Video: Kill Bill with Kids

"KILL BILL (Re Enacted by Kids) Copperhead Fight Scene" by Bobby Burns

Two girls perfectly recreate the 'Black Mamba vs. Copperhead' fight scene from Kill Bill Vol. 1.

Video: Star Wars Cantina

"Kid Snippets: "Star Wars Cantina" (Imagined by Kids)" by Bored Shorts TV

Bored Shorts TV brings you a not-so-historical reenactment of how it all went down in the Cantina, from kids’ point of view.

Kickstarter: Hello Ruby

Hello Ruby by Linda Liukas

Linda Liukas is the founder of Rail Girls, a non-profit that teaches computer programming to women in cities around the globe. Her proposed children's book, Hello Ruby, made its debut on Kickstarter on January 23rd.  The adorable book's goal is to teach young girls how to code.  The Kickstarter campaign is going ridiculously well, but who doesn’t want to support something that awesome?  It exceeded its $10,000 funding goal in just 3.5 hours. Four days later, and with 25 days of the campaign to go, she has raised $185k from more than 4,300 backers.

The story follows the adventures of--you guessed it--a girl named Ruby, a "small girl with a huge imagination," who meets penguins, a snow leopard, and green robots (among others) on her adventures.  It's actually two books: an illustrated storybook with Ruby's tale, and an activity book that teaches early programming skills. Both are aimed at 4-7 year-olds.

"Every kid has a magical childhood book that makes world seem full of adventure and possibility. This is my book. You can help me make this book real on Kickstarter."

Crafts: Geek Alphabet Blocks

Alphabet Blocks for a Geek Baby by Jonathan M. Guberman

Amateur engineer Jonathan M. Guberman made his newborn son a set of custom engraved wooden alphabet blocks, with things he and his wife were looking forward to sharing with him as he grew up.  Thanks to the fact that he's shared his designs and explained his methods, you can now make your future progeny a set of blocks, as well.  Personally, I'd be inclined to throw a little math and science into the mix - maybe a diagram of an atom or Euler's identity.

"Shortly before my son was born I decided to make a set of alphabet blocks decorated with things that his mother and I were looking forward to sharing with him. I started work, and then he was born. Now, coming up on his first birthday, I’ve finally finished. (Apparently, shop time is hard to come by when you’re caring for an infant. Who knew?)

There are 36 blocks — the English alphabet and ten digits — showing 134 images of people, animals, monsters, robots, vehicles, organizations, devices, tools, and objects from some of our favourite movies, TV shows, books, comics, video games, poems, and sculptures, as well as a few from the real world for good measure (and a couple not-so-favourites for comic relief/alphabetical exigency; I’m looking at you, Zardoz). The only real rule I followed in choosing subjects was trying to maintain an even gender balance."

Featured Site: DIY.org

DIY, an amazing maker network for kids, has just launched Stories, a social network for kids to share their homemade DIY projects. I would have loved this as a kid.

Paintings: Helm Kids

HelmKids by Benjamin F. Guy

Oil on Canvas, Oil on Wood

Quick Pic: Snow AT-AT

Source: Reddit

Download: E is for Electronics

"E is for Electronics" by Limor Fried (aka Lady Ada) is a coloring book designed to teach kids the fundamentals of electronic circuitry components and their inventors. Not only is this a super nerdy way to spark curiosity in your kids, it's free to boot!  Lady Ada has made E Is for Electronics the world’s first open-source, Creative Commons-licensed coloring book the book, so you can print off your own copy at home.

Illustration: Game of Thrones for Kids

"If Game of Thrones was a story for kids…" by Haley Hao

Lego Creation: Build Up Japan Project

Build Up Japan Project

Lego celebrated its 50th year in Japan by inviting five thousand children to help create a futuristic map of Japan using 1.8 million Lego bricks. Using only ivory pieces, school kids of all ages assembled the landscape of imaginary structures in six workshops scattered across the country. Once each work group put the finishing touches on their assigned islands, the finished products were assembled in the Tokyo International Forum exhibition hall as part of the Piece of PEACE exhibition, which highlights models of World Heritage projects built of Legos. The completed map stretched almost 82 feet.

Interior Design: Dharma Baby Nursery

These new parents created a Dharma Initiative-themed nursery for their new born that is either the cutest or creepiest thing I've ever seen. Of course, every parent imagines their child trapped on a deadly island, but it takes great parents to actually act on the impulse.

Let's pray they don't have twins, lest one of them get thrown into a cave.

Sweets: Playable Angry Birds Cake

Mike Cooper made an Angry Birds themed birthday cake for his son Ben that he was able to play before eating.  He writes:

It’s become a family tradition that I make increasingly ridiculous birthday cakes for my kids each year. So with my little boy Ben turning 6-years-old over the weekend, and appreciating his love of Angry Birds, I thought I’d have a shot a making him a playable Angry Birds birthday cake with working catapult and iced birds as ammunition.

Source: Electricpig

Quick Pic: Midsummer Meeting

Midsummer Meeting by Björn Hurri

Alright, in all fairness, this pic isn't exactly "geeky," but I smile every time I see it. Make sure you visit the site and leave a comment, Gorilla Artfare is a brilliant blog.