I’m totally enchanted by these whittled strawberries over on Whip Up; they’re technically play food for kids, but I actually think a bowl full of them would look awesome just about anywhere. I’ve never tried whittling, but the tutorial is simple and clear — it seems like a nice skill to have!
In response to our Robotics theme on the site, several parents have written me to ask about entry-level robotics projects for little kids, and what’s the appropriate age of entry. Of course, the latter part of that is hard to answer. It depends very much on the child. The obvious entry point is Lego Mindstorms. But in thinking of other product lines or building sets that can scale well with age and growing technical sophistication, the Hexbug line came to mind.
In the latest issue of MAKE, Volume 27, the always-awesome Howtoons project column shows you how to build a wobbly little walker using two servomotors and some plastic coat hanger hooks for eccentric wheegs. While this is not really a robot, it’s a fun project for teaching kids some bot basics, like the important robot-building technique of hacking servos for continuous rotation and using Tupperware as a bot body (very handy).
I don’t have kids, but if I did, I would totally make them wear these adorable ruffle pink satin bow bloomers. I would let his or her complaints fall on deaf ears. These would be mandatory till age 10. Natasha from Bonbonland makes adorable dresses too, but the ruffle butt is my fave.
I’ve seen a few applications of crayons as ways to color fabric, but this sandpaper technique is new to me. Cindy at Alphamom shares how you can color on sandpaper and then transfer the image to a t-shirt. [via Grosgrain]
I discovered an inchworm in my living room last night, so imagine my delight to come across this adorable inchworm pattern this morning! The pattern is free for download until Thursday morning, and then available in the Wilsons shop after that! This inchworm is designed to really be able to inch along just like the […]
By Vanessa Coppolla One of my toddler’s favorite things to do is rummage through our recyclables bin, which I seriously need to find a better way to child-proof. I’m not sure why I spend money on toys for Logan when he prefers to play with the cardboard box that the toys arrived in. Give him […]
