Build a bridge out of popsicle sticks and hot glue and then stand on it! Will it hold your weight, or will it collapse and send shards of popsicle sticks flying? There’s only one way to find out, get yourself some popsicle sticks, warm up that hot glue gun, make a plan and build it! […]
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Use triangles – they are an engineer’s best friend when building bridges. Use a lot of popsicle sticks – sheer mass can perform very well. One team plugged in an iron, turned it upside-down, made a little pot out of aluminum foil and then melted glue in it so that they had a pot of […]
Continue ReadingWe love those Komaneko short movies (see CRAFT post here) and now you can download the PDF to make your own Komaneko doll. [ via ] Link. [PDF]
Continue ReadingAnna Torborg of Twelve 22 has a great tutorial (PDF) on how to make your own mousepad cover with cool fabric prints. Link.
Continue ReadingCrochet yourself some beautiful chandelier earrings created by Jennifer Hansen, the amazing designer behind Stitch Diva Studios. Her work in crochet and knitting has an edgier fashion feel and these earrings are a great way for you to get started with knitting with wire. Check out the knit and crochet with wire tutorials to learn […]
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Congrats to Mike who you’ve probably see in our MAKE Flickr pool (house building photos) for building a house, start to finish on his own, over 2,600 days total! – Link, projects, documentation and more info.
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Jon writes – “One of my friends is a manager at a local movie theater, which uses a digital projector to show advertisements between features. After seeing the It Burns When I Wii video, we figured we could one-up it with the equivalent of a 344″ television screen. We wanted to use my friend’s Nintendo […]
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