The Billy Bookcase, which celebrated its 30th birthday last fall, is one of IKEA’s most popular products. Andrew Saffer of Melbourne, Australia shares an IKEA hack of the Billy Bookcase that he used to create a dollhouse. I imagine you could use the top half for a dollhouse and maintain use of the bottom half […]
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. Episode 1: Rockets By James (TechNinja) and Sylvia Did you know you could be a rocket scientist […]
Kip @ MAKE shows us how to construct a regulation size set of materials for playing the popular lawn game Cornhole in his Weekend Project video. His niece helped him sew the bags full of corn for tossing down the playing field.
Squishy Circuits is a project to teach kids about electricity and electronics by having them form circuits out of Play-Doh-like dough — with two varieties, conductive and insulating. Squishy Circuits were developed at the University of St. Thomas by undergraduate Samuel Johnson and Dr. AnnMarie Thomas. The purpose of their development is to facilitate electronics […]
Kate on mini-eco has a nice little list of ingredients that will work as natural dye for homemade playdough. Turmeric, oak tree bark, raspberries… They create such pretty colors! She shares her playdough recipe too.
My strongest memories of summer camp involve bracelets. Lanyards, friendship bracelets, charm bracelets made from beaded safety pins … and so I love this woven summer bracelet tutorial from Between the Lines, which updates the cheap plastic I remember with leather or fabric scraps for a more sophisticated look. I would totally wear these, and […]
Make your own Cornhole boards and bags. Cornhole is a fun summertime lawn game where players take turns throwing corn filled bags at a raised platform with a hole in the far end.
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