In case you’ve ever wondered if it’s possible to strap old plastic clothes hangers together with zip ties to make an icosahedron, I bring glad tidings: It is. I’ve done the experiment. We have the technology. I expect to be hearing from the Royal Swedish Academy any day now…
Sylvie at Chez Plum has a new pattern for her Baby Altay Hat which is a variation on the popular granny square. In celebration of the pattern, Sylvie is giving away two copies of the pattern! Just leave a comment to her post here.
A single chip drives 20 LED’s and creates amazing colors. Thanks go to Alden Hart for the original article in MAKE, Volume 18. View the PDF of this project. And then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
By Katie Goodman Kids love to help decorate cookies! Special Valentine’s Day cookies are a great way to celebrate at home and with friends. For a Valentine’s Day cookie decorating party, the cookies and frosting can easily be made in advance. Then, set out the plates of cookies, bottles of frosting, and sprinkles for the […]
The 1902 French movie Le Voyage dans la lune provided one of most indelible science fiction images ever: the grimacing Man on the Moon with giant bullet-like space capsule in his eye. Guy Himber‘s excellent Lego steampunk adaptation evokes the same feel with panache. I love the barrel as the exhaust port! The sculpture won […]
Andrea of CraftyBitch created this lovebird Valentine headband for her daughter, and has shared the pattern for download on her blog. I love the touch of ric rac around the base of the headband.
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]
