Kids Thanksgiving Craft Ideas
Hostess with the Mostess has a roundup of fun Thanksgiving craft ideas for kids that she found on Parents.com.
Kids & Family
Kids can do new things for school
Recently, I had yet another conversation that included a bit of head scratching as we discussed the idea that kids in middle and high school increasingly have to be told exactly what to do, how to do it and what they should do if they have any problem. Basically, the adults have to figure the […]
Make a spin art machine
Lately it seems like every kid’s party has a spin art machine. These things can cost over $100 to rent. Crazy! This is a great how-to about making one for almost nothing, and you get to use it whenever you want! More about making a spin art machine
Make a Trebuchet in 2 hours
Who said making a Trebuchet has to be an all day project? This version took less than 2 hours to build and the results are great. The tennis ball flew 30′, which is fairly impressive. You should be able to get even better results some slight modifications. The purpose of this project was to design […]
Think Anatomy learning site
Street Anatomy has launched a cool new sister site, Think Anatomy. I found that reading an anatomy textbook, sitting in lecture, and dissecting in lab weren’t enough to really master anatomy. So I turned to the Internet to find resources like dissection videos, interactives, games, quizzes, etc., to supplement my study material. It took a […]
Thanksgiving Papercraft Turkey
Macula offers a free download of this boxy little Thanksgiving turkey papercraft – a fun holiday project for kids!
Tim Shopbots Stools
Tim is a high school senior doing an independent study. An important part of his work is to learn and document his process with the Shopbot. In order to improve on this first design I modified the top to be 14 inches in diameter as opposed to the original 16 inch diameter, which some people […]