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DIY Glove Box
A glove box is a piece of equipment that lets you perform work on a subject while keeping it in isolation.

Cereal Box Robot
Think outside the cereal box to create an upcycled robot! Anyone who’s a fan of MAKE must, at a minimum, appreciate a good robot when they see it. So when there’s an easy way to create a robot from materials you have in your kitchen, it’s a great, budget-friendly way to have fun with your kids on a summer’s day—or anytime.

Easy LED Color Organ
Build a bright light display that flashes to the frequencies of your music.

Five Ways to Make Rope Bracelets
It's summer and it makes sense that we return to a summer camp classic: the friendship bracelet. This time, we’re taking a chic, stacked, and studded approach that we think you’ll love.

Phone Racer—Lego iPhone Gaming Stand
Materials: LEGO Education kit 9686, or equivalent subset of parts Printable building instructions and parts inventory: phone_racer.pdf Introduction: Ok, I admit it – I’m not a huge video-gamer.

Build a Fairy House
Build this simple fairy house with your kids and let their imaginations populate it with fantastic fairies.

EZ-Make Oven
A crafty oven in a paint can.

Pedal Power Phone Charger
Adapt a retro-style headlight generator to charge your cell phone with this simple circuit.

Origami Spike Ball
Did you ever fold those "cootie catchers" when you were in school? This Origami Spike Ball is kind of like a bunch of those, all stuck together and looking much more handsome. Here are instructions to make your own!


Lego Phonograph
Combine the analog simplicity of LEGO bricks and a vinyl record with digital LEGO WeDo parts and Scratch on your computer to build and program a working phonograph.

Bike Tail Pipe
Build a cool, throaty exhaust pipe “resonator” for your bike with an aluminum beverage bottle.