Paper lantern with mini-umbrellas
Here’s something you can do with all those fun mini-paper umbrellas you get in drinks. Add them to a paper lantern to keep things colorful and festive in the house. Link.
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MAKE Volume 08: Toys and Games
MAKE 08 is shipping! Here’s what it’s all about, from Mark, our editor-in-chief : “The latest issue of MAKE is about to hit the stands, and this time the theme is toys and games. It includes a secret history of Myst, written by Myst co-creator Robyn Miller, a how-to on resurrecting a neglected pinball machine, […]
Conference tote bag refashioned to messenger bag
MAKE Flickr pool member duganj got an old tech conference tote bag from a friend and transformed it into a cool-looking messenger bag. Link.
Bluetooth Lego Car
Check out this bluetooth controlled Lego car! – Thanks – Link
The Maker File: Interview with Michael Schiess, Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Arcadium
Volume 8 of MAKE features pinball machine restoration in its Toys and Games section. In this Maker File, we visit the Lucky Ju Ju Pinball Arcadium in Alameda, California. Michael Schiess is the proprietor of Lucky Ju Ju, and a group of us went there to check out the place and take some photograph of […]
Knit cassette tape iPod cozy
I am loving all the cool entries for this months Whiplash contest on Alt Crafts. Here’s another real cool submission by Karrie of Girl on Rocks, who basically unwound an old mixed cassette tape and knit it into this cool-looking iPod cozy. Wowza! Link.
HOW TO – Make a jar of nothing
Kasey Matthews says, “A Jar Of Nothing christmas craft, just what everyone asks for at Christmas Time “Nothing” I know a few annoying people who will be getting this for Christmas along with a clump of coal.” Link.