How-To: Rainbow Pots for St. Patrick’s Day
We’re feeling lucky as we craft these rainbow painted pots for St. Patrick’s Day. They are sure to be filled with gold at the end of this rainbow.
Year: 2011
Playable 8 Bit Violin
Ranjit Bhatnagar built this playable 8 bit violin as part of his Instrument-A-Day project this month. I was hoping it would only play square waves at discrete frequencies, however it actually sounds really pretty when played as a normal violin. More: Make: Online » Repair an Old Piano by Making DIY Hammers Make: Online » […]
Tape Sculpture Contest
Check out the cool entries in Scotch’s “Off The Roll” packing tape sculpture contest. If you’re interested in entering, the deadline is the end of February.
Editors’ Picks on our Facebook Page
Hi Crafters! If you’re on Facebook, please “like” or Craftzine Facebook page and enjoy our new monthly Editors’ Picks feature exclusively on our Facebook page. We are inspired by many things outside of the craft world so here’s a collection our favorite things for February. What are your recent favorites? Tell us by leaving a […]
How-To: Arcade Button MIDI Controller
Instructables user fraganator writes: Having a hardware interface to your favourite music / DJ / VJ software can really open up doors in your creativity. The most widespread form of hardware control to your PC for such applications is a MIDI based controller. A MIDI controller can send and receive MIDI messages to your PC, […]
Playable Angry Birds Cake And Angry Birds Roundup
This playable Angry Birds cake from Mike Cooper of ElectricPig is a birthday dream for most any kid (and, who are we kidding, adult). Watching 6-year-old Ben fire away cake birds and clobber the structures is loads of fun, and they’ve even included a how-to for making your own playable Angry Birds cake. [via Laughing […]
Cup Holder Smartphone Stand
The multitude of cheap plastic cup holder smartphone mounts is staggering, yet the majority of them are either overly engineered, cheap flimsy plastic or proprietary. I’m surprised that we don’t see more commercial designs similar to the stand in this video by the Mechanical Mashup crew. Heck, there’s even room to coil up a loose power cable inside the cup.
