How-To: Seed Tapes
I had never seen seed tapes before, but here’s a handy way to make your own seed tapes for fast planting of all kinds of seeds. Instructables user DebH57 reports that this is a kid-friendly activity as well!
Kids & Family
How-To: Make a Diving Ring
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 […]
Wall-E Robot Made From Recycled Materials
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 ]
Preschoolers love artbots
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 […]
Students enjoy MAKE, build styrofoam speakers
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 […]
Craft Corps is Looking for Crafty Kids
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 […]
How-To: Cupcake Cones
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.