by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, INSPIRATION
This clever stop-motion is sure to put a smile on your face! A mock DIY video of a boy making a lego duck out of wood and paint that are really Legos. Take a look behind the scenes to see how they made this creative...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, HOW STUFF WORKS
Who remembers this classic trip to the crayon factory with Mister Rogers? I was so excited to share this bit of magic from my childhood with my kids this week! Melted wax, saturated pigments, and a hardening agent get poured into tiny cylinders to make this everyday...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, NATURE
Listen to the otherworldly sounds made as Mårten Ajne skates over the thin, black ice of this lake outside Stockholm, Sweden. Nordic skating is both an art and a science, as skaters look for the most black, most thin ice in order to make the most high-pitched laser...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
Seven builders collaborate to make this epic Rube Goldberg machine, a complex chain reaction that travels through the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, office, living room, patio, and backyard, using everyday objects to automatically pour lemonade for the entire team of...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, NATURE, SCIENCE
Using a mixture of 6 parts water, 2 parts dish soap and 1 part white corn syrup, Don Komarechka filmed ice crystals forming across the thin walls of freezing bubbles. The corn syrup is an important ingredient as it allows the bubble to thicken on the bottom and acts...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 15, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE, SPACE
Watch this stunning footage taking you deep inside a space nebulae. “A cloud that veils one of nature’s secret places. This is a stellar nursery, a place where stars are born. They condense by gravity from gas and dust until their temperatures become so...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 15, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, DIY, NATURE
Raku Inoue has become famous for making these fantastical insectile creatures out of things found commonly in nature. He explains how in this video. Let it be art inspiration for you and tag @happyathomeschool in your...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 14, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS
Traveling Through Brush and Ink is a stop-motion animation of a little modern man traveling through four significant ancient Chinese paintings, transforming himself into animals and plants, and becomes part of the nature. Each painting represents four important stages...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 14, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS
Los Angeles-based artistMegan Geckler builds a “six-story hurricane of color” in the atrium of the Sydney, Australia’s Customs House. The art piece was designed using flagging tape, which is used in construction, forestry, and mining. Six colors of...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 14, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS
Artist and film maker Guy Larsen shows how to get a jumpstart on creativity by using crumpled paper as a starting point. He jumpstarts his drawings of imagined people from the shadows of crumpled paper pieces. We dare you to try this and tag...
