How-To: Repurpose Marketing Magnets Into Bookmarks
Amy at Craft Chi shares how to make handy magnetic bookmarks from all those marketing magnets that are cluttering up your refrigerator door. Brilliant!
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Interactive Punch-Out arcade dummy
This guy modified his Slam Man Boxing Dummy, adding arcade buttons, so he can throw punches in NES Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out by punching buttons of the dummy. His Instructable shows you how he did it. The Punchout Interactive Interface Improved
At last … the infinite slinky
Ah yes – the long awaited solution to a sad and uniquely frustrating childhood enigma. The fine folks at StupidInventions finally teach young Slinky Jr. to walk (at least on a belt sander). I will sleep well tonight!
UCU Summer Show: Call for Food Vendors
Do you make delicious snacks? Unusual treats? Taste sensations? On August 1st & 2nd 2009, over 100 indie crafters, artists and designers will be selling their work at the Urban Craft Uprising Summer show, at the Seattle Center in downtown Seattle. Shoppers and vendors work up an appetite, and you could be there to feed […]
Snoozy sloth, the breathing plushie
Justin Blinder, a student at Parsons, created this plushie doll that clings to you and snoozes, like a living critter: Snoozy the Sloth is a plush toy with a respiratory system. He sleeps while clinging onto a user, allowing them to feel both the contraction and expansion of his chest, as well exhaling of air […]
Make, Not Bake, a Forest Cake
Goli posted a photo of my forest cake centerpiece last week, so today I thought I would share the simple steps for making your own. First, find a stump, or better yet, a slice off a log. You should have some decent luck scavenging one — I found mine buried in a brush pile. Next, […]
Family Summer Center Part One: Intentions and Inspirations Banner
Family Summer Center, Part One: Intentions and Inspirations Banner By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective It’s that time of year, folks, when the classroom parties hit a fever pitch, the volunteer coordinator at school has you on speed dial, and we, as parents, start to spiral into a little bit of a […]