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John writes – “This website shows how to build a bunch of flickering LED circuits that can be used instead of using candles to illuminate your pumpkin this halloween. It has videos of all the different circuits and parts lists and links to schematics. The different circuits fall into a variety of price ranges and […]
This is one from last year, but it’s time to point to it again, the only haunted house I’ve ever seen made from Balloons, Larry writes – “The silly, creepy, funny, weird, slightly haunted castle made _entirely_ out of balloons. In October 2004, this 60,000 balloon, 10,000 square foot, family friendly haunted house was built […]
RavensBlight has a great collection of paper craft projects you can build for Halloween, I really like the mechanical bat (projects can be download/PDF) – “A visit to RavensBlight isn’t really complete without taking home a pet! So here’s BELA, The Amazing Mechanical Bat! Just turn the handle and watch this little creature flap its […]
There’s this old sci-fi movie called Logan’s Run that I’ve always liked, I think it was the costumes, the robots and the blinky things people had stuck to their hands in the 23rd century that really made it interesting, any way – this site is -the- place for all the resources and inspiration needed for […]
MAKE Instructable group member J_Hodgie has some good tips on making a mini Jack-o-Lantern using a stencil and an exacto knife… – Link. While you’re at it – don’t forget, we have a “Hack-o-Lantern contest” – Decorate a pumpkin in any way you see fit, or unfit. It’s that easy. Then upload your photos to […]
If you’re reading MAKE’s Halloween coverage and still trying to figure out what costume to roll in with on Halloween, here are the “World’s worst” – I’m not saying these are bad, in fact many of them would be great re-MAKEs… [via] – Link. My favorites are Easy Reader from the Electric Company (Morgan Freeman). […]
Nice collection of “LEGO Abominations” – “These gender-bender bricks let you change the polarity of LEGO sculptures. These were made by carefully attaching pairs of bricks after wetting their interfaces with acetone.” – Link. Also check out – “The “X-Ray brick” is a fully functional but inside-out Lego brick – It was made by attaching […]
