Children enjoy creating things and getting messy. Combine the two for an activity that children are sure to enjoy with fingerpainting. Through fingerpainting, kids are not only doing something they enjoy, they also gain a variety of benefits, including expressing their creativity, honing fine motor

If you live in an area where it's difficult to find stone to adorn your garden, pond or landscaping, artificial stones are an inexpensive and easy solution. Here's how you can get started creating fake stone for your projects in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Sodalite is a mineral often used in jewelry.sodalite bracelet image by Lytse from Fotolia.comEarth is a bountiful canvas of obvious natural wonders such as mountains. Other marvels, however, are painted by a more subtle brush. Fluorescent minerals, frequently found in and referred to as...

Kids enjoy expressing their creativity, so why not teach them to make wearable items they can use or give away as gifts? Making accessories and even lanyards with wood beads is an easy process that kids as young as 4 years old can do with a minimum amount of help.

It wasn't very long yet when all of us rejoiced in welcoming the year 2010. Then almost everyone became loaded with work, was busy beating deadlines and hurdled through day-to-day activities. And now, bidding goodbye ...

A woman's Elizabethan-era costume is incomplete without a ruff. Elizabethans wore the ruff all the way around the neck or left it open in the front for low-cut dresses. Make a basic ruff for a costume using a width of ribbon that has wire sewn into the edge and is pleated and then attached to a wire

The magnetic rods and balls of Geomag toys lend themselves to a multitude of construction ideas. With just the rods and balls it is possible to make a seemingly endless variety of flat and self-supporting shapes. Additional elements such as Geomag colored panels open even more possibilities. Geomag

Knitting needles are not necessary to make fun and imaginative creations. If you have fingers and a little yarn, that is all you need to get started creating simple and attractive knitting projects. Choose a colorful length of yarn and wind it around your digits to finger-knit a scrunchie. Within a

"Pokemon Emerald" lets you collect Pocket Monsters (or Pokemon) for battling against other people in-game, as well as other players. If you need a little help in your Pokemon campaign, however, you can use the cheating engine Gameshark to add cheats such as extra health or unlimited Poke Balls. By m

Ohmmeters are electronic devices that measure resistance. They are based on Ohm's Law, which states that for a circuit of constant resistance R, the resistance, the current I, and the voltage V are related to each other by V = IR.

Perhaps your son has just informed you on Sunday night about his big math project due Monday morning. Or maybe you're doing some home repairs and need to take some quick measurements. A homemade protractor measures angles just as easily as one from the store. Here's how to make a functional protract

Writing is an art that comes to some people naturally. With writing, you can preserve ideas for much longer than you can when you pass information by word of mouth. However, writing is usually not something you do to convey anything in a visual way. So how can you do both? Use the shape of a star an

Sew pretty Christmas-themed pot holders to use in your own kitchen during the holidays or to give as gifts to friends and family. During the year, keep a craft box handy to collect the supplies and materials you'll use for sewing Christmas pot holders. Involve children and other adults to make a var

Get some paper, then some glue. Add embellishments. Here's a card from me to you!heart and glue image by Rog999 from Fotolia.comSending a greeting card to a loved one is a quick and easy way to let them know that you care and are thinking about them. Sending a card you made yourself makes...

Gum arabic, whether powdered or wet, comes from the acacia tree, found in countries of sub-Saharan Africa such as Sudan, Chad and Senegal. Known as acacia arabica, acacia senegal or gum sudan, it is a natural gum produced by the tree to heal bark damaged by drought, heat or poor soil.

Traditional pack baskets are woven baskets carried over the back, often to carry trapped animals or game. Pack baskets have their origins in Native American crafts and many of the old methods are in use today. If you have a trapline and want to make a functional pack basket, don't concern yourself w

Newspapers quickly gather in untidy piles round the home, but before you make yet another trip to the recycling bin, use some of your old papers in imaginative craft projects. Newspaper can be cut into small pieces and pasted onto other objects to decorate in decoupage style, but the most versatile