How-To: Zine-Making for Kids
Teach your kids how to create their own publications with this fun zine-making tutorial.
Kids & Family
Recipe: Snickerdoodle Cake for Cinnamon Lovers
My son turned 8 last week, and in our family when it’s your birthday you get to pick the type of cake and the birthday dinner. He chose crab legs and artichokes for dinner, which basically translates to things he can dip into butter, and Snickerdoodle for his cake flavor. Never having heard of Snickerdoodle […]
Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Sidewalk Chalk
Sylvia’s at it again! This time she shows us how to whip up our own sidewalk chalk using plaster of Paris and powdered tempera. More: Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Crazy putty Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Rockets Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show – Maker Faire edition Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 01, Drawdio
DIY Kids Fashion: Turn Men’s Jeans into Toddler Jeans
Cook Clean Craft has a quicker solution on how to turn men’s jeans or pants into toddler-sized jeans. [via jean repair] Cook Clean Craft writes: I’ve seen a few blog posts for converting men’s pants or jeans to toddler-sized jeans, but they all seem to involve a lot of seam-ripping, deconstructing and lots of sewing. […]
Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Sidewalk Chalk
We’re excited to bring to you our special summer kids video miniseries, Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show! Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube, Blip.tv, and Vimeo. By James (TechNinja) and Sylvia Bored on a hot summer day? In the mood to let out […]
Make: Kids: Lego project roundup
There’s a not-very-secret secret about Lego — adults like ’em just as much as kids do! So while we’ve assembled our ten favorite Lego inventions in honor of the month’s theme Make: Kids, all the projects are by adults. #10 Lego RC hand with exoskeletal controller #9 Lego NXT R/C boat #8 Lego Classic Space […]
Teaching kids electronics using wooden blocks
My friend Paul Marlier has a pretty fun gig at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. His job as a workshop specialist is to come up with new ways to teach science to children (and their parents!).