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Make: Projects – Costume Minigun
From user Douglas Desrochers. The barrels appear to be PVC. They rotate around a piece of 1/2″ copper pipe, and a high-intensity LED is positioned to shine down the top one, strobing as the barrels spin. The whole thing is driven by the motor and battery pack from a cheap cordless drill. Let the Predator jokes commence.
Continue ReadingProject: Rolled Paper Pendant
Paper pendants composed of colorful quilling strips are fun and inexpensive gifts to make for young girls on your holiday shopping list. Because there are a zillion ways to mix colors and to shape the paper discs, no two pendants need be exactly the same.
Continue ReadingBaby Food: The Halloween Genius of Isabelle Baril-Ortley
By Garth Johnson CRAFT is excited to announce our new monthly columnist, Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft, who will be writing about crafter extraordinaires. Welcome Garth! Isabelle Baril-Ortley knows how to kick it up a notch. When I was drawing up the short list of names for my inaugural Extreme Craft column for CRAFT, Isabelle’s […]
Continue ReadingDuran Duran Rio Mini Quilt
To this day I am still a giant, proud-to-be Duran Duran fan. I’m going to see the boys tomorrow night in Toronto, so to celebrate I created a mini quilt from the “Rio” album cover. To make the pattern I actually sketched the album and then started dividing it up into sections. I’m still getting […]
Continue ReadingHow-To: Mini Witch Hat
Need some last-minute Halloween decorations? This adorable mini witch hat tutorial from Sweet Little Smoothie is just the thing you need to add a little spooky to your home! Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food – whatever you […]
Continue ReadingMake: Live is Tonight – Halloween Party!
Tonight is Make: Live‘s Halloween party! Are you still undecided what you’ll be for Halloween? Tune in tonight at 9pm ET / 6pm PT for a little inspiration. This show is PACKED with fun stuff!
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