Craft & Design

From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.

The week in CRAFT

The week in CRAFT

Our new CRAFT site is rocking and rolling, be sure to check out it along with our first issue of CRAFT. You can get the new magazine in stores, Amazon, subscribe and the CRAFTZine.com/blog has posts from the MAKE & CRAFT team all the time… – here are a few fun posts from this week… […]

Dried apple shrunken heads

Dried apple shrunken heads

Darn, it might be too late to do these for Halloween, but hey – it’s always a good time to make shrunken heads (from apples)… – Link. Update: Here’s a good tip! msspurlock writes – Maybe not too late for Halloween! I have made apple heads in under 24 hours using a dehydrator. They’re super […]

Tetris weightlifting

Tetris weightlifting

Who says you can’t get buff playing video games? Here’s a clever Tetris weightlifting project using Phidgets infrared distance sensors and an open source Tetris clone (source and control software included) – Tim writes… “For many people, exercise is simply boring, so they turn to devices that can help them keep their minds off what […]

Multi-Outlet extension cords

Multi-Outlet extension cords

Next time I need to actually buy an extension cord, I might get one of these…“A simple method for distributing power in a workshop, these heavy-gauge extension cords have multiple outlets spaced along their length. The outlets have integral dust covers and anchor holes to allow temporary fastening to a wall or exposed studs. The […]