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Chocolate Chirp Cookies Made with Cricket Flour

March 14, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: maker projects, recipe

Chocolate Chirp Cookies. Tasty cricket flour cookies. Recipe at www.TheMakerMom.com.

I told you I had something better (weirder?) than Black Bean Brownies up my sleeve. I'm sharing my best Chocolate Chirp Cookie recipe. No, that's not a typo; chocolate chirp. Which is to say, cricket flour cookies with chocolate chips. Allow me to introduce you to entomophagy, or eating insects. Sound gross? Well, then you were probably raised in North America or Europe. Eating insects is actually quite common in the rest of the world. Also, ... [ Read More ]

Mine for Power Gems (A DIY Operation Game)

March 5, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: DIY, maker projects, projects, sponsored

Build a Minecraft-inspired DIY Operation Game with The Maker Mom!

I’ve partnered with Bernzomatic to bring you another fun STEM project to keep you and your big kids busy over Spring Break. This time we’re making a sort of a DIY Operation game called Mine for Power Gems. As with the Fridge Fun Marble Run, this engaging project allows your kids to get crafty while building STEM knowledge and skills. Get ready to fire your Bernzomatic ST500 Cordless Soldering Iron up again! The cool thing about a cordless ... [ Read More ]

Make a Fridge Fun Marble Run

March 3, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: DIY, how to, maker projects, projects, sponsored

Make a DIY marble run!

Not going anywhere for spring break this year? Keep your children’s minds active with a STEM project. Kids can turn your kitchen into an applied physics lab from the moment they purposely toss that first bit of food from their high chair trays. This STEM activity, the Fridge Fun Marble Run, is a lot less mess and a ton more fun. As you watch a marble turn potential (stored) energy, into kinetic energy (energy in motion) on its way down the run, ... [ Read More ]

Look What I Made: A Custom Candy Mold!

July 20, 2017 By Kim
Tagged With: maker projects

Making a candy mold with Carvey and Formech.

My Maker Mom-in-Residence is humming along and I'm eager to share the things I've made and learned. My goal at mHUB is to have some kind of output each week- a 3D print, a carved object, something to demonstrate that I am showing up, growing my skills and knowledge, and making things. A couple of years ago I interviewed Bob Clagett of I Like to Make Stuff. He told me, I do my best to try to find interesting projects, not interesting ways to ... [ Read More ]

DIY Crystal Heart

January 26, 2017 By Kim
Tagged With: DIY, maker projects, project

Make a DIY Crystal Heart

Here's a little blinged-out DIY science and maker project that's a perfect way to add sparkle to any day. Plus, growing crystals, solids whose molecules are arranged in an ordered, repeating pattern has a magical quality. This can come in handy if, say, you are trying to summon a fairy* to your garden. Or maybe you want to show off or share a shiny Valentine's Day gift made with love...and science. If you want to grow crystals as a scientific ... [ Read More ]

Celebrate the Sun

May 24, 2016 By Kim
Tagged With: kits, maker projects, projects

Make sun art, or sun prints, with The Maker Mom..

I don't know how things have been in your neck of the woods, but in Chicago, we've seen precious little of the fiery ball in the sky in recent months. But today the sun is shining, temperatures are rising, the breezes are slight- the prefect condition for making sun art, also called sun prints or solar art. If you want to get technical, we're talking about cyanotypes. (Click for interesting reading.) I've been itching to make sun art and to ... [ Read More ]

Build a DIY Toy Car with an Empty PURELL Hand Sanitizer Bottle

December 10, 2015 By Kim
Tagged With: DIY, family fun, how to, maker projects, projects, sponsored

Learn how to make a DIY car from a plastic bottle on www.TheMakerMom.com.

I’m pleased to bring you a fifth activity, a DIY toy car from a plastic bottle, as part of my relationship with GOJO Industries, the makers of PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer. In the previous sponsored posts, I’ve shared how to make seed balls, craft dazzling sun catchers, create a candy construction challenge, and mix up a batch of oozy slime. GOJO and I believe in the power of creative experiences that put hands first. PURELL® Hand ... [ Read More ]

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About Kim

Kim headshot Summer 2012 I’m a Chicago-area mom of teen boys who is passionate about sharing ideas and resources to raise kids who love Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). I’m a blogger, vlogger, baker and maker, as well as the founder of #STEMchat. I also write about parenting gifted kids, girls in STEM and the Maker Movement. [Read More...]
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