Homespun Checkers Set
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!
Kids & Family
A sightseer’s guide to engineering
If you are looking for a way to smarten up your travels, you may want to look into the Sightseer’s Guide to Engineering provided by the National Society of Professional Engineers and National Engineers Week. From the entry on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge: To engineers, crossing the Tacoma Narrows presented more of an economic challenge. […]
Homemade Stationery
Homemade Stationery By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective Welcome back! We hope your week has been sweetly satisfying as you wrap up your school work and prepare for full-on summer. Here in our neighborhood in Austin, Texas, school is officially out for summer and the kids are already chomping at the bit […]
Jello Monoprints
Jello Monoprints By Jessica Wilson As we all know, gelatin has a unique property of being at once delightful to some and repulsive to others. I land somewhere in the middle, I like to play with it but please don’t make me eat it. Years and years ago I took a multimedia class and one […]
CRAFT at Maker Faire: Talking Star Wars Crafts
I caught up with Bonnie Burton of StarWars.com and her crafty assistant Terri Hodges after their last Star Wars kids craft workshop at Maker Faire on Sunday afternoon. Watch the video and find out some of the cool stuff coming up in the world of Star Wars crafting! Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, […]
Paper Yachts book contest
I’ve always been fascinated by origami, but never had the patience for learning it. If you think you do have what it takes to model the world in folded paper, here’s an opportunity to get a free copy of a unique origami book. Our pals over at Potter Craft have given us three copies of […]
Let Your Kids Play with Their Food
My husband isn’t a big breakfast eater, and it’s one of my favorite meals, especially if I don’t have to cook it. As such, I’ve had many a morning in a restaurant with just me, a toddler, and a school-age boy in tow waiting for the food to arrive. Out of necessity, I’ve come up […]