Little Fimo Robot
Croque Choux made this Fimo robot with her son with a few free minutes. What a cute quick project. Link.
Kids & Family
Making Trouble — The Fairyland of Science
Magic is in the mind of a fifth-grader near you.
Make an Easy Dry Erase Board
Claudine Hellmuth shows us how to make a collage style easy dry erase board from a plastic clear envelope. A fun little project to for kids to make and keep them busy! Link.
HOW TO – Make Slime
Phil @ MAKE points us to a great tutorial on PopSci.com about how to make your own super fun slime out of water, glue, and borax. You can learn a little science in the process, too – [via] Link.
Kevin Kelly on “subterranean tutoring”
Kevin Kelly has an awesome little piece on Geekdad about what he calls “subterranean tutoring.” This excerpt explains the concept by way of example: Science fiction author Neal Stephenson once told me something memorable as we were hanging out in his back yard. He pointed to an unfinished kayak under a tarp. He said he […]
Wind power for kids
From Geekdad: The KidWind Project is run out of Michael Arquin’s basement in St. Paul, MN, and is all about educating kids about wind power. One part of this is offering really cool wind turbine kits from their website for home assembly and use in science fair presentations. These kits look like great Geekdad family […]
Mahar Drygoods Artist Profiles
If you haven’t checked out the Mahar Drygoods blog lately, you really ought to pay them a visit. They’ve been running fabulous profile pieces on the various artists who create the offbeat kiddy crafts sold on the incomparable Mahar Drygoods website. Profiles include Cathy of California, Kim Baxter of Kissycake, Elizabeth Soule and many more. […]
