Complete with beads, pendants and cords needed to design your own jewelry, this “Make It Super” DIY Bead Kit from Super Smalls offers hours of entertainment and rewarding finished products. Intended for ages 3+, the set includes an array of beads in various colors, textures and designs—from smiley faces to faux pearls—allowing for seemingly limitless experimentation. (And other beads and found objects can be woven …
Japanese paper artist Yasuyuki Wada’s paper model kits, named Top To Tail, come with everything needed to create a 3D animal—except the required patience. Flat laser-cut pieces of card simply need to be folded and joined (sometimes with a little glue) and a wild creature takes form. We love the 14-inch crocodile, but a giraffe, elephant, chimpanzee, polar bear, penguin, panda and zebra are also …
Beginning with the lucha libre-inspired masks of Isaías Huerta (a resident of Puebla, Mexico), Atlas Obscura explores creative face masks made all over the world. Huerta—a retired wrestler and current costume-maker—began designing masks for friends and family, eventually extending his output to others. As unique as Huerta’s designs are, his desire to enhance his masks with representations of personality is universal. Now, more than ever, …
