Kids & Family

Super Sewable Circuitry – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

Super Sewable Circuitry – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

I bet you didn’t know that there’s a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it’s called soft circuitry! The copper clad board in through-the-hole electronics can actually be replaced by cloth, and the traces replaced with conductive thread, allowing your projects to light up, and still be huggable and wear friendly. Today we’ll show you how to make your very own glowey-eyed cuddle monster you can sew together with the threadbare essentials. Lets go!

Super Sewable Circuitry — Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

Super Sewable Circuitry — Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show

I bet you didn’t know that there’s a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it’s called soft circuitry! The copper clad board in through-the-hole electronics can actually be replaced by cloth, and the traces replaced with conductive thread, allowing your projects to light up, and still be huggable and wear friendly. Today we’ll show you how to make your very own glowey-eyed cuddle monster you can sew together with the threadbare essentials. Lets go! More: wp.me/p1CIX9-uOU

Leaf-Print Cookies

Jean at The Artful Parent posted a cool idea. Especially timely, as the leaves turn fall colors – leaf-print cookies! She used food coloring to get a bright red, but I bet you could use beet juice to get an equally intense red! Using pecan sandies dough as her canvas, she found that pressing the […]

How-To: Knee Sock Tights

It seems like kids tights are are always in need of replacement. Between runs, holes, and stains, they tend to make it through about one wear—two if you’re lucky—and then they’re so unsightly that they’re relegated to the bottom of the drawer. It seems like the knees, heals, and toes are always the first to […]