In May, we ran a giveaway for some Crafteeo cardboard armor, and I’m happy to announce that Crafteeo has now launched a Kickstarter campaign with some pretty amazing options. Read More
Crafteeo: Awesome Cardboard Armor
Tag Archives: cardboard
Giveaway: Win a Set of Crafteeo Gear!
Crafteeo makes awesome toy armor out of cardboard. Here’s your chance to win a free set for your kids! Read More
Kickstarter: Kids Imagination Furniture by The Cardboard Guys
Extremely sturdy cardboard furniture that your kids can help build and they can decorate themselves. What’s not to love? Read More
How-To: Cardboard Robots and Rocketships
We just had our son’s second birthday party. He’s already a geek-in-the-making, so the theme we decided on for him was Robots and Rocketships. He already loves both, thanks to a bounty of robot and rocketship toys he’s received in the past two years plus my own collection of both that I willfully share with him (yes, I’ve even let him play with vintage Transformers). Read More
Valentine’s Day for Creative Geeks: It’s All About the Box
Skip the flower shop and hit the craft store for a Valentine’s Day that your child will never forget. Read More
GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Ladybug Box Paths
Did you find the the Most Unexceptional way for the ladybug to traverse a fallen box? Read More
GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Ladybug Box Paths
What is the best way for a ladybug to traverse a fallen box? Read More
Make Your Own Cardboard Christmas Tree
Follow a few simple steps to make your own unique Christmas tree from cardboard and leftover bits of wrapping paper. Read More
Caine’s Global Cardboard Challenge 2013
This coming Saturday, join thousands of people all over the world in the 2nd annual celebration of cardboard creativity in aid of the Imagination Foundation, set up after the Caine’s Arcade viral hit video. Read More
A Little Bit of Electronics Fun with LittleBits
littleBits are an opensource library of electronic modules that snap together with tiny magnets for prototyping, learning, and fun. See what can happen when you add them to the other toys you’ve probably already got in your house. Read More
Great Idea: Pop-out Puzzles for Kids on Disaster Relief Supply Boxes
A little bit of genius. Give the kids something fun to do while dealing with the results of disaster, famine, or other threatening situations where normal life is disrupted. Read More
Stack Overflow: Comics and Graphic Novels
To follow up my picture book round-up last month, I give you another edition of Stack Overflow. This time, I focus on comics — some for kids, some for adults, but all good reads. Read More
Caine’s Cardboard Challenge
Get involved in Caine’s Cardboard Challenge and help the Imagination Foundation “find, foster, and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids.” Read More
Makedo: Nuts & Bolts for Making Stuff
When I made robot outfits for my kids a couple years ago, I used a bunch of cardboard boxes I found at the recycling center and a whole lot of packing tape. There were parts that particularly used a lot … Read More
A Gamer’s Pet Peeve: Big Box, Small Game
One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to board games is the size of the boxes. Wouldn’t it be a great world where everything came in the minimum amount of packaging necessary to protect it? (For one, we … Read More
GeekDad UnWired: Cardboard Robots
In honor of GeekDad UnWired Week, I decided to re-create the GeekDad logo banner with actual robots … made of cardboard. So, on one of the hottest days of the summer (I think it hit about 103) I took my … Read More
