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| Crafts calendar (Detroit Free Press) Lamphere Fall Craft Show & Health Fair: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. Lamphere High School, 610 W. Thirteen Mile, Madison Heights. 248-589-3943. www.lamphere.k12.mi.us. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest launches today! It's here! The Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest launches today! Put on your thinking caps and dream up some awesome gadgets! To celebrate the release of the newest Alex Rider book, Crocodile Tears, and the Kids of All Ages edition of MAKE (both at bookstores today), we're thrilled to be running this contest. All of you adventure-seekers and gadget lovers out there are invited to join in. If you were Alex Rider, what gadget would you want in the upcoming adventure "Crocodile Tears"? Design your dream Alex Rider gadget, inspired by an everyday object (i.e. an iPod, toothpaste, a pen). The winning gadget will be built right here at the MAKE Labs. Send us a schematic of what your gadget is made from and how it works. (Your schematic can be a diagram, a drawing or an explanation by you). Remember that the winning gadget will be inspired by an everyday object that one could realistically build (as much as we wish we could create a pair of scissors that could fly us to the moon)!So what do you do? Dream up a gadget, of course! And what could you win? We're so glad you asked:Grand Prize (one winner): A signed collection of hardcover Alex Rider novels iPod nano with a personalized message from author Anthony Horowitz A backpack full of goodies and gadgets from the Maker Shed The opportunity to have the winner's dream gadget produced in MAKE Labs and featured on Make: OnlineRunner-Up Prize (two winners): A signed hardcover copy of Crocodile Tears An Alex Rider t-shirtWith prizes this good, how could you not want to enter?! The Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest is open to kids ages 8 to 18, so get your kid, nephew, niece, grandkids, and yourself involved!Need some inspiration? Check out these gadgets and book excerpts from previous Alex Rider novels to get those brain juices flowing: Alex Rider's Radio Mouth Brace Alex Rider's Smokescreen Bike Pump Alex Rider's Geiger Counter Game Console Alex Rider's High Tensile Yo-YoRead this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Music, crafts, visit from Santa are planned for celebration (The Buffalo News) YOUNGSTOWN--This year's “Holiday in the Village†will feature children's performer Glenn Colton and is set for 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Tinkering skills not handed down (Courier-Post) There is no line of anxious shoppers snaking around AAA Hobbies & Crafts here, like one might find at popular electronics stores, but holiday traffic was brisk. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Visit Sugar Couture on Brooklyn Bride What if your craft room was a bakery? It would be if your craft was high-end wedding cake design. Sugar Couture shares a beautiful and functional workspace on the ever inspirational BrooklynBride.com. Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |