HOW TO – Sunprint Calendar
Kelly Wilkinson of Make Grow Gather made this beautiful calendar from sunprint paper. This is an easy gift project for a kid to make, and I love the sunprint blue.
Kids & Family
HOW TO – Bead Tree Holiday Decorations
Seattle’s Fusion Beads has some great online tutorials – I really like these little bead tree decorations.
Night sky in a shoe box
Brennon Williams sent us a link to his blog, BW Science Labs, where he explores science and technology. I really liked this LED constellation project, but you should check out the rest of his entries – he posts about microcontrollers, basic soldering, robotics, lots of stuff! Really impressive work for a 14-year-old!
Papercraft Elves Download
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Macula says they will soon be adding some December papercrafts to their site, including these funny pointy elves you can download and assemble. Keep an eye on Macula.tv for more.
Heron stalking carp
There’s a section of freeway near my house that goes through the wetlands on the edge of a lake. There’s a lot of wildlife there that you can see as you’re passing; turtles and ducks, and sometimes huge herons. It feels really magical to see the herons – they’re so majestic and I’m always amazed […]
2008 Good Gift Games round-up
Matthew Baldwin’s 2008 Good Gift Game round-up is worth a look – some great games and fun reviews! “In this game we are all epidemiologists, trying to synthesize vaccines to four deadly diseases that are rapidly spreading across the globe…” My God, can you even imagine a less-enticing introduction to a board game? It sounds […]
Troody the walking dinosaur
Peter Dilworth of MIT’s Leg Lab made this bipedal walking robot based on a Troodon dinosaur. His objective was straightforward: “It was for the robot to stand up from a sitting position, to walk and possibly run, go back to walking and stop and then sit down and be stable, and not fall over in […]
