Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share (34 page)
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Authors: Ken Denmead,Chris Anderson
Tags: #General, #Family & Relationships, #Games, #Science, #Activities, #Boys, #Experiments & Projects, #Fathers and Sons, #Parenting, #Handicraft for Boys, #Fatherhood, #Crafts & Hobbies, #Amusements
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Create a Superhero ABC Book
As mentioned in the project, these are good sources for your heroes:
Model Building with Cake
With the popularity of
Ace of Cakes
(
www.foodnetwork.com/ace-of-cakes
) and the success of Charm City Cakes (
www.charmcitycakes.com
), many local bakeries will build creative cakes to design.
If you need help doing it yourself, talk to your local baker. We were lucky that ours (
www.amiabakery.com
) let us come in and use their airbrush to get the roof tiles and shrubbery right.
Your local crafts store will probably have a baking section. We were able to find fondant and other supplies at the Michael’s near us (
www.michaels.com
).
Pirate Cartography
The original how-to for this project can be found at
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_A_Treasure_Map_From_A_Paper_Bag
.
Parenting and Role-Playing Games
Check out the forums at
www.geekdadbook.com
, where we hope to build a storehouse of ideas and lessons learned from parents and kids using this game.
If you really want to get into RPGs with your kids, the home of D&D and a number of other great games is at Wizards of the Coast,
www.wizards.com
.
A Never-Ending Demolition Derby
While you can get LEGO sets almost anywhere, the best place to get loose LEGO is at your local LEGO store or on the online store at
www.LEGO.com
.
See the World from the Sky
Here’s my original source for information on the lifting ability of helium:
www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/lift.html
.
As mentioned in the project, these are good sources for your heroes:
And if your geeklets really love superheroes and RPGs, try introducing them to Champions at
www.herogames.com
.
www.herogames.com
.
With the popularity ofAce of Cakes
(
www.foodnetwork.com/ace-of-cakes
) and the success of Charm City Cakes (
www.charmcitycakes.com
), many local bakeries will build creative cakes to design.
If you need help doing it yourself, talk to your local baker. We were lucky that ours (www.amiabakery.com
) let us come in and use their airbrush to get the roof tiles and shrubbery right.
Your local crafts store will probably have a baking section. We were able to find fondant and other supplies at the Michael’s near us (www.michaels.com
).
The original how-to for this project can be found athttp://howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_A_Treasure_Map_From_A_Paper_Bag
.
Check out the forums atwww.geekdadbook.com
, where we hope to build a storehouse of ideas and lessons learned from parents and kids using this game.
If you really want to get into RPGs with your kids, the home of D&D and a number of other great games is at Wizards of the Coast,www.wizards.com
.
While you can get LEGO sets almost anywhere, the best place to get loose LEGO is at your local LEGO store or on the online store atwww.LEGO.com
.
Here’s my original source for information on the lifting ability of helium:www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/lift.html
.
Great source for extra-large latex balloons:
When you’re ready to go to the next level, try the BlimpDuino atOther books
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