Witnessing the collaboration and hands-on learning that happens at makerspaces is nothing short of inspirational. Seeing a community come together to create such a positive space for all members is thrilling. Mt. Elliott Makerspace in Detroit has been featured before on the blog, but they recently created this video titled “What Is the Mt. Elliott […]
Today is my nephew’s 2nd birthday, so I am DYING to whip him up his own mini-Super hero cape as shown on All For the Boys. How adorable are there?
At the TED2012 Conference with Ayah Bdeir of littleBits, Gregory Gage of Backyard Brains, and Bre Pettis of MakerBot Industries
I don’t see kids adding skills they’ve earned to their social networking profiles yet, I mostly see check-ins, bands, movies and status updates. While historic groups like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are sometimes associated with camping and selling cookies for many – I think there might be something new ahead. A peer to peer way of sharing and celebrating skills using the internet (think Khan Academy) and I think the scouts will ultimately go this way too, becoming “Scouts 2.0”.
Have you ever grown crystals? It’s a fun experiment: fill a small container with super saturated solutions of water and water-soluble solids, like rock salt or sugar. Then allow them to dry. Interesting crystals will form! Gratz Industries‘ Wendi and her daughter Jo experimented with several different solutions inside eggshell vessels. The coolest looking one […]
Sean over at MAKE posted this yesterday: paper plate shark jaws. Of course!! This is the perfect thing to whip up on a picnic with a 6 year old. Concept and tutorial by Jeanette Strole Parks of Off The Cuff Cooking, written up by request for Heather Mann’s Dollar Store Crafts.
What a fun idea! If you have a nice pillowcase – especially if it has a pretty hem – you can turn it into a little girl’s dress, using this tutorial from Blue Eyed Freckle. She made one for her daughter, and it was well-received: “She was so happy she just couldn’t stay still,” the […]
