How do you do?

Back in the 1980s, toilet roll inserts, empty matchboxes and used ice lolly sticks were not recycling-bin fodder (recycling bin?).

No, they were precious materials to be dragged out on a Saturday morning, when Mary FitzGerald would show you all kinds of interesting uses for them on her RTÉ TV show How Do You Do? FitzGerald taught a generation of Irish kids how to make masks and space stations, clay animals and gifts only a mother would love. Rediscover your childhood creativity or introduce your own kids to the wonders of pipe cleaners and glue today, when FitzGerald leads a make-and-do session at 2pm at the Science Gallery, Pearse St, Dublin, as part of the Dublin Mini Maker Faire, a free family event from 10am - 4pm. See sciencegallery.com