by Brandon Quist | Dec 8, 2014 | Home and Family
As the Christmas season approaches like a malevolent glacier, you may find yourself with many cardboard boxes, most likely from Amazon. I must urge you in the strongest terms to make box forts. Failing that, I have a few ideas for you, if you have the time, scissors,...
by Brandon Quist | Dec 1, 2014 | Hobbies
With the Christmas holiday coming up, many of you are so stressed out, you are chewing on paper. While you may be a colony of hamsters in a cunning disguise, might I suggest a better option? Paper Mache literally means chewed paper, and has wartime applications. (Let...
by Brandon Quist | Nov 24, 2014 | Home and Family
Ever look in your cupboards and say to yourself, “I need to waste more of my food”? I have heard your wish, and present its fulfillment in the form of salt dough. 2 cups flour 1 cup salt ¾ cup water 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Make sure to mix the flour and salt...
by Brandon Quist | Nov 17, 2014 | Home and Family
If you are anything like me, you cannot bear to throw away glass jars. Something about them cries out to be filled with interesting things. Or maybe you just haven’t gotten around to throwing out all those salsa jars. Rather than putting another thing in a landfill,...
by Brandon Quist | Nov 3, 2014 | Home and Family
When you think of sculpture, chances are you are thinking of marble, wood, or clay. You may now add soap to that list. Soap is a very good introductory material, with the firmness and invisible lumpiness of wood and the passive-aggressive squishiness of clay. To top...
