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Earl Boysen was kind enough to arrange for our MAKE blog readers to get this special Halloween how-to “called Scary Pumpkins” from the book he co-authored Electronics Projects For Dummies – The Scary Pumpkins sense visitors when they walk between them using an infrared beam. The pumpkins then greet the vistors with a spooky message […]
Yahoo put together 30 ways to eat a pumpkin, these look pretty good… Pumpkin Pancakes Pumpkin Brownies Pumpkin Cream Cheese Roll Pumpkin Ale Pumpkin Crème Brulee Pumpkin Ravioli Recipe Pumpkin Beer 30 Ways to eat a pumpkin – [via] – Link. Got others? Post on up in the comments! Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. […]
MAKE Instructable member Honus shows how to build a single speed suspension bike – “I had previously sold my mountain bike and I really missed it so I decided to put together a new bike using parts I had in my garage. I built a similar frame around ten years ago when URT’s (unified rear […]
Here’s how to prepare recycled green tea leaves & a whole bunch of things to do with old tea leaves, my favorite… – “Pillows – Although it sounds weird at first, dried green tea leaves are an excellent option for an organic pillow. Not only soft when used in bulk, the faint aroma of the […]
MAKE Instructable member Gschoppe shows you how to convert a totally underwhelming foam skull into a Halloween speaker system… He writes – “I was at Abott’s party store in Littleton, NH a couple days ago and saw a foam skull. Upon first glance it looked like your basic Halloween prop, until I saw the LEDs […]
Here’s how to make Candy wrapper purses. These would be a lot of fun to take to the movies… Thanks Chincilla! – Link.
Ray has a spectacular how-to on 3D sculpting pumpkins, he writes: “If you have yet to try and carve a pumpkin in a 3-D manner you need to. Its fun and everybody enjoys a cool pumpkin. Unfortunately they begin to rot less than a week after carving so be sure to take plenty of pictures. […]
