April 27th, 2012
and other play toys your kids will have many hours of fun with, recycling cardboard boxes and upcycling other common items around the house.
4. How to make a Ball Maze,

5. DIY Cardboard Playhouse,


6. DIY cardboard garage, empty milk carton house and buildings,

7. Painted Pebble Puzzle,

8. DIY Cardboard Dragon Play Costume and

8. Wooden Clothes-pins characters.

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April 19th, 2012
with Ziploc® bags (or any other similar zip lock bags) and a paper bag – handy for storing and organizing small, loose and light items.
3. How to make a Ziploc®-Bag-Tote.

and for the coming weekend, go and choose an activity/s to do from Tinkerlab’s list. Happy Earth Day! (Sunday, April 22)
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April 17th, 2012
from paper of course! And re-use magazine pages, newspapers, gift wraps and old books whenever you can.
2. How to fold paper bowties & origami boats


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April 10th, 2012
Remember this chipmunk? Follow me as I show a series of how-to’s this April, celebrating Earth Day’s month by making objects from everyday items, or re-purposing unused things into useful things again . And if I wander away for a little while, you can still follow me here or join me here.
1. How to make a teddy bear from socks.


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March 30th, 2012
small boxes, big boxes or any boxes into imaginary toy animals for play or for display.



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March 28th, 2012
as intricate as these beautiful paper cuts:



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