Awesome party toy for dirt cheap, provided you’ve got the necessary outdoor space (and the, ah, secure 40-foot overhang). Made from used tires, wooden poles, and “a whole lot of metal bolts and cables” by Jan Köaut;rbes, these swings are suspended from the superstructure of the Mmabatho Sports Stadium in South Africa. [via Recyclart]
Be your kid’s hero by helping him/her build a pony/unicorn from scrap plywood. A sweet story from Sweet Juniper: When I asked her what she wanted to make for our project last week, she hadn’t had a horse lesson for a month because her instructor was traveling to various horse shows out west. She told […]
When I was a kid, I was very hard on school supplies, and I remember dreaming about “industrial grade” school supplies–Kevlar backpacks and, particularly, sheet aluminum binders with piano hinges. These days, you can actually buy such binders, but they are relatively expensive. So why not make your own? Instructables user cowscankill did, with a salvaged snap-ring mechanism and riveted leather hinges. I want one.
Katy of No Big Dill shares this cute pattern for making a “Very Biased Skirt” that uses strips of bias-cut fabric to create gorgeous layers on the skirt. It’s show in kid-size, but I think it could work great on an adult as well! [via Happy Together]
Catie of Do Ah Diddy shares her tutorial for creating a softie flip book doll over on Prudent Baby. I remember loving these kinds of dolls as a kid, and I think it could be fun to customize it to your favorite story or nursery rhyme, or even make one that coordinates with your family […]
If you’d told me yesterday that it was possible to make a solar system mobile from nothing but yarn and styrofoam craft balls that I’d be proud to hang in my living room, let alone give to a child, I would not have believed you. You win this round, Instructables user yosyam!
We are a big Lego family. My son is obsessed with them, and honestly … so am I. I love this sweet and simple tutorial from Zakka Life for making felt capes for Lego minifigures. She’s provided a downloadable template and instructions for whipping up a whole batch of them. I think our minifigs will […]
