Replica steam engine built from cardboard
Using Mr. McGroovy’s Box Rivets, these enterprising builders built a cardboard scale replica steam engine. Cardboard Scale Replica Steam Engine More: Mr. McGroovy’s cardboard box rivets
Kids & Family
Family Summer Center, Part Two: Family Calendar
Family Summer Center, Part Two: Family Calendar By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective Hopefully you’ve completed, or at least seen, last week’s project of the Family Intentions and Inspirations Banner. While you can certainly complete the calendar portion on its own, we really like the way the two pieces interact to make […]
How-To: Make a Laptop From a Cereal Box
We eat a lot of cereal in our house, which results in loads of boxes being sent out for recycling. There is an abundance of cool cereal box crafts on the Internet, many of which we’ve featured here, but this one is a favorite for me. My kids are always wanting to play on my […]
Sea Perch: coming to Maker Faire
[Photo from MIT Sea Perch on Flickr] Want to build a quick and functional underwater vehicle, but don’t want to spend a pile of money? The Sea Perch may be just the project for you and your students. Based on Build Your own Underwater Robot, you can get the up to date text online. There […]
How-To: Paper Bead Bangle
Paper Bead Bangle Roll your own beads to make an awesome safety pin bracelet. By Stephanie Scheetz I’m a self-proclaimed paper pack rat. Big pieces, little pieces, nothing gets thrown away. One day I sat staring at a huge stack of paper strips, all the same size. They were leftover remnants from a workshop I […]
Gluten-Free Play Clay Beads
Gluten-Free Play Clay Beads By Jessica Wilson Working with kids, I need to have a lot of tricks up my sleeve for those “I’m bored” moments. One of the best remedies for boredom is whipping up a batch of homemade play dough. I have oodles of recipes kicking about in my head; this one is […]
Linoleum Printing with Kids
The Long Thread does linoleum printing with kids in this tutorial. You carve it for them and have them do everything else from drawing the design to stamping their own assembly line of cards. [ via Whip Up ]
