The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Instructables is having another “Get the LED Out” contest, this time sponsored by Monkeylectric: LEDs are some of the best things ever. They provide colorful light, barely use any power, and are easy to learn how to use. We love them and would love to see what cool projects you can make using them. So […]
Recently, Pam of Gingerbread Snowflakes changed out her winter themed blog banner with a spring one. She asked readers for input on what banner image she should use, and when I saw her option with these fantastic punched tin butterflies, I immediately cast my vote. Now she has a tutorial up for making those very […]
I’m all bouncy for Hugh Hayden’s tennis ball chair featured on Inhabitots. Just think fun it would be to make accompanying accessories? Tennis ball side table – hmm..that may not work. Since my tennis racquet is collecting dust in the closet, I love this idea of using tennis balls for more than just playing around. […]
Does this hacker ever sleep? The prolific Jeri Ellsworth is at it again. Here, she builds a 52″ Etch a Sketch with the screen from a rear-projection TV, some tent poles, screen door pulleys, some cheap Harbor Freight drill motors, a golf tee (for the stylus), and some aluminum powder. They also designed a web […]
Build an amazing optical toy that plays tricks on your brain.
Knowing I’ve been working on sprucing up my backyard, our managing editor Shawn Connally kindly gave me her old copper fire pit. Sweet! She also shared with me some great cleaning knowledge she had gleaned from Michael DeJong’s awesome book Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing. Turns out that to remove rust patina or firescale […]
This makes me happier than I can tell you! It’s another family that spends their vacation/family time together making things. Steve Hoefer writes: Whenever a bunch of my family gets together it becomes readily apparent that most of us like to make stuff. And it just so happens that the first weekend of May a […]
