Wooden Bear Slingshot
Etsy user Adam Gray of Hella Slingshots makes wooden slingshots like this wooden one featuring a bear’s head.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Cornell Students Create Virtual Archery Game
Inspired by the bow-and-arrow use in Legend of Zelda games, Cornell students Mohamed Abdellatif and Michael Ross created a Virtual Archery game as their Cornell University ECE 4760 Final Project.
Motorized Lego Nyan Cat
I love the Lego work that Mr. Attacki (H. Y. Leung) shows off on his Flickr page — a lot of beautiful recreations of everyday objects. This Nyan Cat motorized mural is especially great! [via The Brothers Brick]
Holiday Gift Guide 2012: Super Awesome Sylvia’s Picks!
Super Awesome Sylvia, one of MAKE’s favorite young makers, offers her picks for gifts both home made and store-bought. Curious what to get a makerly 10-year-old for the holidays? Sylvia has some good ideas.
Miniatures Painting Station
Tabletop miniatures gamer Bob Simpson built this awesome painting station to work on his Warhammer and Warhammer 40K miniatures.
Lego Rotary Phone
Chris McVeigh used a new Lego part, a clear translucent 4×4 round plate with cutout, as the basis for this great model of a rotary telephone. [via The Brothers Brick]
Build a Fast Toy Wood Car
Ed Lewis has lots of friends with kids, which means he goes to a lot of birthday parties for the little ones, and is always on the lookout for fun gifts to bring. He came up with the Fast Toy Wood Car as the perfect toy to fit the bill. It’s fun and easy to […]