Photo: Cupcake Camp Boston/Party Favors

Summer is for camp, and this Sunday in Somerville kids and grownups alike get to participate in the most decadent day camp of all: Cupcake Camp.

Now in its fourth year, Cupcake Camp Boston is part of a worldwide movement to create open community events where people can share their love for cupcakes. Founded in 2008 by San Franciscan Ariel Waldman and brought to Boston by Anita Patel, this year's event is expected to have more than 1,000 cupcake fans in attendance while raising funds for the Somerville Winter Farmer's Market.

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By Tara Bellucci

This weather, am I right? If your weekend plans get rained out and you've exhausted your Netflix queue, gather friends and kids for a fun crafternoon. On a recent gray Saturday, I met some pals at the Porter Square Michaels where we picked up some extra supplies, then walked to a friend's apartment, and got crafty! FULL ENTRY

Photo: North Bennet St. School

Man made takes on a whole new meaning these days, with even dapper city-dwelling dudes now excited to learn everything from urban beekeeping and making their own honey to building a tiny house from reclaimed materials for under $20K.

If your dad (or husband) is among that throng of postmodern men dominating the DIY movement, the traditional "weekend warrior" type of guy who likes to spend his free time tackling new skills and projects, then these Father's Day gifts are for you — er, him.

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Rosewater "Loras" Lemonade and Tyroshi Honeyfingers.

Sunday was the season finale of HBO's fantasy hit, Game of Thrones. For the few hours beforehand, I was in my friend Rebecca's kitchen, frying up Roman-style fried dough balls as she mixed rosewater lemonade. We may not have dressed in Lannister golds or Stark greys, but we had our own sort of role playing going on — through the menu. Kitchen LARPing (live action role playing) doesn't take place on a field with wooden swords or with a 12-sided die, but reimagines your favorite shows onto the plate.

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By Tara Bellucci

Tumbleweed Tiny Houses

Have you ever dreamt building your own tiny home from the ground up, but have no idea where to begin? Take a page from Jay Shafer's book, and learn how to build a small space all your own for under $20,000! Presented by actual Tumbleweed Tiny House owner/builders, the 2-day workshop comes to Boston this weekend. FULL ENTRY

In preparation for next weekend's Art of Craft, Cantabrigian crocheters and knitters are raising their needles to whip up flowers, leaves, and birds of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Their hope is that a garden of grandma graffiti will take over Concord Ave.

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Photo: courtesy of Gore Place

Ever daydream about the days of yore and (what must have been, right?) the simplicity of life on an historic New England farm? Ah, the honest joys of waking at the break of dawn, gazing out on your wide expanse of land filled with a sense of pride, giving your adopted dog an actual job to do, growing your own food, making your own clothes, hammering out the frustrations of the world in a barn workshop...

This month, indulge those farm fantasies and see what rural life is really all about by spending the day at Gore Place in Waltham for the 26th Annual Sheepshearing Festival. on April 27th.

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School vacation might be right around the corner, but this week it's time for the grownups to go back to class with six crafting events sure to help get your stitch on and shake the winter doldrums right out of your sewing machine.

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If this "Hey Girl" meme with Ryan Gosling makes you laugh, chances are you're a crafter who's encountered the dreaded pair of dull scissors at least once in your life.

Luckily, Gather Here Stitch Lounge is hosting an event today to help you spring clean your sewing kits, craft closets, and kitchen drawers to get a new edge on projects with discounted sharpening (even pinking shears!) starting at 2 p.m. today in their Cambridge shop.

Patti Small of On the Edge Knife Sharpening will be on hand to revive your favorite pair or blades for just $8 each (normally $10).

Who knows? You might even run into actress Amy Adams, who was spotted in the craft shop just last week!

Gather Here Stitch Lounge, 370 Broadway Cambridge, MA. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, check out GatherHereOnline.com

By Tara Bellucci

Last night marked the first ever DIY Boston Night, a series we are hosting to bring people together to get their craft on. If you missed our Craft Swap evening, never fear: here is a virtual Kickstart Kit for you to make our featured project of the night: jute-wrapped vases a la Nate Berkus. FULL ENTRY