Sand

They look great outdoors (the globe keeps the wind from blowing out the flame) and nice indoors, too (who doesn’t like hanging candles?), and if you can squeeze a pair of needlenose pliers and string a bead, you’re almost there.

Metal Parts from Papercraft Molds

This project began when I read the following entry [#274] in Volume 1 of Popular Mechanics’ 1913 The Boy Mechanic: The round lead weight for shot-putting or hammer throwing can be cast in a hollow cardboard or pressed-paper ball, sold in department and toy stores for 10 cents. Cut a 1/2-in. hole in the ball […]