My daughter is almost 2 years old and I can already see her crafty side come out. She loves pretty paper (like me!) and has been enjoying the idea of Halloween. To keep her in that pumpkin spirit, I’ve printed out these adorable Halloween cards for kids by Patricia of A Little Hut. So cute! […]
Jennifer at Naughty Secretary Club shows you how to make a haunted milk carton house perfect for little ones to play with or fun Halloween decor. Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food – whatever you create for Halloween […]
I’m finally accepting that it’s truly autumn, so I gasped with delight when I saw these amazing leaf creatures by Mortéza Esmaîli Sohi. They’re called “des feuilles tres, tres chouettes” which translates roughly as very, very cute leaves, which indeed they are. I’ve of course seen artwork made out of leaves and flowers before, but […]
Thomas Wiltherspoon is the director of Ears to Our World, a charitable organization bringing access to information via self-powered shortwave radio to the third world, and he’s looking for help from makers like you: I’ve always wanted to give our radios directly to children, but reality is, these kids live in some very impoverished areas […]
At Maker Faire this past weekend, these two cuties came to show me their LilyPad Arduino projects they made (and soldered themselves) using the CRAFT videos to help out, thanks for coming by! Your blinky wearables are super impressive! Photo is by their dad, leave us a comment so we can find you online! More: […]
A little stroke of marketing genius from Limor and Phil over at adafruit. Monsieur Ampère here was just released as a preview of their forthcoming E is for Electronics coloring book, in collaboration with illustrator Travis Pitts. A list of all the letters, and what they’re “for,” is here. They’re planning to have the books ready in time for Festivus.
Gever Tulley, co-author of 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) and founder of the Tinkering School will be giving a talk tonight at Parsons the New School for Design in NYC, so if you missed him at Maker Faire, here’s your chance! A self-taught computer scientist who holds multiple technology patents, Gever’s […]
