Maker Fun

'Crazy Cases' kicked off the new series of Maker Fun Events earlier today. Some fabulous designs. This one before we added some LEDs to brighten owl's night sky!  It was a tricky session sewing with conductive thread and sharp needles! Did you know dads can sew too. Look out for the high-lights on the next Maker Fun video coming soon.     Want to join in the fun? Come to our events:     http://makerfunspringevents.eventbrite.co.uk This design reminds me of that cute Pixar animation called 'For the Birds' (2000).  

Don't delay reserve a place today! We have had lots of fun trying out and testing our activities and we are ready for the first session this Saturday at Marple Library.

Crazy Cases: 22nd of February What a Hoot! Just Kidding:1st of March Hour of Code: 8th of March  Dragon Training School: 15th of March  Message for Mum:  22nd March Glow in the Dark: 29th of March Don't delay book a place today.

Six weeks of Maker Fun coming very soon... We can't wait our events are set to go live at the end of this week. See you there.  

Coming Soon...  Session: Dragon Training School Could you spot a m ood dragon from a stink dragon or a glow dragon?  We will smell, squeeze and stretch dragon snot and slime to find out which dragon it came from. Then you will create your own dragon slime and design a new daring dragon!

I'm really excited to announce that Maker Fun is going to have a stand at Maker Faire UK, we are going to be running drop-in workshops and telling everyone about our  fabulous  maker sessions that we run in Marple Library.  I went last year as a visitor and saw so many exciting things; fire breathing dragons,  dancing storm troopers and a crazy bio tech  tongue  survey.  Hosted by the Centre for Life in Newcastle it's a great family event. Book your tickets early and join in the Maker Fun.  Maker Faire UK Maker Faire Newcastle 2013

Having lots of fun sourcing the materials for the next Maker Fun sessions. Just wanted to share a couple of moments that made me laugh or gasp out loud. Looking for glow powder for a cool 'dragons blood and dragon slime' make that I have in mind. Found a glow powder that is based on a food additive instead of Zinc Sulphide and came across a foodies blog on the same. BadRabbit speculates on how to make food glow:  " I bet Firefly butts are edible. Not positive of that and I don't really know how you'd find out but I seem to remember reading about a culture that ate them."  "Edit: Nevermind. They are toxic..." Thank you Badrabbit, you made me laugh out loud. More here: Luminescent food techniques . And here is the one that made me gasp! Trying to source electro luminescent wire, EL or glow wire from cheapest source. Wrote to a couple of companies in China with interesting results. Was happy that my first quote was competitive but looked into...