Plastic Bottle Jump Rope
Zakka Life shows you how to keep your kids busy this summer by making them a plastic bottle jump rope. I love the plastic flower embellishment.
Year: 2009
Make: television Episode 10
Here’s another chance to see Make: television – Episode 10 Visit SparkLab founder and designer Syuzi Pakhchyan, a maker who explores the new frontier of high tech and fashion with her space age handiwork. In the Workshop, John Park shows us how to build a guitar out of a piece of wood, some string, nails […]
CRAFT Demo Schedule for Maker Faire Bay Area
Here’s your first look at the schedule of demos that will be taking place on the hour at the CRAFT stage at Maker Faire Bay Area. If you had any question on if you should attend Maker Faire, this should make your decision very easy. Take note and start making your plans for the Faire […]
How-To: Suitcase light box
Instructables user bigtreehouse writes: The goal was to make a light box for my students to use that didn’t cost me an arm and a leg. Went to the second-hand store and found a florescent light… ($4.99 with 50% off) then noticed a suitcase/briefcase ($3.99 with 50% off). I got them both and started thinking […]
Press & hold functionality with Arduino
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member jmsaltzman coded some extra functionality into a basic momentary pushbutton – To get more functionality out of a single button and to add a “hidden” mode, I extended button debouncing logic to allow for click as well as press+hold. The green LED toggles when the button is clicked, […]
Winners of Simple Sewing For Baby!
Congratulations to our 3 CRAFT readers who have won a copy of Lotta Jansdotter’s new book, Simple Sewing for Baby from this week’s giveaway. They are: Ammie from Cleveland Heights, OH, Natalie from Davis, CA, and Katie from Milwaukee, WI . Thanks to everyone who entered. Another giveaway is coming up next week!
HOMEGROWN Village and Greywater Guerrillas at Maker Faire
The Homegrown Village is going to be at Maker Faire. Of their site, they say: This web site celebrates all of us who pioneer a HOMEGROWN way to live, eat, grow, and express ourselves. We connect to the land and to each other. HOMEGROWN.org is a place where we can learn from each other, share […]