HOW TO – Knitted Witch Doll
The Purl Bee shares a pattern for making this insanely cute knitted witch doll. I love her wiry platinum-blonde pigtails!
Year: 2008
Patrick from buildyourcnc.com at Maker Faire
Patrick from buildyourcnc.com talks to Chris Connors at Maker Faire Austin about making machines that can make other machines. More: Making Austin Weird: CNC Times 3(+)
How To Grow Flowers In Iraq
And you thought your gardening conditions were unfriendly? This guy has successfully created raised beds to grow a garden in Iraq. I particularly like the wick design: the buried bottles have parachute cord running to holes poked in the sides. Filled with water, they slowly feed moisture into the soil throughout the day.
Animatronic Rat
This isn’t a world of difference from the other animatronics projects out there, but there are 2 reasons this animatronic rat Instructable stands out for me: 1. An excellent quote from the creator: “Last year I was just a naked rat on top of a trash can, but this year I got to dress up.” […]
The Black Apple’s Free Halloween Card Download
Emily from The Black Apple has a fun Halloween treat for her readers: this cute downloadable greeting card you can print and send.
Duct Tape Batman Mask
Here are some impressive duct tape skills at work: Via Gizmodo, where a commenter coined the excellent term Duct Knight:) And, as an added bonus, you have a “lucha libre” mask halfway through the build: It seems like you could have a pretty impressive halloween just with duct tape. Check out these other tape-based projects: […]
How to make “hot ice”
Nice home chemistry how-to…. Hot Ice refers to a chemistry demonstration involving a supersaturated solution of Sodium Acetate which, when disturbed, will appear to freeze into “ice†as the cold solution turns from a liquid into a solid in a matter of seconds. This process is exothermic and the resulting “ice†is warm to the […]