Make Free — Too Much Time on My Hands
All creative endeavor begins with just fooling around, not doing much of anything, just noodling and letting the different parts of your mind talk to each other.
Kids & Family
Made On Earth — Yabba Dabba DIY
When he heard his grandkids were dressing up as Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm from the Flintstones, Bill LeMaster volunteered to build them the Flintstone car.
Tim Hunkin explains it all
Tim Hunkin is known for his automata – the Disgusting Spectacle at Maker Faire 2007 was inspired by one of his pieces. He’s also a talented explainer. You can find entertaining explanations for a huge range of topics at his site, Rudiments of Wisdom. Related: Tim Hunkin’s giant automaton clock for the London Zoo The […]
Knitted Dress Pattern for Baby Girl
Tora of Knittingalot has a free knitting pattern to make her Little Sister’s Dress, good for girls 3, 6, or 12 months. [ via Whip Up ]
Smart domino run
Here’s another cool project from Studio 3D – a smart domino run, with an option for using a LEGO RCX brick.
Making recycled paper
Summer is a great time to make paper – you can make a mess outside! Here’s a site that shows how to make paper out of other paper. I found this Instructable on making paper out of dryer lint. You can make paper directly from plants! And stamp artist Michelle Ward has some great variations […]
Homemade plastic – from milk!
We’ve mentioned making plastic with milk before; Coffeebot has a great Instructable on the subject. The plastic is moldable, and has a consistency of soggy cheese (I certainly hope I never encounter cheese that’s anything like this!). When all is said and done, it should take you about 10-15 minutes to make the plastic (less […]
