a robot, and try their hand at the Ruby programming language.
Star Destroyer Birthday Cake With Working Lights
Epic dad Lorenzo Wood created this star desroyer cake, complete with working lights, for his son’s birthday.
Rocket Science for Kids
One of the things I remember fondly from my childhood was building and launching model rockets with my dad. So when my son William got a model rocket as a gift from his aunt, it was really fun to get back into it. We have built and launched several rockets now. We are also working […]
