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Toilet Paper Alternatives and Other Self-Sufficiency Home Projects To Quickly Keep Your Family Fed and Entertained

Toilet Paper Alternatives and Other Self-Sufficiency Home Projects To Quickly Keep Your Family Fed and Entertained

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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Store and grocery shelves might be lightly stocked at the moment, but there are often DIY alternatives for the missing necessities. Here are things to make and do to help keep yourself going as we shelter in place.  Kitchen Yeast: In stores and online, it’s become hard to find bread yeast (and flour, rice, dried […]

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Maker Camp Is Here, It’s Free, And It’s Chock Full Of Projects

Maker Camp Is Here, It’s Free, And It’s Chock Full Of Projects

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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We are so excited to announce that MakerCamp 2020 is live! You can now go to makercamp.com and find a variety of resources to learn, get inspired, and hone your skills. Everyone can join, no matter where they live, because Maker Camp is online, and it’s free! Since it started in 2012, over a million […]

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Summer of Making: Maker Camp ‘Round the World

Summer of Making: Maker Camp ‘Round the World

Bridget Rigby

By Bridget Rigby

Bridget Rigby

Bridget is the Director of Maker Camp. When she's not oooh-ing and ahhh-ing over camper projects, connecting with camp leaders around the virtual campfire, or gluing things back together with her feather glue gun boa, you'll find her in the yoga studio, on the soccer field, or out on the trail. She especially loves projects that combine creativity, craft, and code.

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From California to Pakistan, check out some of the stories from Maker Camps that happened all over the world this summer.

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