Sarah James at Instructables made a tutorial for making your own sidewalk chalk at home. This is an inexpensive and easy project to do with your kids this summer! Plaster of Paris and powdered tempera paint are the magic ingredients.
The Billy Bookcase, which celebrated its 30th birthday last fall, is one of IKEA’s most popular products. Andrew Saffer of Melbourne, Australia shares an IKEA hack of the Billy Bookcase that he used to create a dollhouse. I imagine you could use the top half for a dollhouse and maintain use of the bottom half […]
Kip @ MAKE shows us how to construct a regulation size set of materials for playing the popular lawn game Cornhole in his Weekend Project video. His niece helped him sew the bags full of corn for tossing down the playing field.
Kate on mini-eco has a nice little list of ingredients that will work as natural dye for homemade playdough. Turmeric, oak tree bark, raspberries… They create such pretty colors! She shares her playdough recipe too.
My strongest memories of summer camp involve bracelets. Lanyards, friendship bracelets, charm bracelets made from beaded safety pins … and so I love this woven summer bracelet tutorial from Between the Lines, which updates the cheap plastic I remember with leather or fabric scraps for a more sophisticated look. I would totally wear these, and […]
It’s easy and fun to make your own popsicles at home, and you can really custom tailor your ingredients that way, too! Instructables user izzyinsf shows us how to make one kind: smoothie pops. More: How-To: Homemade Popsicles HOW TO – Make Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles How-To: Blackberry Smash Cocktail
Howtoons just released another great toon; this one lets your kids get in on the backyard BBQ action without starting any fires! The Cosmic Cooker Howtoon teaches kids about the physics of solar power, the geometry of parabolic reflectors, and the importance of a classic summer meal (I personally would also experiment with s’mores). The […]
