The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Folks, don’t forget (or maybe you were unaware): we have an events calendar here on the site where you can submit your own happenings. We get tons of event submissions each week, for Dorkbots, Make: City events, hackerspace workshops, TechShop classes, geek festivals, science fairs, and the like — all awesome and worthy activities. We […]
We asked our MAKEcation Camp Counselor, Dave Hrynkiw, to share with us some of the common mistakes he sees newbies making when learning to solder. He shares some of his thoughts below. Dave is the geek behind the woman (hey Cheryl!) who runs the Solarbotics and HVW Technologies. He’s our virtual Camp Counselor during “Teach […]
Want your kids to eat their fruit? Perhaps this cantaloupe monkey face will do the trick.
Maker Sebastian Dwornik needed a way to mount a mobile device to his mountain bike in order to field test some software he’d written. His solution, though crude, turned out to be quite effective.
Calling Bay Area crafters! Stitch N’ Pitch with the SF Giants is happening next week, Monday July 27th. The first 1,500 people who buy advance tickets will take home a Lou Seal Knitting Bobblehead! Pictured above is a scene from last year’s game with Lou Seal’s mom holding the pair of knitted converse sneakers from […]
Instructables user Jessyratfink made this charming headboard from old book covers, and shows you how, too.
Christine of adaptivereUse shows how to deconstruct tins that can then be used for a variety of craft purposes. I’m always drawn to the heaps of decorative tins I see in thrift stores, but have been a bit daunted by the idea of grappling the tools and techniques to dismantle them for use. Christine’s tutorial […]
