Month: October 2010

DIY Bat Costume

If you’re worried you don’t still have time to make a costume for your kid for Halloween this year, fret no more. Ellen from The Long Thread shares a tutorial and cute downloadable mask for this bat costume over on Alpha Mom. Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our […]

DIY Lady Gaga Halloween

Six Lady Gaga costumes to get your Halloween on! Giant blonde hair bow Gaga by Meg Allan Cole Red lace Gaga by Sarah James Lady Gaga bodysuits, cowl hood, and shoulder sculpture by Carleyy Video glasses by Angela Sheehan Telephone Gaga by Meg Allan Cole More: How-To: Lady Gaga Telephone Bra Lady Gaga Wardrobe Cookies […]

How-To: Fimo Shark Container

Scott of What I Made is back with another really fun project and beautifully illustrated instructions with this Fimo clay shark container. Amazingly, it’s his first time working with Fimo. Impressive! My original idea was to create a toast rack where the shark looks like it is eating the toast. That didn’t really work out […]

MAKE Volume 24: Space (video)

MAKE Volume 24: Space (video)

MAKE blasts into orbit and beyond with our DIY SPACE issue. Put your own satellite in orbit, launch a stratosphere balloon probe, and analyze galaxies for $20 with an easy spectrograph! We talk to the rocket mavericks reinventing the space industry, and renegade NASA hackers making smartphone robots and Lego satellites. Of course, as usual, […]

Compost Sites in Western Queens

Nick Normal @ Make: Online recently went on a bicycle tour of some different compost sites in Queens, NY. He writes: This past weekend I went on a group bike tour of five compost sites in Western Queens, NY, in the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City and Sunnyside. The sites were as diverse as […]