Tissue Dispensing Robot
Aliceblue on Flickr collaborated with her son on this helpful tissue dispensing robot. I hope he is refillable or there could be tears at the end of winter (they are in Australia).
Kids & Family
Visual Packing List
I love the clever way House on Hill Road gets her kids involved in packing for family trips: she gives them a visual packing list, which is a fun way to turn a chore into a game while ensuring the kids will bring everything they’ll need.
Image transfer
I just found this great tutorial on image transfer – they cover lots of different transfer mediums for use on wood, paper, fabric, and glass. Xylene is a really toxic chemical, I’d stay away from it – the other mediums are pretty benign. I never knew you could use caulk! An image transfer is, to […]
WiiCar
Jon Edmiston wrote a nicely flexible C# application to control a LEGO NXT car with a Wiimote – he says he could switch the remote out for a Wii balance board and he could still control the car. via NXT Step
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.
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