Having Fun at Maker Faire!

Attending Maker Faire 2007 is like going to craft and science geek heaven. Where else can you see robot fights, giant racing cupcakes, art cars and of course a ton of science and crafting demos? Nowhere else, my friend and that's why we all owe a great big pat on the back to the kids at MAKE and CRAFT magazines for making this possible.

For my part, I did a "Make Your Own Felt Yoda Doll" demo (on Saturday and Sunday afternoon) so that kids and adults everywhere could have their own soft, squishy Jedi Master to take home. Both days I had a blast teaching little kids to sew (mostly 8 year old boys who's never threaded a needle thankyouverymuch) as well as crafty adults who wanted to show off their sewing skills.

I have to say, I think I had the most-popular craft demo both days, but I could just be biased. Here's some photos of the demos and what everyone made.


My Make Your Own Yoda Doll demo photos.



Bonnie's Yoda Demo photos (photos taken by Nancy Flynn)

More of me in action (photos taken by Natalie from CRAFT Zine)


Also I wanted to say thanks to my pals who came to see my Yoda Doll Demo like Sharon, Ian, Skip (special thanks for trying to offer me water during my manic crafting demo), Olivia and others who said howdy!

In addition to spreading the word about all our cool craft projects on the kids section of starwars.com... I also got a chance to hang out with some truly talented and crafty folks like -- Nancy Flynn (GetCrafty/Jeaneology), Goli Mohammadi (Associate Managing Editor of MAKE magazine), Grant Imahara (MythBusters), Bre Pettis (MAKE Media Maker), Susan Beal (West Coast Crafty), Natalie Zee Drieu (CRAFT magazine), Jenny (SewDarnCute) and her glorious pals, and my old friend Carla Sinclair (CRAFT magazine Editor in Chief) who I haven't seen in person since our days in Boulder, Colorado!

Check out my photo blog here to catch all the action:
Maker Faire 2007 Photo Collection