Geek Crafts

Jules Verne Tribute Cake

Check out this awesome Jules Verne tribute cake created by Mike McCary of Mikes Amazing Cakes. It’s a combo tribute to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and A Trip to the Moon. Love it! [via @bonniegrrl] Related: Angry Birds Cake Dr. Who Birthday Cake Dalek Cake Super Mario Level Cake Star Wars AT-AT Wedding Cake

Make an iPad Pixelator

The iPad Pixelator by Craftster user Allerian is neat. It’s made of glued-together plastic ice cubes from Hasbro’s “Don’t Break The Ice” game. He writes: This mesmerizing video shows you how your iPad can easily become a party machine! I think it would look great mounted on a wall during this hypothetical party, running an […]

Self-Portrait Ski Mask

Andrew Salomone used my electronic knitting machine to make this identity-preserving balaclava: The balaclava is knit from cotton yarn and the design is from a bitmap file, in which pictures of my head from every angle were photoshopped together into a single rectangular image. I used the same images to make the bitmap file as […]

Slice of Jupiter Scarf

Fellow space geek crafter, Jen Scheer, created this awesome “slice of Jupiter” scarf by crocheting the iconic stripes of the gas giant, felting the scarf and then needle felting the great red spot onto the finished product. I’m in love! Related: Needle Felted Hubble Space Telescope