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Kids & Family
How-To: Decoupage a Kid’s Art Table
Tiffany of Art Food and Motherhood shows you how you can decoupage a kid’s art table with vintage book images. Isn’t it cute? It’s the perfect little table for tea parties too. I love that her 4 year old daughter helped her with the project too!
The Camp Couture at Maker Faire Fashion Show
The theme for this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, which took place last weekend, was Young Makers, and one set of inspirational young makers who came out and participated were the creative young ladies from The Camp Couture. They showed their handmade fashions on the catwalk at the Faire, as part of the Swap-O-Rama-Rama fashion […]
Raygun Gothic Rocket replicas from Alan Rorie
Apparently there was some kind of giant rocketship at Maker Faire this year. Did anybody else notice this? I tend to tune everything else out when there’s funnel cake around. We should probably put it in a more prominent location next time.
Anyhoo, if, like me, you were at the Faire and happened to miss the 40-foot-tall gleaming aluminum spaceship in the middle of the grounds, on the program, and on all the posters, don’t fret: There are plenty of groovy photos and videos whooshing around the tubes, and if you find yourself unsatisfied by two-dimensional simulacra you could always purchase one of Raygun Gothic crewman Alan Rorie’s kit models of the craft. He’s got
beautifully-printed pepakura
for $12.50 and laser-cut plywood for $50.
Fire-breathing robot dragon
Saphira, the mechanical fire-breathing dragon, was a huge hit at the Faire. She is the creation of high school students Alex Jacobson and Sam DeRose of Marin, CA, whose combined ages are less than 30.
CRAFT Pattern: Bobby Dazzler’s Make Your Own Misfits
Make Your Own Misfits by Fumie Kamijo and Rosie Short. CICO Books, $19.95, 2010; cicobooks.com Sometimes I take crafting a little too seriously. I grumble at uneven seams, curse under my breath as I rip out knit stitches, and once or twice there has even been a few tears when something didn’t go as planned. […]
Kid Art: Endangered Species Awareness
Each year since 2006, thousands of children across the United States submit artwork representing a plethora of endangered plants and wildlife living in our fair country. The submissions are amazing, the cause is attention-worthy, and the contest culminates in national Endangered Species Day, which this year falls on tomorrow, Friday, May 21. The contest gives […]