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Bert and Ernie pumpkins

Bert and Ernie pumpkins

Bert and Ernie pumpkins, from the MAKE & CRAFT contest… An easy way to decorate pumpkins, using only black and red markers, and white-out (liquid paper)… – Link. MAKE & CRAFT Halloween contests! Hack-o-Lantern contest: Decorate a pumpkin in any way you see fit, or unfit. It’s that easy. Then upload your photos to the […]

Homemade Bender costume

Homemade Bender costume

Check out Chris Miller’s MAKE & CRAFT Halloween entry, Bender the robot! [via] – Link. Related: Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on what type of maker or crafter you are, you can enter all or just some of the contests – Link.

Pumpkin porch light

Pumpkin porch light

Kevin writes – “I was wandering through my local craft store and came across a bin of foam rubber craft pumpkins reduced to half price. I noticed that the largest was just about the size of our porch light and realized I could use one to make a quick and easy Halloween decoration for the […]

Food Art by Kuniko Maeda

Kunio Maeda uses food as the focus to create her art. On the homepage of Kunio Maeda’s web site, you are greeted with a striking image of sewn deli meat, later realizing it’s actually a close up of her “Tablecloth” piece that is made up of sliced deli meat, cheese, and bread (pictured left). Also […]

Solar Powered Jack-O-Lantern

Solar Powered Jack-O-Lantern

Pcapelo has a pretty simple and easy way to make solar powered jack-o-laterns, he writes – “Lately I have had much interest in working with solar cells, because of this I initiated a project, and to be able to test it, I decided to create this lantern with a pumpkin. Solar energy always fascinated me […]