Ok, this one goes perfectly with all the weird Halloween cakes and edible scary stuff… Body parts made from bread – “Along with edible human heads crafted from dough, chocolate, raisins and cashews, Kittiwat makes human arms, feet, and chicken and pig parts. He uses anatomy books and his vivid memories of visiting a forensics […]
Here are the plans and how-to for building a coffin, makes a good Halloween prop – then finish it off and make a creepy cool bookshelf! – Link. Related: A Short History of Security Coffins – Link. HOW TO – Cheap motion activated coffin – Link. DIY IKEA Coffin – Link. Homemade fantasy coffins from […]
Mr. Ma makes these little miniature working bicycles from copper wire and sold them on the streets of Shanghai for over 20 years, this store now sells them and has also has an interview… – “Seventy-four-year-old former electrician Mr. Ma began creating intricate model bicycles out of copper wire after he retired nearly two decades […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Yapruder writes – “[Here’s a] Lamellaphone using lozenge tin and tines made by trimming a small metal comb from interior electronics of a television set.” – Link. Related DIY musical instruments: Altoid tin pocket thumb piano – Link. FolkUrban Music – DIY instruments – Link. Weird DIY Instruments – Les […]
Looking for something to do with old/broken iMac speakers? Do what Wayne did “Tear out all the guts. Stuff them with miniature christmas lights and let them hang – Link. Related iMacery: iMac MAME cabinet – Link. Steam powered iMac – Link. DIY PC “iMac” – Link. Running the Tablet PC OS on an iMac […]
Bill Z Bubb entered this pumpkin in the MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contest! – Link. Enter yours! Hack-o-Lantern contest: Decorate a pumpkin in any way you see fit, or unfit. It’s that easy. Then upload your photos to the MAKE or CRAFT Flickr photo pool and tag them “MAKECRAFTHALLOWEEN” Or you can email them to […]
Windell writes in with this incredible Battlestar Galactica Cyclon (robot kind, not meat kind): “For Halloween this year, we made Cylon Jack-o-lanterns in both large and small versions. The design consists of two parts, a pumpkin-carving part and an electronics part. The big idea, of course, is to make the Cylon’s red eye scan back […]
