Dirt cups
These Halloween deserts look like cups of dirt with worms, but they’re actually just chocalate pudding, crushed oreos and gummy worms, here’s how to make them… – Link.
Month: October 2006
HOW TO – Make a Blinking talking skull
Here’s how to make a cool talking skull from one of those talking Christmas trees – I’m going to try and remind myself to scoop up the severely discounted Christmas stuff after the holidays to do a ton of projects like this for next Halloween… [via] – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE […]
Fun Guys with Fungi – MAKE workshop @ Zeum in SF!
MAKE will be doing a weekend workshop at the Zeum in San Francisco! – Fun Guys with Fungi: Nature-Inspired Art with Artist-Mycologist Philip Ross Saturday, October 14, 2-4pm Recommended for ages 8 & up Philip Ross , author of the “Home Mycology Lab” project in the most recent issue of Make magazine will show us […]
The Transdimensional helmet
Andrew Leman (who also made the amazing ElectriClerk) made this game playing accessory helmet from army surplus, old specs, leather and headphones… – “This leather aviation helmet was wired with a pair of concealed headphones which connected to a portable cassette player. When the helmet is securely fastened and the blinders of the goggles are […]
HOW TO – LED “Flickers” for Jack-O-Lanterns
John writes – “This website shows how to build a bunch of flickering LED circuits that can be used instead of using candles to illuminate your pumpkin this halloween. It has videos of all the different circuits and parts lists and links to schematics. The different circuits fall into a variety of price ranges and […]
Haunted house made from balloons
This is one from last year, but it’s time to point to it again, the only haunted house I’ve ever seen made from Balloons, Larry writes – “The silly, creepy, funny, weird, slightly haunted castle made _entirely_ out of balloons. In October 2004, this 60,000 balloon, 10,000 square foot, family friendly haunted house was built […]
Haunted paper toys
RavensBlight has a great collection of paper craft projects you can build for Halloween, I really like the mechanical bat (projects can be download/PDF) – “A visit to RavensBlight isn’t really complete without taking home a pet! So here’s BELA, The Amazing Mechanical Bat! Just turn the handle and watch this little creature flap its […]