How-To: Felt Play Mail
Entertain your little ones during trips to the post office and beyond with this cute felt play mail tutorial!
Kids & Family
Sonoma County Bike Expo Celebrates Freewheeling DIY Spirit
Attention Northern California gearheads: This Sunday, Aug. 18, the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition will host its annual Bicycle Expo featuring lots of cool bike designs, contests, and a raffle to win one of two custom-made cargo bikes.
Make Faire Rome: Meet More Makers
The line-up of makers at Rome’s first-ever Maker Faire (Oct. 3-6) is impressive. Here’s a look at some of who and what is on tap for the pan-European fair this fall.
Maker Camp: Cyborg Creations!
Today’s Maker Camp dives deep into our MAKE: Believe theme as we learn how to turn ourselves into cyborgs! Well, at least we’ll learn how to look like one.
Maker Hangar Episode 11: Installing Electronics
Maker Hangar is a 15-part video series by Lucas Weakley. In Episode 11 of Maker Hangar (the third episode in building the Maker Trainer) Lucas Weakley shows us how to install all the servos, the motor, the receiver, and rout all the wires in the Maker Trainer. These next steps require a bit of patience […]
Maker Family Builds Museum Quality Mars Rover
It may seem extraordinary that a man and his two young daughters would end up providing the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) with a replacement robot for their Mars rover exhibit. The full story is even more interesting, and an inspiration for young makers and parents.
Summer Reading for Maker Kids
was reminded recently of The Swiss Family Robinson (free), a book which I never read, but whose treehouse at Disneyland I loved–all those pulleys and bridges and funny little rooms. It got me to thinking about summer reading and what I would recommend to young makers who’d like to take a break from making, and curl up under a tree to read about characters like them.