How-To: Paper Bird Mobile (video)
In this Etsy video, Joel Henriques shows us how to make a simple paper bird mobile, demonstrating why this is a great project to do with kids.
In this Etsy video, Joel Henriques shows us how to make a simple paper bird mobile, demonstrating why this is a great project to do with kids.
The Pendulum Challenge Kit from the Maker Shed includes everything you need to make the project featured in Make, Volume 26. This unique game features 15 LEDs arranged in an arc to simulate the path of a swinging pendulum that the player attempts to stop at its lowest point.
Michaela of Bliss has a fun tutorial over on Oh Happy Day for creating custom pop up greeting cards. I love seeing how you can create a simple base onto which you can adhere any kind of decoration to customize the card for any occasion.
Tinkerer “thechoozen” of Cologne, Germany built this superb Wall-E robot with a Mini ITX computer, an Arduino, and some servos. Nearly every step is documented from concept through paint! [Thanks, Petar]
Sean Ragan @ MAKE has named his picks for top ten cookies. Suggest your additions in the comments!
If you want to apply a maker’s mark or other repeated pyrograph to wooden goods, but can’t justify the expense of a custom branding iron, a practically identical effect can be achieved by applying a strong solution of ammonium chloride, for instance using a foam rubber stamp, followed by relatively mild heat.
Our pal, Bonnie Burton, points us to this rad Instructable from spookylean for an X-Wing Fighter that’s made entirely with office supplies. Maybe you could work out a way for it to shoot rubber band blasts!