For my contribution to this month of geekery, I present to you a lickety-split, super easy and all together handy Ms. Pac-Man (and ghost) inspired screen cloth cleaning kit for keeping your computer screen speck free.
Continue ReadingHow many times have you wished for a warm hood with neck bolts that light up? Well, here you go! Syne Mitchell’s Frankenhood is from What Would Madame Defarge Knit?: Creations Inspired by Classic Characters. This collection of over 20 knitting and crochet projects was edited by Heather Ordover of the CraftLit podcast. (And you […]
Continue ReadingJeromina of paper, plate, and plane had some leftover icing and wanted to play around with marbling it, so she created this adorable set of solar system-inspired cake pops. How cool are those Saturn rings?
Continue ReadingSusan Beal has just released World of Geekcraft, a nerd-tastic book of projects celebrating all things geeky.
Continue ReadingWelcome, Crafters – both to May and Geek Crafts Month! When we geek out on anything, whether it’s Star Wars or LEGO or plastic canvas, it means we love it with a special delight. And your trusty CRAFT contributors are delighted to dive into a whole month of geeky projects!
Continue ReadingBy Becky Stern Here I’ll show you how to add flashing LEDs to your backpack for fun and safety. I used a LilyPad Arduino with a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery for flatness and re-usability. The LEDs blink in a marquee pattern, two at a time, in patriotic red, white and blue. This project also appears as […]
Continue ReadingBy Angela Sheehan Conductive fabric/thread and a few electronic parts transform this seemingly ordinary plushie into a fun, playable instrument. This octopus jellyfish-inspired puppet lets you make different squeaky sounds using an embedded Drawdio. Hold the puppet by putting one hand in the loop on its belly. Use the other hand to touch conductive spots […]
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