HOW TO – Simple Knitted Ball
Spotted in the CRAFT Flickr pool: Rachael Rabbit explains how to use up the scrap yarn from your stash to create this multicolored knitted ball.
Kids & Family
Black swallowtail caterpillars
Sharon Stiteler blogs as Birdchick – she’s an avid birder and beekeeper, and is raising black swallowtail butterflies. She has some great videos of caterpillar activity – the top video is a caterpillar shedding its skin, the next one is a caterpillar sticking out its stink horns, a defense mechanism. Apparently raising black swallowtail butterflies […]
Letterpress look without a letterpress
Prismera has a neat tutorial on getting the look of a letterpress by using hot glue and a burnisher – pretty labor-intensive but neat!
Leeches!
Leeches are enjoying a well-deserved resurgence in popularity now that modern medicine has discovered their usefulness in speeding wound healing by increasing blood circulation. This clip is a promo piece for Nova Science Now’s episode about leeches, with Mark Siddall, “lord of leeches” at the American Museum of Natural History. There’s lots more leechy goodness […]
HOW TO – Neck Pillow from Old Pants
Betz White created instructions for how to turn a pair of your child’s pants into his or her very own neck pillow.
Pitch bending thumb piano
Jamoflage made this incredible pitch bending thumb piano! It sounds kind of like a steel guitar when it’s plucked, then kind of like twisted steel drums. And you can change out the blades. Totally cool. Via Oddstrument Collection
Kids Crafts – Wilding Sticks and Nature Bracelets
Full Circle has the perfect craft ideas for kids to enjoy nature and the great outdoors. Gather up some simple household supplies the next time you head out to make some cool looking wilding sticks and nature bracelets. [ via Kids Craft Weekly ]
