Pringles-can lens extender produces dazzling ultra close-ups for peanuts. Thanks go to Haje Jan Kamps for the original article in MAKE, Volume 06. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Delphine at Non Dairy Diary has a new advent calendar in PDF form she’s sharing each week for 2009. The first week features this cute house with rabbit in her signature illustration style I love. You can also download last year’s calendar which featured twenty-five cute house ornaments to cut and fold.
What maker doesn’t like to unwind with a good movie, TV show, animation, game, or book? We tend to focus a lot of attention around here on being productive, and learning specific tools and techniques. So, to change things up a bit, we’ve compiled this gift guide dedicated to leisure.
Rūpjmaizes kārtojums means layers of bread, in Latvian. I think that I might also incorrectly translate it to super yum. Crumbled rye bread, whipped cream and mashed cranberries combine for a dessert with a look that is perfect for serving during the winter holidays. This spectacular recipe comes from Russian Season, an Eastern European food […]
Bethany Halford’s column in this week’s Chemical & Engineering News drew my attention to BEYONDbones, an official blog from the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, and particularly to a couple of chemistry-related holiday projects. This page teaches how to make a crystalline ornament from pipe cleaners and saturated borax, and this one, how to use washable markers and a coffee filter to make tie-dye-like paper ornaments based on the principle of paper chromatography.
Got an old digital photo frame that you don’t use any more? I did too, so instead of throwing it away, I decided to turn it into a written word clock.
Claire of Needle Book shares how she made this lovely spindle with simple tools and techniques. I wanted to make one that was a little bit fancier, functional and even nice looking, while still not requiring any real woodworking skills. The results were better than I expected, and these handmade spindles work really well!
