HOW TO – Dung Beetle Truffles
I’ll agree with instructables user mousewrites on the idea the uncoated truffles look like beetle dung-balls. These marzipan beetles bring that idea to life– great for a kid’s party or halloween treat!
Home
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Circuit bending flea market – Chicago 7/19/08
A big ‘ol circuit bent group sale-a-bration sounds like a great idea – Experimental Garage Sale will take place at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago on July 19th, 2008 between Noon-9 PM. This free event will be a perfect opportunity for circuit benders and anyone interested to snag up toys for bending and to […]
Wind-Powered String Plucker
Collin @ MAKE writes: Ranjit from Brooklyn created this pleasant device and displayed it at the recent Figment Festival – seems a prime candidate to replace the windchime, hmm … windstring? – come see and hear this– um– whatever it is I love how subtle this sculpture is. It’s soft and gentle, unlike most piercing […]
Smitten Kitchen Bakes a Wedding Cake
Smitten Kitchen recently baked a wedding cake for her friends–yes, a wedding cake! She documents the entire experience (which took place in a tiny kitchen with one counter and no dishwasher) in a five-part series called Project Wedding Cake.
Soda Bottle Candy Dish
RePlayGround helps you recycle your old soda bottles with this tutorial on how to make a soda bottle candy dish. The ribbon embellishment makes it oh so cute!
Shrinky Dink Test Lab
Dot from Dabbled has been conducting shrinky dink experiments and sharing her findings. She put up a shrinky dink instruction set at Instructables with lots of great tips like information on sealing your shrinky dink treasures. Related Shrink Your Trash Make your own “Shrinky Dinks” with #6 Plastic
HOW TO – Make Easy Kid’s Shorts from a T-shirt
Julie-bird came up with a super simple pattern for making kid’s shorts out of an old t-shirt. This seems like a great idea for a time when a child grows so fast.