How-To: Sand Art Lightbox
This Sand Art Lightbox from Filth Wizardry is an awesome project to try this weekend. Sure, it’s made with kids in mind, but I’m guessing the adults won’t be able to resist playing with it, too.
Kids Crafts
Paper Contraption
Gareth @ Make: Online found this cool paper transformer you can make from a few cuts, folds, and a few pieces of tape.
How-To: Decoupage a Kid’s Art Table
Tiffany of Art Food and Motherhood shows you how you can decoupage a kid’s art table with vintage book images. Isn’t it cute? It’s the perfect little table for tea parties too. I love that her 4 year old daughter helped her with the project too!
The Camp Couture at Maker Faire Fashion Show
The theme for this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, which took place last weekend, was Young Makers, and one set of inspirational young makers who came out and participated were the creative young ladies from The Camp Couture. They showed their handmade fashions on the catwalk at the Faire, as part of the Swap-O-Rama-Rama fashion […]
CRAFT Pattern: Bobby Dazzler’s Make Your Own Misfits
Make Your Own Misfits by Fumie Kamijo and Rosie Short. CICO Books, $19.95, 2010; cicobooks.com Sometimes I take crafting a little too seriously. I grumble at uneven seams, curse under my breath as I rip out knit stitches, and once or twice there has even been a few tears when something didn’t go as planned. […]
Kid Art: Endangered Species Awareness
Each year since 2006, thousands of children across the United States submit artwork representing a plethora of endangered plants and wildlife living in our fair country. The submissions are amazing, the cause is attention-worthy, and the contest culminates in national Endangered Species Day, which this year falls on tomorrow, Friday, May 21. The contest gives […]
Book Review + Giveaway + Pattern: Sewing for Children
Sewing for Children by Emma Hardy. CICO Books, $19.95, 2010; cicobooks.com When I first read about this book, it sounded fun; I love to sew and sewing for my son is always a treat. But it’s actually even better than that–it could be titled Sewing with Kids. Each project is simple enough to do with […]
