Build a Pinhole Camera. Today, nearly everyone has a digital camera, and it’s easy to take a perfect photograph every time.
But like many electronics, cameras may seem mystical and complicated to your child, and they can be expensive too! This project teaches how simple a camera can be, and how light forms an image on the film. It’s an inexpensive project, a great science experience to learn about optics, and a fun art activity, too! Best of all, making the camera is only the beginning. The pinhole camera was the first camera ever invented, and it’s very simple—made up of only a small aperture, a shutter, a light-proof container, and some film.
Beginner's Bias Tape Bag with Free Downloadable Pattern. I promised you this free downloadable bag pattern when we offered up the Simplicity Bias Tape Maker Giveaway as a great first project for your Homemade Bias Tape, so here goes… I’ve made a couple so far, and I usually don’t like fabric bags (i’m a leather lover) but I actually adore these for summer.
They are super quick to whip up (under an hour) and are also reversible, so you can get a couple different looks in one swoop. You could also use store-bought bias tape, like I did for the big one (oh, and you can blow up or shrink the pattern to make different sizes – Scarlet’s been using the littler one as her lunch bag). Either way I think it’s a sweet & simple summery project. But I’m dying to know, what do you think?? Video tutorials on arts and crafts throughout history. Video Tutorials for Historic Arts and Sciences.