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We hope you have a monstrously great Halloween and that you’ve had fun making costumes and home haunt decorations. If you did, please take pics and post them to the MAKE Flickr Pool. Be safe, have fun, and may your treats be many and your tricks be few (unless, of course, you’re doing the tricking). […]
Mark, MAKE’s Editor-in-Chief, was on NPR’s Science Friday yesterday, talking about how to “Geek Your Halloween.” You can hear the broadcast here. Photo and pumpkin carving by Patrick Murray.
Turning the front of a building (via projections) into a pinball machine. UrbanScreen
Well, OK, I think it’s really three pieces. But the head and body are a single piece which eliminates the neck seam and makes the effect way more realistic. Then each hand/forearm is one piece, but those seams are concealed by the tattered shirt. A commercial product from TheHorrorDome.com. [via Boing Boing]
Happy Halloween everybody! If you’re having a party and looking to gross out your guests, try this bloody brain shooter cocktail recipe. It uses a little lime juice to curdle some Irish cream that you apply to the shot with a straw to make brain-like strands. Add a touch of grenadine “blood” for a final […]
Hope you have a wonderful Halloween today! Enjoy the costumes, parties, and candies. I am probably going to go eat a whole handful of candy corn now.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Mark of Spikenzie Labs shares this simple recipe for a pumpkin cutter using a scroll saw blade and some duct tape. Looks like a good choice for those intricate/curved designs.
