How-To: Galaxy Playdough
I know this galaxy playdough recipe from Fairy Dust Teaching is geared for kids, but the space geek in me wants to make a batch to play with myself! [via Heather Mann on Pinterest]
Kids & Family
Bouncy Camera for Kids
Here’s an absolutely brilliant use of Sugru – an air-drying silicone clay. The inventors have created an Instructable showing how to make a digital camera fairly indestructable for kids. Check out the abuse this thing takes with nary a scratch: Brilliant! I’m considering doing this to all my electronics now.
How to Build the LOL Shield Kit
Super Awesome Sylvia is back and shows us how to build the LOL (Lots of LEDs) Shield! For more information, check out: http://blog.stage.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/super-awesome-sylvia-shows-how-to-build-the-lol-shield-kit.html
Super Awesome Sylvia Shows How to Build the LOL Shield Kit
Super Awesome Sylvia is back with an all new video about the LOL Shield! Take it away, Sylvia! For this build, we’re laughing out loud at how many LEDs we’re going to solder in for the LOL (Lots of LEDs) Shield by our good buddy, Jimmie Rodgers! Let’s go!
How-To: Zipper Pulls from Formica Samples
Jenny at Craft Test Dummies is getting a jump on back-to-school crafting by making up a batch of backpack zipper pulls. She used formica samples from her local home improvement store and added a combination of paint and decoupage. I love the Star Wars design here! And she has lots of other styles to share, […]
How-To: Pop-Up Puppets
By Andrew Lewis When I was very young, I had a pop-up puppet toy that I would play with all the time. I only remembered the toy recently, while I was trying to figure out what to do with a stack of old machine wool cones. Not only are these fun for playtime, they’re quite […]
How-To: Custom Color Hot Glue Sticks
“Ken,” the author of this interesting tutorial on tinting hot-melt adhesive sticks by adding crayons, appears to know his chemistry, but is otherwise fairly anonymous. He claims that “[y]ou can also add up to 10% by weight of paraffin wax to reduce the viscosity without…”