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.
Hey remember that “Squidsoap” for kids that encouraged them to washing their hands? Here’s another kid friendly soap, Skeleton fish! “The Skeleton Soap is a great toy to encourage young children to wash their hands. The Freddie Fish Skeleton Soap is made in the shape of a fish and washes away to reveal the skeleton. […]
Ray has a spectacular how-to on 3D sculpting pumpkins, he writes: “If you have yet to try and carve a pumpkin in a 3-D manner you need to. Its fun and everybody enjoys a cool pumpkin. Unfortunately they begin to rot less than a week after carving so be sure to take plenty of pictures. […]
Back in the old days there wasn’t iMovie, well – there’s was in a way, but it was made out of wood, metal, glass and a lot of planning. Here’s how folks added titles and effects to their movies before drag-n-drop, Popular Science 1940 – Link.
This is a really nice brooch made from tape measure tape from CRAFT Flickr photo pool member Plastic_Girl… [via] – Link.
Perfect for the playoffs, these cufflinks are made from actual seats from Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, and Wrigley Field Seats (They have other stadiums as well). Thanks Shawn! – Link and also check out their token & coin jewelry.
Ok, I’d never buy this, but I think I would re-CRAFT an old umbrella It’s a clever idea, when you fold it up it looks more like a bouquet of flowers and not much like a crummy umbella… [via] – Link.
A 75 year old Chinese farmer invented and built this DIY dual-use amphibious vehicle (called “The Happy Boat”). It has a 5 HP diesel engine and a 1 HP electric engine, he plans to take it on vacation soon… [via] – Link. Related: The inventiveness of farmers – Link. DIY projects, from China – Link.
