How-To: Foldable Paper Heart Garland
Make a string of colorful handmade garland that you can use again and again with this foldable paper heart garland tutorial!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Whack-A-Potato
What happens if you buy a MaKey MaKey interface board for your kids, can’t find any suitable games, and want an excuse to hack something together with the Loom Game Engine? Whack-A-Mole, with potatoes!
High-Power Sugar Rocket
The humble beginnings of a wicked DIY rocket.
Maker Camp: Day 2
Day 2 of Maker Camp continues with the theme of “makers in motion.” We have a couple airborne projects today for different maker skill levels. The first project is an Easy Balloon Blimp that costs about a dollar to build. Or for something a little more advanced, you can try the Folding Wing Glider which goes up like a rocket, deploys wings, and then glides gently to the ground.
Maker Faire Kansas City: Power Racing Series
As usual, the PPPRS looks like a lot of fun! The world’s only $500 electric motorsport finished its second round of the season in Maker Faire Kansas City! We competed on June 29-30 at the Kansas City Union Station. Here are just some of the thrills and spills that went down. I’d like to thank […]
How-To: Build a Ball Pit on Your Porch
Maker Kevin James Hunt writes, “A lot of people have asked me ‘Why would you, as an adult, want to own a ball pit?’ There’s something about a ball pit that just screams PURE FUN. You cant sit in a ball pit and not smile. I have spent a large portion of my summer in my balcony ball pit, and I could go on about stress-relieving effects, or about ‘deciding what ‘being an adult’ means in the 21st century,’ or even about how this is probably something you dreamed about as a child/teenager/college student, but really, it’s a ball pit on a balcony. How does that NOT sound awesome?”
Bringing Makey the Robot to Life
Award-winning comic artist Shannon Wheeler joins MAKE.