The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Instructables user writes: From mid-June to mid-July you can’t turn the corner in the area where I live without seeing an elder tree in flower. At this time of year the fist sized bunches of tiny white flowers make a great cordial which is really tasty with sparkling water, ice and a slice of lemon. […]
HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) is going on this weekend at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYC, if you’re here, stop by and say hi at the MAKE table! Photos by Matt Mets. We’re neighbors with our friends Sparkle Labs, and nearby our Adafruit pals are also vending. Limor’s even modeling a police tape scarf!
Build a simple device that exhibits chaotic behavior and makes an excellent science project or conversation starter.
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Make your own Cornhole boards and bags. Cornhole is a fun summertime lawn game where players take turns throwing corn filled bags at a raised platform with a hole in the far end.
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The Lego NXT Wall-E transformable robot is fully self controlled It uses Lego Mindstorms programming environment. It is for all I know the first Lego build look-alike wall-e which is capable to transform automated. This transformation is quite similar to the way the original wall-e does it. [Via The NXTStep]
Felt is just so darn hip. It’s got texture, structure, and its all natural- properties that make it very designable, for sure. These woven wool vases are made in Portland by Crafted Systems. [via contemporist]
It’s easy and fun to make your own popsicles at home, and you can really custom tailor your ingredients that way, too! Instructables user izzyinsf shows us how to make one kind: smoothie pops. More: How-To: Homemade Popsicles HOW TO – Make Strawberry Yogurt Popsicles How-To: Blackberry Smash Cocktail
