easter

How-To: Dictionary Easter Grass

Cathe of Just Something I Made has a simple tutorial on how to make vintage-style Easter grass or nest fill by using the thin pages from an old dictionary and feeding them through your printer to create that wonderful light-green tint. Maker Faire: Cathe will also be demoing at the CRAFT booth on Sunday May […]

Animatronic Peep Show

Animatronic Peep Show

The good kind. You know, with little marshmallow candies shaped like chicks baby birds. Built by Kyle Ringgenberg:

In the spirit of Easter, I’ve designed and constructed an audio-animatronic “Peep” Show. This is inspired by a long-running pun amongst of group of friends of mine. Total part count: 10 Servos, 29 LEDs, 1 Arduino, 1 Audio Decoder IC, 1 Push Button, 1 0.5 W Speaker, ~650 Lines of Code, 3 Sheets of Foamboard, 5? of Balsa Wood, 3? of Dowels, 25? of Wire, & 11 Peeps.

[Thanks, Rachel!]

Amazing Cake Decorating

This cake decoration is blowing my mind. It’s made of sugar, people! The photo comes from grabyourfork’s wrap up of the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Besides over-the-top cakes, did you know that Sydney also celebrates Easter with woodchopping contests and a flame throwing dinosaur called the Robosaurus? [via tastespotting]