HOW TO – Cheap motion activated coffin
Here’s how to make a cheap halloween coffin completed with fog, lights and a motion activated lid… Scary! – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link.
Holiday Projects
Wireless doorbell hacking – Remote PC starting, lighting control, Halloween effects control…
Here’s how to convert a wireless doorbell from HomeDepot to close a relay instead of chiming…This whole thing started from a MAKE forum discussion! “With the addition of one capacitor, one relay, and a small piece of wire we can convert an inexpensive wireless doorbell into a remotely controlled relay useful for a wide range […]
Spider-wiper (Giant automated spider)
Here’s a great step by step on building a huge motorized spider with a wiper motor from an 86 Suburu… [via] – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link.
Halloween fun with UV
Here’s a cheap way to decorate with detergent and a black light for halloween… Tetranitrate writes – “All that is needed is a blacklight and some uv paint. A cheap substitution for the paint is liquid laundry detergent; I used tide with bleach alternative, but almost any kind will do. Laundry detergent glows under UV […]
HOW TO – Reupholster a 50’s dinette chair
Sarah of Pink of Perfection visits Beatrice of the shop Red Hook in Brooklyn to show us how to reupholster a 50’s dinette chair. Thanks Sebastian! Link.
MAKE a MAME / Arcade costume…
Ok Makers, here’s an example of something you shouldn’t buy, rather re-MAKE… – it’s an arcade costume, but it doesn’t work, you can’t play games on it… So, if you’re looking for ideas for a cool costume, why not MAKE an arcade costume?… [via] – Link. A LCD panel, a small laptop and all the […]
Extreme pumpkin carving
Ok, forgot those -other- ways of carving pumpkins, I know what you want, you want extreme pumpkin carving… At what point did the carving of pumpkins turn into a “cute” event? When did boys stop carving pumpkins and moms start? Where did we lose touch with one of the years coolest events? Today we will […]