The SnapCircuits Pro kit contains over 75 parts that allow you to build over 500 snap-together circuits. Experiment Examples include a Musical Doorbell, Laser Gun, Race Game, Lie Detector, Electronic Kazoo, Make Your Own Battery, Morse Code Generator, Mind Reading Game, Race Car Engine, Telegraph, AM & FM Radio. (No Tools Required. Requires 4AA Batteries) Ages 8+
Several years ago, I embroidered a tooth fairy pillow for my daughter (my oldest child) just before she lost her first tooth. My son has now lost two teeth and I’ve yet to make a tooth pillow for him. The poor kid has had to use his sister’s. I think this fun monster tooth pillow […]
In the latest episode of Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show, she’s at it again with this classic MiniPOV build and persistence of vision demonstration. Today we’ll be building the awesome MiniPOV kit by Adafruit, available in the Maker Shed. It’s your own little persistence of vision display in the palm of your hand. Lets go! For […]
Felt food is always a favorite craft project of mine, and I love this felt pizza set from Wee Folk Art. Kids would have so much fun loading up toppings and designing pizzas of their own. Love it!
For your kid’s next birthday party serve it up superhero style with Zakka Life’s cute supehero lollipop templates. Such a cute idea for party favors!
Cubelets look like they’re the perfect toy for kids that are old enough to be interested in robotics and electronics but not old enough to understand an H bridge: The cubelets standard kit comes with 20 magnetic blocks that can be snapped together to make an endless variety of robots with no programming and no […]
Dale Dougherty tweeted this pic of a giant cardboard robo-naut bounding around at the Open MAKE/Young Makers Program at the Exploratorium today. This month’s theme was, you guessed it, cardboard. Next month is metal/wire. The Open MAKE event is held the third Saturday of every month. The next one is March 19, 2011, 10am-2pm. More […]
