We’re excited to bring to you the second episode in 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 Did you know that you can have fun […]
Sarah James at Instructables made a tutorial for making your own sidewalk chalk at home. This is an inexpensive and easy project to do with your kids this summer! Plaster of Paris and powdered tempera paint are the magic ingredients.
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.
