How-To: Make a Diving Ring By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective If you’re in Austin, Texas, you know that swim season has officially begun. Though parks and recreation is keeping some of the pools closed until next week, we’ve already begun our quest of a swim-a-day. We’ve hit up the cold springs […]
Filth Wizardry shares the steps she went through to create this awesome Wall-E robot model with her kids. She has some brilliant re-uses for everyday materials in there. Can you guess what all the pieces are? [ via croqzine on Twitter ]
I built a bunch of vibrating marker-legged artbots with the kids at my son’s preschool the other day, and it was great fun. We taped motors with an offset weight on their shafts to the top of some plastic cups, chose different colors of markers for the legs, and set them in motion creating beautiful […]
David Veloz Jr., an engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, told us about a unique class he was teaching over the summer. His company conducts an outreach program for local high school students who show an interest in science and math. David was teaching them about his job and electronics in general. Thinking that […]
Vickie Howell’s new site Craft Corps is looking to feature more crafty kids. You can share your kids story on the site. Vickie writes: One of the many reasons for me starting the Craft Corps project, was to show that us creative types come in all sizes, shapes, backgrounds and ages. As a mother, it’s […]
These cupcakes in sugar cones are painfully cute, and would be great for a kid’s birthday party. Sarah James at Instructables made them by balancing the cones in an egg carton while baking.
I am in love with this sweet and simple checkers set made by Blair of Wise Craft. She’s used scrap fabrics to create the game board, and beautifully colored felted rocks as game pieces. Fantastic!
