How-To: Pinecone Turkeys
Tiffany shares with us her Thanksgiving kids craft to make these colorful pinecone turkeys. It’s a great project for kids to make on Thanksgiving in the day to keep them busy while you cook. Fun decor for the kids table!
Kids Crafts
Young Makers Program for Spring 2011, Bay Area
Maker Media’s Education Director, Michelle Hlubinka, writes: We’re so pleased to share with you some more details about the new season of the Young Makers Program. For those new to our network: the Young Makers Program is a collaboration between MAKE, The Exploratorium, and Pixar. The purpose of the program is to inspire and develop […]
How-To: Mason Jar Turkey Toppers
By Marie LeBaron We’re stamping our hands into little gobbling turkeys as we craft a fun mason jar topper. These Thanksgiving jars are a great way to get the kids involved during the season, as well as creating a fun handmade gift.
Indiana Jones Room
OK, I’m a little crazy when it comes to decorating my kids’ rooms. I like the challenge of a theme — so far, I’ve redecorated rooms in Western, Spaceport, Octonauts, and Sporty Teen modes. If my husband would agree, I’d redo the master bedroom in a Robot theme, but so far he remains unconvinced. So […]
Bread Bag Tabs Art
Bread bag tabs art. Try saying that 10 times fast! I often feel a little bit of hollow sadness throwing away bread bag tabs. They come in interesting colors, and they would be so easy to save… but for what? Fine Diving arranged them on a piece of paper to resemble a hand, and I […]
How-To: Yarn Color Wheel Activity For Kids
It’s never too early to introduce kids to the color wheel, and this fun, tactile and interactive activity from Wee Folk Art is the perfect way to do it!
Creating a Cartoon with Howtoons and Michael Chabon
The lucky kids at Park Day School in Oakland got to go to this great workshop on creating a cartoon with Nick Dragotta of Howtoons and writer Michael Chabon, but they shared a recap on the Howtoons blog. I love their Halloween-themed protagonists, Pumpkin Pie and Jack O’Lantern (although surely dentists are the real heroes […]
