Halloween costume

Make These Totally Gothtacular Bat Wings for Your Boots!

Make These Totally Gothtacular Bat Wings for Your Boots!

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Add a great gothy flourish to your cosplay with these 3D printed bat wings.

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Calling All Young Filmmakers! Join the Maker Camp Film Fest

Calling All Young Filmmakers! Join the Maker Camp Film Fest

By Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

Michelle, or Binka, makes . While at Maker Media, she oversaw publications, outreach, and programming for kids, families, and schools. Before joining Maker Media in 2007, she worked at the Exploratorium, in Mitchel Resnick’s Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, and as a curriculum designer for various publishers and educational researchers. When she’s not supporting future makers, including her two young sons, Binka does some making of her own, most often as a visual artist.

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What a great first week we’ve had for Maker Camp! We’re ending with the first-ever Maker Camp Film Fest this weekend, so be sure to get your videos on the Maker Camp Community by 8pm Pacific time on Friday if you want to be part of the lineup. If you haven’t had a chance to pop over […]

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Last-Minute Halloween: Windup Doll Costume

Last-Minute Halloween: Windup Doll Costume

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Throw this DIY dress-up together in hours, but look like you’ve been planning for weeks with this charming windup doll costume!

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How-To: DIY Paper Doll Costume

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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In need of a last-minute Halloween costume idea? This DIY paper doll costume tutorial is pretty darn fantastic.

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Kid Dresses Up as a Vending Machine and Other Inanimate Objects Every Year for Halloween

Kid Dresses Up as a Vending Machine and Other Inanimate Objects Every Year for Halloween

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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Redditor MoobyTheGoldenCalf appears to have turned the dynamics of the trick-or-treater to candy-giver relationship upside down with this ingenious vending machine costume that he made for his son this year.

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How-To: Gumball Machine Costume

How-To: Gumball Machine Costume

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Whip up a super-cute and colorful gumball machine costume with this easy-to-folow tutorial!

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