Today (one day before Maker Faire) we had schools from around the country visit Maker Faire for a special “Make education day” – hands on demos, experiments, R2-D2, a guy zipping up and down on a rope and more. Here are some photos.
Maker Faire starts tomorrow and the whole team including myself are at the fairgrounds getting everything ready. There will be so much going on so check out the schedule online to see if there are any scheduled events that you want to attend. Pictured above are photos from last year’s Maker Faire Bay Area event. […]
These are some of the coolest junkbot sculptures I’ve seen. Really clever use of computer mice parts, windshield wiper pieces, vacuum cleaner parts, and misc. plastic trash. While most of them are merely decorative, some function as desk lamps. Mouser [Make: Flickr Pool]
Anitra of Coffee Pot People loved her scuffed up black shoes so much she found a solution to save them with a crafty face lift, turning them into fun zipper shoes. Thanks Diane!
Michelle @ CRAFT writes: What do you do when you have two great things? Put them together! Bent Objects phenom Terry Border teamed up with the genius behind Skull-A-Day, Noah Scalin, to create a Bent Objects/Skull-A-Day crossover.
Crazy Mom Quilts crochets old t-shirts into rugs and shows you how to do it in her rag rug tutorial.
Lucykate Crafts shows you how to sew up one of these lovely fabric toadstools. I can’t wait to make a few for myself in a variety of fun patterns.
