HOW TO – Fairy Dress
Wee Wonderfuls shows us how to stitch up this sweet fairy dress, perfect for kids who love to play dress-up.
Kids & Family
Periodic Table of Videos
The University of Nottingham has produced a series of YouTube videos, each about a different element. Here’s their YouTube channel (via BoingBoing), and here is their website for more information. I poked around a bit and found out that there’s a documentary being made about the scientists, and they’re posting wonderful snippets here. They’re really […]
Easy Kid’s Terrarium
National Geographic Kids has an easy project to make a terrarium. I love the added little gnome figurine. [ via Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh ] Related: Tiny Terrariums
Peripheral Drift – rotating snakes image
Tinselman had a link to these wonderfully confusing images. Nothing is actually moving on the screen – they work if you print them out, too. Here’s a short explanation of the peripheral drift illusion. And I found this article on the science of optical illusions.
Anatomy on the go
This makes me want an iPhone – you can get these awesome Netter’s Anatomy flashcards. (via Street Anatomy)
HOW TO – Make Easy Kid’s Shorts from a T-shirt
Julie-bird came up with a super simple pattern for making kid’s shorts out of an old t-shirt. This seems like a great idea for a time when a child grows so fast.
Learning the Game of Life at family reunion
Over at LadyAda’s Tea Party, aspro648 posts about a recent family reunion where they used Adafruit’s Game of Life electronics kits as a build activity for the tweens and teens. They built and joined ten GoL kits. Cool idea! Game of Life – 10 boards! More: Game of Life – An electronics kit Game of […]
