Now that summer is here, it seems that whenever we scrape a few kids together over here for a play date it turns into Craft Camp. Oh, the joy! Last week we had two kids over for a lantern project. I just love Todd Oldham‘s book, Kid Made Modern. This ain’t your grandma’s kids crafting book. It is whip smart, hyper-cool, super gorgeous and just plain fun! Each chapter is introduced by the work of a modernist artist or designer and the crafts relate to that genre…Noguchi, Marimekko, Luis Barragan, Alexander Calder. Tremendously cool. So, this lantern project is from the book.
It is super simple and has some pretty stunning results. I went to Cost Plus World Market for the little battery powered paper lanterns. All you need is colored tissue paper and Mod Podge. He says to cut circles but ripped tissue looks awfully nice, too.
I can’t wait to make the woven duct tape belt from his book…and the duct tape messenger bag.