Gleaming the Rubik’s Cube
By Lori Ferraro Imagine my surprise and absolute delight when I saw that THIS was on my eight-year-olds Christmas list: Yes. Oh yes…my old friend/nemesis, the Rubik’s Cube. Everybody had one back in the 80s! You did too, right?!? I begged my parents for one for my birthday – they ended up getting me a knockoff pyramid shaped puzzle that I pretended to enjoy for a while. The pyramid was cool and all but it wasn’t the real deal. I...
Rubik’s Cube Costume
Unlike the actual puzzle, this costume is the essence of simplicity. I owned several Rubik’s cubes in the 80s, and now my son owns one, and neither of us has made any headway on solving the thing. Oh well. Happily, that skill is not required to create this great 80s-inspired costume. What you need is a little DIY ambition and some basic supplies. Needed supplies: Square cardboard box Black duct tape Poster board in red, blue, green,...
80s Rubik’s Cube
The Rubik’s Cube ushered in the 80s and the simple puzzle-like toy took the decade by storm. Originally designed in 1974 under the name “Magic Cube” the product was renamed the Rubik’s Cube in 1980 and went on to become one of the world’s best-selling toys. In fact, the Rubik’s Cube was so popular that more than 100,000,000 of them were sold between 1980 and 1982 and 300,000,000 million of them (including imitations) have been sold...
