President Peg Dolls

Heidi Kenney explains how to make President Peg Dolls. It's from her book, Every Day's a Holiday: Year-Round Crafting with Kids. Via.

How to turn a plastic bag into a jellyfish

Instructions for turning a water bottle and a plastic bag into a jellyfish. Via.

How to make a Mechanical Iris Greeting Card

Instructions for making a Mechanical Iris Greeting Card. Via.

Link roundup

1. How to create a snow globe that looks like your own home. Via.

2. How to fix Android's GPS.

3. "Parasitic flies turn bees into zombies before wiping them out completely."

*Buy snowglobes at eBay.

Link roundup

1. "The 30 most important cats of 2011."

2. "A masterly crafted catalog of the 100 most unusual happenings from the year 2011" part 2.

3. How to print and bind your own book.

London Underground Map made out of drinking straws

London Underground Map made out of drinking straws by Kyle Bean, who has various prints on sale here.

How to make a Golden Snitch ornament

Instructions for making a Golden Snitch Christmas ornament.

*Buy Hallmark Christmas Ornaments at Amazon.

Link roundup

(I don't know if my starred items are going to survive the upcoming changes to Google Reader, so I'm slowly clearing them out and posting the best ones.)


The winner of Gizmodo's holiday card contest 2010.




Hamster-powered walker. Via.




Mirror monster comes to life practical joke. Via these sites.




Beyonce surprises a middle school class and dances with the kids. Via these sites.




Lioness stalks baby at zoo. Via these fine sites.

Link roundup

1. Some people take Jurassic Park very seriously.

2. Provocative theory about the cause of early onset of puberty.

3. Jetpackage Project:

Back at the beginning of Summer, I started a project called 'jetpackage'. I was sat in my office one day and I was severely lacking in inspiration, so I looked around me at all the objects I have collected over the years and it got me thinking about how I am inspired. My office is full of collectable items that I have gleaned from car boot sales, flea markets and charity shops, whenever I am feeling uninspired I look at them and it spurs me on.

So I thought "What if a package came through the post, containing these things?" - what would they inspire me to create.

I have got a LONG list of designers, illustrators, artists, creatives that I would like to work with, and who inspire me with my work, so I decided to see how they would react to one of these packages.

4. "Parasite Turns Wasps Into Outsider Zombie Queens."

*Buy Mondo's Jurassic Park posters at eBay.