Valentine Heart Leis
By Marie LeBaron These fun heart-shaped leis are helping to spread Valentine’s cheer. They are the perfect activity for your child’s classroom party or to make ahead of time to give out as Valentines.
Kids & Family
Using paper airplanes to learn about flight
Need a way to help the youth around you learn about flight? Try out some paper airplanes! Most people know how t make a basic paper airplane, but there are other designs out there. Inside the Dangerous Book for Boys is a two page section on paper airplanes with a few alternate designs you may have not tried.
Crayon Heart Valentine’s Day Cards
Melted crayon shapes have been a favorite craft for kids for a while, but Ellen of The Long Thread takes it a step further by offering up these cute Valentine’s Day cards to go along with your crayon heart creations. I only wish I’d had them when we did this very craft last year! Grab […]
Open MAKE at the Exploratorium, this Saturday
Michelle Hlubinka, MAKE’s Education Director, sent us this announcement about the upcoming Open MAKE at the SF Exploratorium: As part of our ongoing quest to encourage more young people to exercise their innate curiosity and creativity by making things, this Saturday, January 30th, we’re kicking off a four-month collaboration with the Exploratorium’s Learning Studio, TechShop, […]
The phylomon project: collectible animal cards
Can your kids identify a Shiny Pichu but not a Procyon lotor (raccoon)? An open source initiative called the Phylomon Project aims to change that. “What is this?” you ask? Well, it’s an online initiative aimed at creating a Pokémon card type resource but with real creatures on display in full “character design” wonder. Not […]
Beam Camp: A haven for makers
Everything we do at Beam is directed towards enabling campers and staff to make ideas happen. Our aim is help kids explore how the skill and process of making things can be applied to all of life, not just strictly objex of art. Making, for us, is where art, work, technology, utility, resource management, communication and collaboration intersect. We see making as a pathway to being intentional about how you live, who you are and what you bring to the world.
Weekend Project: Rubber Band Power
Build a fun-for-all-ages mini car launcher for next to nothing. Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/weekend_project_rubber_band_power_p.html
More great projects at http://www.makezine.com.