Jim, from Sweet Juniper and fellow Detroiter, made this amazing Robocop Halloween costume for his son using some empty plastic containers and a too-small bicycle helmet. Check out his full post on Sweet Juniper for the amazing photo shoot in downtown Detroit, including a ride on the People Mover and a visit from a few […]
Sometimes it costs more to buy it than to make it from the money itself.
Team Habitable: Young Makers Janavi, Pearl, and Hana, together with their mentor Yoshi, created this mod of an Ikea table that doubles as a reconfigurable hamster habitat. The Young Makers Program is a collaboration between MAKE, The Exploratorium, and Pixar. The purpose of the program is to inspire and develop the next generation of makers, […]
Congratulations to Camila in Rio de Janeiro! Thanks to all the truly amazing, zombie-licious commenters. Have an undead Halloween, y’all!
We wrote about Ray Villafane’s pumpkin carving tutorial several years ago, but it’s worth linking to again. We were reminded of Ray’s astounding squash-sculpting mojo when our most-awesome Director of Marketing and PR for Maker Faire, Bridgette Vanderlaan, sent around a gallery of Ray’s work through internal email. Even if you don’t have Ray’s artistic […]
OK, I call BS on this: I don’t think pumpkins really have skulls. I think infamous skull charlatan Noah Scalin really just carved a skull on a white pumpkin and stuck it inside a transected, you know, regular pumpkin. I didn’t just fall off the cucurbit cart, you know.
Last year on the MAKE YouTube channel, commenters started saying I looked like the singer from the English synth-pop duo La Roux. Here’s how to get the Mondrian jacket look from the video for their song Bulletproof. The costume tutorial includes plans for a remake of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s jacket design. You can also make […]
