The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
MAKE subscriber Michael C. Reilly writes – As a followup to our Geek Wreath from a few years ago, we decided to make a Geek Tree inspired by the velleman 3D tree kit. Construction was funded by our new company Neighborhood Workshop. Nice. Added bonus – looks like it can fold up and be stored […]
Turn manila envelopes into decorative paper stars for light strings.
Instructables user seamster writes: Oh, ….F…U…D…G…E…! My brother-in-law needed a costume to wear to his family’s Christmas party, and asked me to make him Ralphie’s deranged Easter bunny pink nightmare costume. I couldn’t pass this up. Now, you can buy a similar costume online for $100, but where’s the fun in that? This only cost […]
Ooo, this music table looks like fun! I think I would like a counter-top version though, so I could prepare my xylophone and lunch at the same time.
From the Design Media Lab at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, this “crystal zoetrope” technology involves spinning a cylinder of acrylic with internally etched 3D designs. The disk is surrounded by an array of LEDs that can flash in time with the rotation, or slightly asynchronously, to make the designs appear to move in space, and, additionally, to gradually rotate around the center of the cylinder in one direction or another. The direction and speed of rotation can be controlled by gestural movements on the tabletop. [via Dude Craft]
Speaking of reusable coffee cup holders, Ana of Paco Collars just announced their gorgeous leather coffee cup cozy (aka coozie). You can still get it in time for Christmas if you order it today. (Same goes for the beautiful handmade dog collars, human belts and bracelets, and other leather goods.) If you want to try […]
Contests and challenges like the current Crafty Chica Deck the Halls Challenge are great ways to stretch your imagination, and push yourself to try something new. When I was thinking of an inspirational project that would capture the Crafty Chica spirit of color and sparkle, I decided to approach a technique that was easy and […]
