OMG! It’s here! The Best of Instructables, the latest from Make: Books, is on its way to Maker Faire Austin and a few copies have found their way to the Maker Media and Instructables offices. Here’s Instructables’s Eric J. Wilhelm and the Instructables robot enjoying their first peeks. I hope the robot’s happy. Eric says: […]
Kids who attend the Austin EcoSchool learn from teachers and families who understand the power of learning by doing. In its third year, the EcoSchool is a three day a week school that’s a bridge between homeschooling and traditional schooling. Among the creative ways the EcoSchool teachers implement their curriculum is having the children use […]
In honor of John Lennon’s birthday, here’s a piece of cool, inexplicable conceptual techno-art that might be right up John and Yoko’s alley. It’s an untitled piece by Christopher Kaczmarek and was shown at last month’s ArtBots show in Dublin. I found it on the Solarbotics site. They gave it a shout out ’cause the […]
and Still don’t have a costume? Even ordered a copy of the MAKE Halloween issue from the shop? Well why not go as what six million other people are going as this Halloween? Heath Ledger’s version of “The Joker”. Okay all Halloween snobbery aside at least check out these videos and go as a really […]
I got lots of people asking me how we did the arms of our Zombie for this video. And here is how we did straight from the guy who invented the technique. Although I think straight liquid latex works better (although some people are allergic and it’s a pain on hairy arms). I really do […]
Our good friends over at spooky blue have some great Halloween projects and this is no exception. Using some simple tools and materials you can make a kick-ass “toe pincher” coffin for your Halloween party or Haunted House. Need some inspiration besides my great posts ;-) Then why not pick up a copy of the […]
All Buttoned Up is a smartypants–instead of cutting out a stencil pattern when making freezer paper stencils, she used an apple-shaped craft punch and made these cute onesies. She did something similar a while back with a hole punch and an adult shirt, and this is just as effective. Related: Freezer Paper Stencil Tutorial
