How to: Make an Origami Burger
Now this is a low calorie burger! Check out the link for a PDF file that has the patterns and folding instructions for making your own Origami Burger. Learn how to make an Origami Burger [ReadyMade]
Kids & Family
Custom Decorated Store Bought Cake (with Robots!)
Dot from Dabbled, no stranger to cool robot cakes herself, spotted this Dabbled robot-inspired cake at Baby Toolkit. Adrienne provides some helpful information for customizing your own cake with homemade fondant. Related HOW TO – Make a Robot Cake
Free rice game – more subjects!
You can now change the subject in the Free Rice game – you can identify art, learn languages, be quizzed on the multiplication table, and identify chemical symbols.
Raising praying mantises
I’ve been curious about raising praying mantises for a while; according to Wikipedia, there are 2,000 species of mantids; only 20 of them are native to the United States. I’ve heard of people using them for a natural pest control, but apparently they’ll eat beneficial insects as well as pests, and will even eat hummingbirds! […]
Paper train whistle
Tyler at Oddstrument built this neat working paper train whistle model (pdf), designed by Rob Ives of Flying Pig.
“Letting go”
Inspired by the death of his grandfather, LEGO builder Shannon Ocean created this thoughtful and somewhat disturbing piece called “Letting go“. via The Brothers Brick
Garden instuments voting now!
There’s still time to vote for your favorite garden instrument over on Oddstrument.com. There are some really creative entries!
