Laura Grace Weldon, Author at GeekMom

Tutorial: Say It With Sock Monsters

September 3, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon1

These little creatures require very little in the way of new materials other than stuffing and socks, but they’re big on personality.

35 Ways To Make Summer Linger

August 30, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

Mix up burp juice, fence with cardboard tubes, make zucchini gummy fruit, go backyard camping, and much more.

Engage in Counter-Tourism

August 17, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

Visit a shopping mall as if it were a post-apocalyptic artifact. Kiss a statues, Use a dream symbolism book to interpret a heritage site. Try these and other Counter-Tourism tactics.

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When You’re Having a Crappy Day

August 5, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon2

We’re fighting a hardwired tendency. Our brains pay more attention to the negative than the positive.

DIY: Monster Style Pants Repair

July 5, 2014December 15, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

Allow ripped pants to live again with a silly and quick to apply patch.

Why Do We Care About Celebrities?

June 27, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon6

Technology may intersect with, even intrude upon the way we humans form connections to one another.

Cool Tools: Make Things, Figure Out Things, Do Things Better

June 23, 2014December 15, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

Find the best, the cheapest, and the only tools available to do the job.

Playing With Math: Stories from Math Circles, Homeschoolers & Passionate Teachers

June 21, 2014November 26, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

How to raise math geeks? It’s about play.

Let A Robot Clean Up After Your Cat

May 6, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

A Litter-Robot handles the dirty work around here.

Seven Sketching Hacks for the Artistically Inhibited

May 5, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon4

Easy ways to slide into the habit of drawing.

Spring Treat: Fried Dandelion Blossoms

May 3, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

Let kids harvest bright yellow dandelion flowers for a unusual spring treat.

Three Innovative Opus Garten Products: 20 Percent GeekMom Discount

April 29, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon1

Artful design to green up your life.

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Ministry of Supply: Men’s Office Wear With Tech Cred

April 18, 2014November 23, 2017Laura Grace Weldon

Ministry of Supply has reinvented men’s clothes. Think dress shirts made from NASA heat-regulating material and socks infused with odor-absorbing carbonized coffee. Style as well as tech cred for guys on the move.