You may have seen this determined young woman on The Ellen Show in 2008. Michala Riggle, then age 10, was busy raising $200,000.00 to help her local hospital incorporate an experimental treatment that she’d seen work well for her younger brother Evan, who has autism. Michala reached her goal by making beaded bracelets and selling […]
In this Etsy video, Joel Henriques shows us how to make a simple paper bird mobile, demonstrating why this is a great project to do with kids.
One of my kids’ favorite activities is building massive tents with bedsheets. Sometimes, the furniture doesn’t cooperate, though, and the sheets fall all over the place leaving the kids frustrated and disappointed. This cool a-frame tent from Rubyellen from Cakies seems like it’d be the perfect fix for that problem. See the full how-to on […]
Frustrated with a curriculum change away from traditional CS courses in public schools, game developer David Braben built an ultra-low cost single board computer on a USB stick to facilitate a return to programming and learning how computers actually work.
Make your own diving submarine toy out of a potato! Matt Richardson walks you through this project by Bob Knetzger in MAKE Volume 26.
http://blog.stage.makezine.com/archive/2011/05/the-diving-spudmarine.html
Although it’s just a concept design for now, this prototype Lego space helmet that reads comics as you wear it is very exciting. From designer Jonathan Robson, the helmet would work by downloading audio tracks for a Lego comic book on to a USB stick, using a code on the cover. The USB stick would […]
When I first saw this fun pair of dress up bird wings from Eri of Llevo el Invierno on Prudent Baby, I thought to myself, “Heck, for the kids, sure … but I want a pair, too!” Turns out, they were actually inspired by a pair for adults that was shared on Burda Style last […]
