Halloween Automaton – Surprise top hat
Dug North writes – “An Automata-maker made this rigged top hat. A hidden cable controller activates a mechanism hidden within the hat to provide a little halloween surprise. Check out the video” – Link.
Year: 2006
Homemade sushi costumes & how to make a shrimp hat!
Hellen sent in these great costume pics for the MAKE Halloween contest, she writes – “We held a last minute sewing circle to bust these Sushi Costumes out. My friends and I decided to be the mascots from Sushi Express…a popular revolving fast food sushi restaurant in Taipei. www.sushi-express.com.tw As usual, nerdy hilarity ensues….” – […]
Trojan battle armor made from name plates (from past coworkers!)
Lance writes – “As of Halloween 2004, I’d been working at Nanogen for 6 & 1/2 years. During that time, I’d been collecting the name plates of people who had left the company for one reason or another just in case I could find some practical use for them. Well, my inspiration came that year […]
HOW TO – Easy Itty-Bitty Blinky LED Jack-O’-Lantern
Windell writes – “Here’s my favorite design for a jack-o-lantern; it’s a (tiny) mini-pumpkin carved with the circuit diagram symbol for a light-emitting diode. Naturally, it’s lit by an LED. This LED circuit inside this one is a TireFly, which is a type of blinky light designed to mount on the tires of a bicycle. […]
Homemade Zoidberg costume from Futurama
MAKE & CRAFT contest entry from Stramark, Zoidberg! Dog not amused… – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on what type of maker or crafter […]
HOW TO – Make an Oscar the grouch costume
Trash never looks so crafty! Menuet writes – “An Oscar the grouch costume. Cut the bottom out of the trash can, and supported it with bungee cords on my belt. Lid is velcroed to my head. I’m wearing a green ski mask, sweater and black gloves with a MESSLOAD of yarn glued on. “ – […]
Tom Swift – Subocean geotron costume!
Check out Federal Land’s MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contest entry, it’s a Tom Swift costume! – “I had this book as a child and this year I found it again. “What a great idea for a costume!” – Link & how it was made. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. […]