Days out diary - child friendly and family activities

Family days out Avoncroft building museum

Family days out rowing boats on Derwent Water

Family days out Thomas land and children railways

Family days out camping holidays with young children

Arts and crafts

ESA European Astro Pi Project - Mission Zero - Code that ran on the International Space Station

The ESA European Astro Pi Project - "Mission Zero", involved school children creating code that actually ran on the International Space Station (ISS). My son joined with a friend (both aged 9 at the time it was submitted) to create ...

Microwave Mug Cake and Cookie Recipes

I wanted to run some kind of cooking / baking activity with the Cub Scouts, however we meet at a community centre which does not have a kitchen. I therefore turned to some Microwave recipes. I tried a few different ...

Electronics and Raspberry Pi Halloween Projects

These are some of the Halloween Projects I've created. Haunted HouseA scary haunted house, using a Raspberry Pi, home automation, electronics and scary music.Raspberry Pi Haunted HouseRaspberry Pi MotionSensor Jack-O-Lantern PumpkinMy son's Motion Sensor based Light Up Pumpkin projectHalloween Motion ...

Raspberry Pi Motion Triggered Halloween Pumpkin Jack-O'-Lantern

My 8 year old son has now completed another Raspberry Pi project. This project is a Halloween Pumpkin, or jack-o'-lantern, which is triggered whenever someone comes near. It uses a PIR motion sensor to detect someone entering the room and ...

Halloween Scary Pi-Ano - Raspberry Pi and Makey Makey keyboard

This Halloween I created an indoor halloween light effect using a Raspberry Pi and a PIR sensor. Unlike previous years my children weren't really involved in making this one, which is because my 9 year old daughter decided to create ...

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