How to Make an Articulated Grabber

Here’s a fun project idea for parents. If you’re one of the many parents who are constantly looking for educational and functional toys for their kids, this DIY articulated grabber is for you. It’s a great way to teach your kids about linkage, among other things. This project combines Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Art. […]

18 Creative Paper Roll Activities for Kids

Paper Roll Ideas

One of the nicest things about being a kid is that it doesn’t take much to make you happy. Give them anything that has their favourites in it, they are happy.  Give them anything to play with, they are happy. It’s always nice to see kids’ eyes light up with the simplest of things, as if they have […]

Seed Ball Planting

Seed Balls

Want your kids to know how much fun gardening can be? Seed ball planting is the first activity you can do with them which they’ll surely find awesome. It’s also a great opportunity to educate them about saving the environment! Seed balls (or earth balls), as the name implies, are seeds rolled within a ball of clay […]

How to Create Movement in Your Drawings

Motion Drawing

Being able to show movement is the key to bringing an illustration to life. Movement and motion are what help you imagine what you are reading. Without these little details, drawings may be hard to interpret. You don’t need to enter an art class to learn drawing. The first thing you need to practice for moving objects is to […]

Shuriken/Ninja Star Origami

DIY Ninja Star

This is one of the classic origami many of the kids before the computer era enjoyed making. I remembered this while watching Ninja Assassin on the television the other day. It’s easy and fun to throw around which we could teach kids and let them play with. What you’ll need: 2 pieces Square Construction Paper for one […]

Is this the future we want for our children?

It's a Plastic World

At Ideas24 we believe that every one of us can make a profound difference… you, him, her, me! If you and I pick up just one piece of plastic per day, over the next 25 years that’s 18,262 pieces that will be recycled rather than left to kill our wildlife and maybe – just maybe, us. […]

How and Why to Make Paper

How to make paper

We all know that paper comes from trees. We’re also aware of the need to save trees now because of global warming and climate change – but do we realize how true this is? The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)  says that the greatest factor which causes global warming is carbon dioxide emissions. They come from […]