Summer camp projects aren’t all painted rocks and macaroni portraits! I loved making woven plastic lanyards, friendship bracelets, fire-baked apples, and tie-dyed everything. In the spirit of bringing the joy of summer camp to your browser, I’m pleased to bring you a blast-from-the-past roundup of crafty projects, perfect for any MAKEcation. How-To: Make a Big-As-Life […]
This just showed up in our inbox moments ago, and man does it ever look like a fun and creative way to spend a lazy summer afternoon. And it’d make a perfect MAKEcation project! Booooooom, the Vancouver arts community and blog, headed up by Jeff Hamada, hosted this event at Trout Lake in Vancouver last […]
By Future Craft Collective Have you ever wished you had a magic wand? Something to hold all the goodness in your world so that when things were a little low you could tap into the goodness? This super simple project is just the thing for making sure that you can create a little magic whenever, […]
As we get ready for back to school, Homemade by Jill has the most adorable alphabet flash cards that you can download and print from your home computer. [via The Crafty Crow]
I remember making these at summer camp as a kid, it’s a heart pin/hairclip made from a drinking straw!
I’ve always loved felt boards as a great source of inspiration, fun and play, Maya of Maya*Made shares how to make this cute felt board that folds up and has a handle, making it perfect for travel. It’s sure to keep your kiddo engaged for hours!
Ken Denmead, editor of the GeekDad blog, and author of the book Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share, posted one of our favorite projects from the book, Electronic Origami, on the Make: Projects platform. It’s a starter origami project where you build a simple paper box with a […]
