I found an article that made me interested (again) in doing things with old paper. The post is inspired by the article, the picture came from the Fuller Craft Museum’s website: http://www.fullercraft.org/exhibitions.html
Let’s get the link out of the way, so we can talk turkey (erm, that is, paper). The article is titled: You’ll [...]
This post is mostly about taking candy wrappers and performing some not-so-tricky origami on them. I know that most of the time we focus on what’s inside the wrapper (okay, I focus on the candy inside)–but if you find a particularly cool looking one–say from Japan or Mexico or somewhere exotic (like Hershey, PA?) [...]
Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
The website for this week deals with a couch constructed completely out of mouse pads that William sent me. As always, here’s a link to paste, if you can’t get there by clicking on the link: http://people.rit.edu/jpsdss/couch/
I know you are wondering the same thing I [...]
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Here’s a fun one for your kids (or maybe as a fun and playful way to resolve adult disputes–foam swords at 5 paces, anyone?)
For materials, you need an old foam noodle (a new one works too, if you have to) and a leather or leather-like material. (I used some cheap [...]
Something good you can say about making things out of stuff that other people throw out–if you can find a way to sell it, you have almost no materials expense, which means you get nearly 100% profit.
For instance, there’s a couple of places I know of that allow you to come to their property, find [...]
In my Grog Comic post last week, I could have mentioned that the person(s) who invented sausage and/or hot dogs was, in fact, a junk creator (but I didn’t).
I couldn’t find a specific “one first sausage inventor” but according to Wikipedia:
Sausage is a natural outcome of efficient butchery. Sausage-makers put to good use meat and [...]
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