The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Longtime recycling maven and CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould is a busy, busy girl these days. Besides running her fabulously clever recycling and reuse company, RePlayGround, she’s working on articles for us here at Craftzine.com, writing a book, and is one of the stars (yes, I said it, she’s a star!) of the new show Garbage […]
Patti at New World Geek has a nice post up about making galettes, which are like “pies for lazy people:” pastry dough wrapped around a filling and baked.
Joe Bowers sends this in: I set up an Arduino to read the notes on Guitar Hero and flash an LED to that corresponding note. I used this ambient light sensor, from Sparkfun to read the changes in value on the screen. When something bright flashes in front of it, the Arduino will turn on […]
Jenny Ryan skips over to Apartment Therapy LA to show you how to sew up an envelope-back pillow with some nature-inspired faux bois fabric.
Anna Wulick of forty-two roads creates a baby art wall for her DIY baby nook by using willow branches as picture rods. Anna writes: I like how the artwork is an inch or so out from the wall and thus functions as a kind of mobile. I used two willow branches and some recycled ribbons […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Dot wrote up a nice how-to explaining how to build a sturdy launcher for HotWheels/Matchbox sized cars – Ever wanted your toy cars to really go? Wanna new way to race? Want an excuse to build something really cool for your kid? Or do a fun project WITH your kid? […]
This article and video describe how to control a Pleo with a Nintendo Wii nunchuck and XBee modules. How to control Pleo wirelessly using Wii nunchuck
