I meant to post about this when it started but instead, I’m posting about it a week after it ended. Is anyone surprised? Nice to know that even with a new year, some things never change. : )
Anyway, LiEr over at ikatbag.com hosted a fun series all about lights and what you can do with them, especially when making kids toys. She had some incredible ideas herself and also rounded up a few guest-posters, including me!
Here are the projects -- click on the photos to go to each post.
Day 1: Light Boxes and Lanterns (made from a storage tub and whipped cream carton, respectively)
Day 2: Space Shuttle with light-up dashboard buttons (guest post by MaryAnne from Mama Smiles; I love the stuff she does with her kids!)
Day 3: Christmas Tree Nightlights (made by LiEr, with her kids)
Day 4: Carousel with Lights and Sound (guest post by Katie from matsutake; she’s got mad skillz, man! and she’s my kind of hilarious!)
Day 5: Cardboard Dollhouse (guest post by me from here; now you can see the “wallpaper” I was taking a break from in my last post – tee hee)
Day 6: Car and Runway (another guest post by me because we were having so much fun adding lights to anything and everything; I’d wanted to make a runway, as in airport, but designer-wannabe Sophie requested a runway, as in fashion!)
Day 7: Bulb How-Tos, a Starlit Stable, and a Steady Hand Game (again, by the knows-no-bounds LiEr, and her daughter Emily too)
Day 8: LED How-Tos and Traffic Lights (not only does LiEr make stuff, she explains stuff so thoroughly, and entertainingly too)
And finally, Day 9: Trainville (a train, some stations and an amazing tunnel/bridge on a huge expanse of cardboard just waiting to be decorated with tracks and trees and who-knows-what by her kids)
Hope you enjoyed the show! I’m so glad LiEr included me in the line-up. Playing with lights is a LOT of fun!!!
I loved reading that series, and that's actually how I found your blog! Thanks for being her guest. :-D
ReplyDeleteI was so thrilled to be included with such a talented group of ladies!!! LOVE your doll house, and I want to make the airplane runway for my son someday. I'm sure my 5yo daughter wouldn't mind a fashion runway, too!
ReplyDeleteWelcome, Amy! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a note.
ReplyDeleteMaryAnne, no kidding -- me too! You and Katie and Lorraine - what a bunch! I wasn't sure what the long-term play value of the runway would be, but the girls are pulling it out regularly and a friend who visited over the weekend now wants to make one for her girls too. Who knew?
oh my goodness, those are fantastic projects!! :) lisa
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