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Any chance to mix candy and googly eyes is a win-win situation in my book. Cindy of Skip to My Lou shows you how to make these adorable mummy and bat candy bar wrappers that would make great party favors or teacher treats.
For your Halloween memories, Ann Martin shows you how to make a Halloween Spider Frame. This project features a quilled spider in a web (also made of quilling paper) that decorates a paper-mache frame. Show off your favorite photo of your kidlets in costume!
There is something about coffee art that really makes a drink seem special. I think it’s the extra energy and attention put into the bevy by the barista that makes artful coffee taste WAY better than regular coffee. Only one snag- it’s just too pretty to drink! [via weirdomatic]
UT Austin student/librarian/artist Keef calls this project “Professor Teeth.” It incorporates a dental mannequin with the jaws fixed up to chatter like that thing from Hellraiser that chatters? I think it’s called “The Chatterer?” Also it tells fortunes and stuff. There’s video here. [Thanks, Keef!]
This Mad Hatter costume inspired by Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland would be an instant hit at any Halloween get-together this year, and Rob and Corrine at Threadbanger go all-out to show you how it’s done.
Every year, our pal Jake von Slatt does something pretty special for Halloween. Over at the Steampunk Workshop, he’s showing some of this year’s work in progress. Here’s a ghost marionette that he made from some 1″ x 2″ planking, a microwave carousel motor, some fishing line, a craft store skull, and some Styrofoam. Microwave […]
Here’s an excellent use for a giant LED billboard: a crazy augmented reality installation. The appropriately titled Hands From Above was made by artist Chris O’Shea.
