Micro Firepit

 I like roasting marshmallows. I have used a gas stove or grill, but then I switched to a propane torch. I miss the flavor of roasting marshmallows over a big wood fire like we did in scouts. 

I decided to make a tiny wood stove or firepit. I had a section of four inch square tube steel with quarter inch walls that I got as a scrap to practice welding. I added smaller square tube inside to hold a shelf. The stove needed airflow to keep the fire going. First I tried setting the stove on a mesh stand. Then I replaced that with a platform connected by a single leg. That made it look like it was floating. My favorite thing to cook on it is breakfast sausage. I cook it over the fire, and then then get impatient when it doesn't get hot fast enough, and end up microwaving it to be safe.

From the Archives - Laundry Basket Costume

 One year, Griffin decided to be a basket of laundry for Halloween. He cut out the bottom of an old laundry basket, and then added fabric pieces and a box of soap to it. We sewed a sock and more laundry to his shirt. Pieces of rope held it up like suspenders. Easy and creative!