HOW TO – Salad Spinner Art
Megan at the Brassy Apple blog (Idaho) whipped up this tutorial for making salad spinner paint art, a perfect activity for kids. I remember doing these at carnivals as a kid, but you can do it at home with a salad spinner!
Kids & Family
Robots, behind the veil
Matt Kirkland peels back our illusions about cute robot toys, via Bot Junkie. The machine inside the ghost?
The Foamerator
Natalie @ Craft found this fun tutorial on making a Super Foam-erator – a great easy (and messy!) kid’s project for out in the yard.
Super Foam-erator for Kids
Betz White has a tutorial on how to make a Super Foam-erator from a recycled plastic water bottle. Betz writes: In my quest for summer activities to entertain the boys I started reminiscing about a foam making toy I had as a kid. It was sort of shaped like a big plastic lolly pop with […]
Recycled Jeans to Kids Messenger Bag Tutorial
LangLang Creations shows you how to recycle and refashion an old pair of jeans into this cute kiddie messenger bag.
Independence Day – make some noise!
Our city prohibits street fireworks within the city limits (though you couldn’t tell from the noise on 4th of July night!). We’re going to contribute our own safe, legal noises this year with some Really Obnoxious Noise Makers from this Instructable.
Jelly bean gun from Hazard Factory
Saturday I went to Artopia in Seattle’s Georgetown area. Lots of cool art everywhere! Divide from Hazard Factory explained his (very loud) jelly bean gun, yet another way to dramatically fling things into the air. Only use this outside! More: Make a Spud Gun Instructions and 3D PDF The SGTC Mega-Launcher Spudgun