Petting Garden
Asha Dornfest from Parent Hacks has created this wonderful green-thumb project for her children and their neighbours – a tactile petting garden. Soft lambs ear, delightful…
Thinking about Minecraft – Pros and Cons
This morning I came across the article Choosing Minecraft over Disney by Julie Russell on Medium. It got me thinking about how our kids interact with this particular…
Wooden family
Inspired by mid-century designer Alexander Girard, Meta from One More Mushroom shows us how to create a cool, modernist wooden family out of turned wooden furniture legs and…
Knit Octopus pattern from The Pearl Bee
Whitney at The Pearl Bee has designed a beautiful knit octopus. To be knit in sport weight alpaca yarn for a soft and cuddly toy perfect…
Video: Dot, the world’s smallest stop-motion animation character
Professor Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope, a microscope attachment for a cell phone, was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film created by Sumo Science at Aardman.…
The Lomster Files: Kirby’s Epic Yarn for Wii
Welcome to the Lomster Files, a regular column penned by our 10 year old daughter AJ. This week she talks about one of her all time…
Making play things from packaging with Makedo
Makedo is a simple set of tools for helping kids (adults, inventors, creators, artists) turn cardboard packaging into fabulous structures and play objects. Check out the…
In memory of Kathreen
I was so saddened to read about Kathreen’s tragic death yesterday and that of her husband Rob, and I am so sorry for Otilija and Orlando. I…
Inspiration: Masking Tape Town
As part of a promotion for a Japanese masking tape manufacturer, art director Koji Iyama constructed a cardboard city and invited children to decorate it with…
Video: Oreo Separator Machine
“It’s a basic human desire to separate an OREO cookie. Humans love either cookie or creme. And sometimes a man just needs to invent a machine…