Needle felted animal-themed doll hats. - FIBER ARTS. Hello, i've been around here for a while now, but it's my first post, so i just wanted to say hello to everybody I started making a series of animal-themed doll hats. they're made for ball jointed dolls [BJD's], but other toys around the place seem to enjoy them just as much;)they're really thick and solid, more like helmets.the strings to tie them [on panda and bear ones] were done with wet felting technique. The one shown here is a Panda hat [as you might have noticed]-after taking the photos I also added glass-bead eyes. next came a bear-hat: and a frog hat: [sorry for poor image quality, it was night and i was only equipped with my mobile phone camera, which seems so lame, but normally i only use analogue cameras:/] those were actually my first "serious" felting projects - at least in the sense "the ones i finished"
Photoset 'children's book and Craft book illustrations 1980's' by suzysu sparkles. How to Make Liquid Magnets - Synthesize Ferrofluid. A liquid magnet or ferrofluid is a colloidal mixture of magnetic particles (~10 nm in diameter) in a liquid carrier. The carrier contains a surfactant to prevent the particles from sticking together. Ferrofluids can be suspended in water or in an organic fluid. A typical ferrofluid is about 5% magnetic solids, 10% surfactant, and 85% carrier, by volume. One type of ferrofluid you can make uses magnetite for the magnetic particles, oleic acid as the surfactant, and kerosene as the carrier fluid to suspend the particles.
Several people have asked me if they can make substitutions for the oleic acid and the kerosene. The answer is yes, though changing the chemicals will change the characteristics of the ferrofluid somewhat. You can try other surfactants and other organic solvents. When no external magnetic field is present the fluid is not magnetic and the orientation of the magnetite particles is random. Next Step: Gather Your MaterialsLiquid Magnets Video. Puss in boots by ~Aguaplano on deviantART. The barber by ~Aguaplano on deviantART.
Ville sans soleil by ~moonywolf on deviantART. Kids Haus: baby. Hi again...oh, where do I begin? Perhaps you've noticed a lapse in my blog posts and honestly, I haven't been reading any of my favorite blogs either - haven't had a stitch of time. My Google Reader is almost foreign to me. For some who know, we've been opening a restaurant here in Seattle called Bastille Cafe & Bar that just opened this evening. My part in the restaurant conception was almost null except for the fact that I've been trying to stabilize the home while my husband spends nearly every waking (and sleeping) minute consumed by designing and opening his dream restaurant on schedule. Our normal routine has been shaken up in recent weeks, so that is my reason for pausing briefly - sometime it's just necessary.
I received a nice email from Cécile at Smallable who introduced me to a new-to-me French shop that is loaded with beautiful, beautiful things for children.
201004221125.jpg 453×599 pixels. Softies. Htstilts. Htzoetrope. Htrolabola. Htpuppet. Small Step For Man. Popular Mechanics. "Fun On Wheels" By Stephan Gip: Furniture In Disguise. This might just be cool enough to make up for the high chair. Swedish architect Stephan Gip is credited with the 1962 design for the all-wood, no-tray, trapezoidal stacking high chair that we wipe off a little every day in every restaurant in every country in the world. But three years before that fateful chair, Gip designed Fun On Wheels, an awesome hardwood modular furniture/toy system that kids could reconfigure in a whole slew of different ways. It could be a car for one or two, a desk, a pair of chairs + a cart... If you're looking for an explanation for why Ingvar Kamprad thought the world would be fine building its own furniture, you don't need to look any farther than this photo of a group of kids--including one who can barely walk--playing with the Fun On Wheels.
These images were shot by Karl Erik Granath for Design Quarterly 57, 1963, an issue about children's furniture edited by Anna Campbell Bliss. Holy Smokes, It's The Tyng Toy! The Tyng Toy was created by the brilliant young architect Anne Tyng in the late 1940's. It's probably the least well known of toy from the Golden Age of postwar modernist kid's design, an era which also saw toys and playthings by the likes of Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, Antonio Vitali, and Egon Moeller-Nielsen. It's when Caplan and Barenholz's Creative Playthings really took off, making the case for modernist, abstract toys that encouraged kids' imaginations. At the time, Tyng was a crucial collaborator with Louis Kahn on many seminal projects--and I don't just mean she gave birth to Kahn's daughter while on a Fulbright in Rome.
