Color-Tipped Knit Scarf
Purl Bee provides a cool colorblock knit scarf tutorial just in time for fall!
Kids & Family
Cardboard: In Praise of an Underappreciated Material
You might not be aware of it but your home has an infestation of the most abundant, versatile, free and under-utilized crafting and prototyping material ever made. A gift from the consumer driven economy we overlook everyday.
This material is sitting cluttered in scattered piles in the basement and in crawl spaces, is buried within dusty mounds in the garage and is waiting to be discarded while overflowing in the recycling bin.
The material I am referring to is good old grade-A cardboard!
How-To: Watermelon Smoothie Hack
NASA engineer Mark Rober put together an amazingly simple watermelon smoothie hack from just a coat hanger and an electric drill with some impressive results!
Making Fun: Pneumatic Transport for Tooth Fairy
I installed a pneumatic transport system in my house to allow my boys to send their lost teeth to the Tooth Fairy and receive money back via small capsule.
How-To: Pirate Pie
Legend of the Instructables seas Mikeasaurus created this swashbucklin’ Pirate Pie tutorial consisting of a ship-shaped meat pie in a sea of savory gravy straight out of Davey Jones’ kitchen!
Pineapple Party Invitation
Oh Happy Day makes me want to throw a party every week! This DIY pineapple invitation to a tropical picnic party is the newest of their fun paper party crafts.
How-To: Liberty Nap Mat
Got sleepyheads? Make nap time a special occasion with a beautiful and functional liberty nap mat!