How-To: Crocheted Scrunchies
Maize in Montana shows you how to make a cute crocheted scrunchie — perfect for making the ponytails of girls extra stylish (and crafty)!
Kids Crafts
Why Educators Love Maker Faire
Maker Faire Bay Area is just about a month away, taking place on May 22 and 23 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. Every year, Maker Faire strives to inspire, educate, and entertain curious and creative learners of all ages. It celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, green design, food, music, science and technology and brings together communities […]
Doodle Desk for Toddlers
Matt Mets @ MAKE writes: Steven Hobley made this doodle desk for his toddler, using spare parts from around his garage. The stand holds a large roll of paper, which can be scrolled out to provide a continuous drawing surface for a young artist. I want one for myself!
How-To: Cast on a Knitting Loom
Instructables user PurlingSprite shows us how to cast on a knitting loom in her throrough tutorial. If you missed it, we did a whole loom-along with the Knifty Knitter to make wrist warmers like those seen in Twilight
How-To: Wooly Willy Table
I loved my Wooly Willy magnetic drawing board when I was a kid, and I’ve heard this larger-scale Wooly Willy Table by Noah at Instructables is even more fun.
How To: Converse Birthday Cake
Alice Currah of The Savory Sweet Life created the most amazingly realistic Converse cakes for her nephew’s first birthday. The two little edible shoes are pretty much the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Alice’s post includes great shots of her process and she goes into detail not only about her construction method, but also explains […]
Natural Wood Egg Rattle
This beautiful rattle is such a perfect present for baby’s first Easter basket. And, it’s made by Woman Woodworker, who has, according to her etsy storefront “some skills and a garage full of power tools.”
