Fairly or unfairly, the field of augmented reality — using technology like iPads or Google Glass to add graphics or information on top of the real world — often gets tagged as childish or gimmicky.

When kids grow up and abandon coloring books and you’re left with a bin of burnt sienna and cerulean blues worn down to the nubs … what do you do with the nubs? Recycle them, of course. But not the ...

Crayon Creatures uses 3D printing to make statuettes from kids' drawings By Ben Coxworth January 08, 2013 Crayon Creatures will turn your child's drawings into 3D-printed sandstone statuettes, such as ...

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A 12-year-old girl in Utah is enjoying a new playground thanks to her hard work. It all began when Rosili Olsen says she saw the designs for a new playground near her home. She says she noticed it ...

If you’re a kid, the best restaurants aren’t the ones with Michelin stars or the perfectly seared scallops. They’re the ones with tables covered in white paper and cups of crayons, where the entire ...

If drawing on the walls at home is a no-no, drawing on the walls at a museum is a massive don’t-even-think-about-it. Or it was, until the playful design duo behind Matheny Studio teamed up with ...

Even before I became a mom, I fantasized about the day I would get to start drawing or painting with a son or daughter of my own. My parents are artists, and many of my earliest memories include ...

It’s a magical world we live in, people. Where once our brilliant crayon drawings were condemned to live forever two-dimensionally on a piece of dog-eared construction paper, now they can be given the ...