Fun & Games

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.

Maker Profile Video: Making a <em>Doctor Who</em> Matt Smith Puppet

Maker Profile Video: Making a Doctor Who Matt Smith Puppet

David Haaz-Baroque is an amateur puppet maker and puppeteer from Oakland who performs with his creations under the name Shadow Circus Creature Theatre. His love of theatrical puppeteering has lead him on a unique artistic path, with showsย throughout the Bay Area and beyond, including several guest appearancesย on the television show Creepyย KOFYย Movie Time, and yearly stage […]

Meet the Makers of Howtoons DIY Comix

Meet the Makers of Howtoons DIY Comix

Thousands of kids are engineering their own toys and science projects โ€” and learning how they work โ€” thanks to Howtoons. Created by comic artist Nick Dragotta, toy designer Ingrid Dragotta,ย inventor-polymath Saul Griffith (a MacArthur Fellow and former Make: columnist), and self-described “big kid” Joost Bonsen, Howtoons are instructional comics that show how to make […]