From the Trenton Bath House to the Yale Art Gallery to the hugely influential City Tower concept, the history and credit for Kahn's early work really needs to be revised to give Tyng her due. update: Alright, the infodam breaks. What other lingering mysteries can be solved by dropping $1.65 into the NY Times' archives? PLYWOOD PLAY PLANKS. Sweet Paul Magazine: Spring 2011 edition Written by Heather Watterworth Sweet Paul magazine is never short on inspiration and the spring issue doesn’t disappoint, with a special focus on DIY projects, shops and food created with kids in mind.
Here are a few of our favorites. Cupcakes On A Stick (above) As if cupcakes couldn’t get cuter, Paul topped skewers with miniature cakes to create a decorative and delicious bouquet (page 46). Tips for Decorating Kid’s Rooms This seaside circus-themed bedroom is a triumph of imagination and functionality. Play With Your Food Forget candy necklaces: the bread and tomato necklace is this season’s tasty, healthier alternative. In The Box It never fails: kids unwrap a great gift and find more fun playing with the box than the toy. There are so many sweet things to love in this issue of Sweet Paul.
SOURCING: + Sweet Paul Magazine – Spring 2011 + Cupcake on a Stick + Tip’s For Decorating Kid’s Rooms + Play With Your Food + In The Box. Reuse and Create! - Daily thred. Kids today can define the meaning of the three ‘R’s’ -- reduce, reuse, recycle. They are environmentally conscience. Preschoolers can even tell you what the “blue” bin represents. Reuse your household items to make craft projects for kids of all ages. Today, we are sharing our favorite projects that are perfect for weekend family time, playdates or a rainy day. Who would have ever thought your disposed recycled items could look so good?! Tin cans make adorable robots the boys will love.
Recycled fruit / grocery store containers can transform into a turtle . The great outdoors also offers items perfect for art. Cereal boxes are something we all have in our homes. When we were kids, we would make different creations out of milk cartons. Don’t feel guilty about empty water bottles and soda cans. Kids Craft Blog by PlaidOnline.com - Robots. April 11 2014 Win a $100 Gift Card to Walmart Plus Craft Supplies You can now find a rainbow of colors of our Apple Barrel® Acrylic Craft Paint in store at Walmart, and to celebrate, it's your chance to win a $100 Walmart Gift Card PLUS $100 worth of craft suppl...
[More] April 10 2014 A Passion For Purple: Nine Color of the Year Inspired Projects We shared with you Pantone's Color of the Year, but now that spring is in the air, we can't wait to show you nine new projects just in time for the season! April 8 2014 The Cutest Rainy Day Crafts Ever We found the absolute cutest, sweetest, and most adorable projects of the season. How to Paint Glass Painting on glass is not only fun, but it can be very easy especially for beginners! April 7 2014 Martha Stewart Crafts Mad About Color: April 2014 Last month, we introduced our new Martha Stewart Crafts® Mad About Color series to you, and we're egg-cited to bring you the second edition of the palette that has us talking and crafting!
April 5 2014. Kids Craft Blog by PlaidOnline.com - Halloween. Crafts: Recycled Materials. ET'S THINK GREEN AND GET CREATIVE! Updated January 2013 Do you have a recycling project in the works? If so-- you’ll end up with large quantities of bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard. Before you have it collected by a recycling company, challenge your kids to build with it!
Do you have a theme going? If so can they make something to go with the theme? One group of fourth graders centered on a social studies curriculum focused on Ancient Greece. MAKE GAMES (Craft ideas are below games) FIVE PIN SOCCER Required: Gripper Soccer Ball, Volleyball or rubber ball Players: Small to large groups A fun, all-involved game that builds soccer skills. Place FIVE 2-LITER PLASTIC SODA BOTTLES (This is the re-cycled part)in the center of the field. MAKE RING AND TOSS GAMES! Making a RING TOSS game is also simple. Rug samples can be put together and used outside for a giant game board for checkers! Cut out a piece of the wrapping paper to make the game board. RECYCLED TOWER RELAY GAME (This one is fun!) 50 Summer Crafts for Kids.
Piggie bank. Pinwheels. Recycled. Shadow boxes. Pop up cards. Loft Space Solution: Self Contained Bunks.