How-To: Flower Power Heart Card
Here’s a colorful card to make and send to your valentine. It features the rolled paper craft called quilling and is simple enough for children to do.
Here’s a colorful card to make and send to your valentine. It features the rolled paper craft called quilling and is simple enough for children to do.
The snap-together solar powered grasshopper kit teaches how solar energy can be used to generate electricity. It’s an easy to assemble electronics kit that’s great for first-time experimenters with little or no experience. Ages 10 and up.
Even though the theme of the newest issue of MAKE, Volume 25, is Microcontrollers and Arduino, rest assured that it features a wide variety of projects, something for everyone. Case in point is the Giant Spin Art project by brothers Bob and Pete Goldstein. This simple wooden rig holds a canvas powered by a corded […]
By Katie Goodman I have two very different eaters. One is incredibly picky and always has been. The other was the baby who put everything in her mouth, but is now going through a slight picky phase. Kids don’t know that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. In fact, it seems that my […]
Jennifer of Mateo and Me shares the awesome gift her husband, Brian, made for their son, Mateo’s, birthday. Brian is a packaging and graphic designer. He made this out of the material he specializes in, corrugated paper. It’s to scale, of course. Awesome! Thanks, Kristin! More: Stained Glass TARDIS Clock Crochet TARDIS Pattern Lego TARDIS […]
How great is this painted kids’ mat?? I’ve been looking for something for the floor of a playroom we’re creating in our attic, and this is so much more fun than plain old primary colors! This would be a great way to add some cushion and color to a kitchen floor, too. The creator has […]
If you’re looking for a way to fill up some of your after school time in the next few months, check out Google Science Fair. Gather up a friend or two and set out to explore science and making while creating an online record of your project and process. You’ll be competing against teens worldwide, but hey, the prizes look worthwhile.
Aged out of the competition? You can help out a team of youth as a teacher or mentor.