Ideas Library

Category: Games, Toys | 1 September 2008, 23:58 | admin

Top 5 Ideas You Can Make

Link to Fimo Name Fridge Magnets idea
Fimo Name Fridge Magnets

Create a personalised name tag with Fimo. Just varnish and bake in the oven for a great result.


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Link to Watercolour Palm Trees Card idea
Watercolour Palm Trees Card

Chill out with this stunning sunset watercolour picture complete with feather palm trees and lace hammock.


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Link to Styrofoam Frames idea
Styrofoam Frames

Create a unique frame for you photos and pictures with coloured and patterned tissue papers.


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Link to Wedding Rings Card idea
Wedding Rings Card

Make this stylish but simple wedding card using parchment paper and ribbon.


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Link to Buttons and Beads Jewellery idea
Buttons and Beads Jewellery

Use a mixture of buttons and beads to create this fashionable necklace, bracelet and earrings.


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Craft Projects for Kids

Category: Toys | 1 September 2008, 23:53 | admin

The Craft Projects below include complete instructions, often with photographs of individual steps.

Dragon Puppet

Craft Projects for Kids

Crafts for Kids

Category: Toys | 1 September 2008, 23:50 | admin

These crafts projects use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc.

Crafts for Kids

Map Fold-outs

Category: Science Toys | 1 September 2008, 23:44 | admin

Print, cut, fold and glue paper polyhedra to create your own pseudoglobe.

Photography of assembled globe

Folded with 160 g/m2 paper, 6.5 cm tall

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Science Toys

Category: Science Toys | 1 September 2008, 23:40 | admin

Make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles.

To make it easier to build some of the toys described in the book we have a catalog of parts and kits.

http://sci-toys.com

Handmade Flipbooks

Category: Crazy | 20 August 2008, 19:46 | admin

I can’t quite remember how I got the idea, but I thought it would be fun to create some flipbooks based off of video I had shot. The challenge was to be able to effeciently process the frames from a 3-5 second clip, have them printed by a photography shop, and assemble them as easily as possible.

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Something’s fishy Key Ring

Category: Crazy, Uncategorized | 19 August 2008, 14:39 | admin

To Peter Chapman, anything can become a puzzle. Want to try Peter’s puzzling technique? This fish key ring is the perfect project. It’ll only take you a few minutes at the bandsaw, so after the first, don’t be surprised if you make more.

For the key ring, you’ll need the following materials:

- A 3/4 x 1 x 3-1/8″ piece of stock - A 1/8″ dowel 1″ long - Clear finishing material - A metal key ring

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Cool Desktop Balancing CD/DVD

Category: Science Toys | 17 August 2008, 14:58 | admin

Home Plasticine

Category: Games | 17 August 2008, 14:57 | admin

Papier-mache maracas

Category: Toys | 16 August 2008, 13:56 | admin

Created by Kate

Materials needed:

  • Balloons (you pick the size of maraca you want by the size of balloon)
  • Wooden dowel rod. Cut to 5-6 inch size used for handles.
  • Ingredients for papier-mache mixture you chose from below.
  • Egg carton. I used an overturned egg carton to hold my balloon in place while working.
  • Newspaper, for protecting work area and for two of the mixtures listed below.
  • Acrylic paint - Bright colors work best
  • Beads - to decorate

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