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Installing clean, reliable, inflation-proof solar power is easier than ever, thanks to the invention of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) laminates that can be bonded directly onto metal roofing panels. Unlike crystalline PV material, there’s no need for obtrusive racks and heavy, expensive glass. Instead, unbreakable thin-film PV is produced using amorphous silicon, encapsulated in Teflon and other polymers.

How to make this simple wood and wire maze toy that will keep young hands and minds happily occupied, including diagrams and instructions.

Sometimes winter’s weather leaves children little choice but to busy themselves indoors. Here’s a way to make a stay-at-home plaything that’s amusing and instructive as well.

Have fun making all of these simple handmade down-home toys: a spinning top, corn-stalk fiddle, hummer buttons, a whammy doodle, a sailboat, spool racers, clatter blocks and a parachute.

You probably already have the odds and ends necessary to make these great old-time playthings, including patterns: boom crane, buzz bomber and a doll cradle.

Make these great toys for the youngsters in your life: a wooden duck, car and dog; parachute, spear-the-fish, and a shape perception puzzle; little flipper; little slugger; two-tone whistle; and the snap-toy trick.

Don’t gripe about the cost or quality of children’s playthings when we give you these designs, patterns and directions for a wooden soldier, teeter-tot tunnel-slide and bantam backhoe.

Patterns, instructions and diagrams for building a wooden rocking horse and dump truck.

It’s now easier than ever to find low-cost, eco-friendly, natural baby products without skimping on convenience or comfort. Here are a few of our favorites.

J.V. Dorner shares some tips on buying a recycled workhorse.