Sean @ Make: Online makes some astute observations about these rad tattooed Lego minifigs: This is a viral marketing campaign for some kind of extra-fine point Pilot pen. I love the minifigs themselves, but the campaign bugs me for a couple of reasons: 1) I’ve been Googling around pretty hard and can’t seem to figure […]
There are a lot of fun Christmas in July series circulating on craft blogs this month, including over at Sew, Mama, Sew! This awesome felt paisley stocking Cathy Ziegele makes me want to drop everything and come up with fifty million different ways to stitch felt paisleys on to stockings for everyone I know.
We’re excited to bring to you our special summer kids video miniseries, Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show! Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube, Blip.tv, and Vimeo. By James (TechNinja) and Sylvia Bored on a hot summer day? In the mood to let out […]
Randy Sarafan just made another simple moving bot, this time with four legs for walking: My goal with Walker Bot was to make a 4-legged walking bot that could be made in ten minutes. This bot ultimately took me three hours to make. That said, my goal wasn’t to make one in ten minutes, but […]
There’s a not-very-secret secret about Lego — adults like ’em just as much as kids do! So while we’ve assembled our ten favorite Lego inventions in honor of the month’s theme Make: Kids, all the projects are by adults. #10 Lego RC hand with exoskeletal controller #9 Lego NXT R/C boat #8 Lego Classic Space […]
The Instructables beauty contest is over, and the results are in! User creativegirlz has one of the winning entries with this awesome instruction set for learning to apply henna to your hands.
This rainbow bed was created for a child’s room, but I have to admit I’m kind of coveting it. Such a simple IKEA hack, and it would actually work on any kind of furniture. It’s also great idea for sprucing up a thrift find. See how it’s done over on IKEA Hacker.
