From rosendahl in the MAKE Flickr pool: Built from plans in Make Magazine with a couple mods. Made from a sprinkler valve and PVC (and of course duct tape!), compressed air fires the rocket high into the sky. Our rocket is make of the foam cylinders you wrap around hot water pipes (and duct tape!). […]
From planetwrite in the MAKE Flickr pool, This ought to scare the daylights out of your average babysitter!
Roots and Wings Co has a couple of great 4th of July DIY carnival games. Make a bean bag toss game and the balloon dart game perfect for a backyard BBQ party.
Diana Eng (best known from her season on Project Runway and her book Fashion Geek: Clothes Accessories Tech) is our current guest contributor, covering ham radio for Make: Online. In this Make: Project, Diana adds a little fashion frill to a standard piece of ham radio gear, the Morse code key. – Gareth Branwyn I […]
My Dad got a shiny new red tractor the week before Father’s Day, which created a great opportunity for an easy, inexpensive, handmade gift: I bought a classic little red toolbox, to match the tractor, and fitted it with eight 3/4″ ring supermagnets on the bottom to make it stick to the fender. There’s a […]
Those of you who attended Maker Faire 2008 in Austin may recall the performance of local circuit-benders Furby Youth Choir. I recently had a chance to attend one of their live performances at the United States Art Authority, next to Spider House on Fruth St. in the UT Campus area. A Furby, for those who […]
Leah at Craftster.org shares her childhood Michael Jackson story and also showcases some of the great Michael Jackson appreciation in crafts from the Craftster community. For me, my fondest Michael Jackson memory was when I was in junior high. I remember going to my best friend’s house after school each day and we’d play the […]
