Design it, build it, test it, fly it In your classroom, students may be working with concepts like aerodynamics and the Design Process. Many kids use the CO2 dragster as a way of exploring these ideas. In MAKE: Volume 15 and MAKE: Volume 16, we have a couple of projects that can really help students […]
How can you encourage the kids in your life to get creative with engineering and making? One of the ways is to check out the resources of Engineers Week. Lots of schools in North America have this week off, so kids can dedicate some full days to exploring engineering, and teachers can hunt down some […]
Gakken’s Aurorarium is a fun and easy to build LED light kit available in the Maker Shed. It would be a great first-time project to make with your kids. You don’t even need any tools to build the Aurorarium. All you need are (4) AA batteries and a little time for assembly. Check out all […]
YATT (Yet Another Tabletop Trebuchet). Wish the pictures were bigger. Tabletop Trebuchet
Cassie at Bella Dia points to the Vintage Holiday Crafts site where you can download and print free vintage Valentine’s Day cards.
I love this scratch-built old-school Indie race car for kids. It was built on an aircraft-style stringer frame with a riveted sheet aluminum skin. There are fun details on it, like a sliced-in-half 50s kitchen canister for the front bumpers, a malt shaker for the headrest, and a maraschino cherry jar for the radiator cap […]
When Austinites, Kathie Sever and Bernadette Noll, founded the Future Craft Collective in 2008, they sought to help kids make the connection between craft and consumption and to recognize the beauty in reusing items to make something new. We want kids to discover ways to create a world in which the belief in handmade looms […]
