HOW TO – Reverse Appliqué Eyeballs
Creative Kismet was inspired by the reverse appliqué techniques outlined in the fabulous Alabama Stitch book, and took it a creepy step further by creating these reverse-appliqué eyeball shirts for her kids!
Halloween
HOW TO – Fake Snot for Halloween
I thought I’d start out here with some of my favorite Halloween things. :) I wish there were a larger picture of this snot – I think it’s some of the nicest looking fake snot I’ve seen. The recipe is here.
Political Pumpkins
It must be a seriously contentious election if even the pumpkins are becoming politically charged. Jonah shared some political pumpkins with you last week , and here are a few more: Mccain’s, Obama’s, and the nice, neutral “vote” logos Barack O Lantern: complete with blue LEDs A zombie McCain! Note: neither I nor Make Magazine […]
HOW TO – Knitted Witch Doll
The Purl Bee shares a pattern for making this insanely cute knitted witch doll. I love her wiry platinum-blonde pigtails!
Animatronic Rat
This isn’t a world of difference from the other animatronics projects out there, but there are 2 reasons this animatronic rat Instructable stands out for me: 1. An excellent quote from the creator: “Last year I was just a naked rat on top of a trash can, but this year I got to dress up.” […]
Duct Tape Batman Mask
Here are some impressive duct tape skills at work: Via Gizmodo, where a commenter coined the excellent term Duct Knight:) And, as an added bonus, you have a “lucha libre” mask halfway through the build: It seems like you could have a pretty impressive halloween just with duct tape. Check out these other tape-based projects: […]
Remote controlled ghost!
Rodger’s R/C ghost-bot might be the coolest thing I could imagine running into on Halloween night – I have re-used my electric-wheelchair hack technology and applied it my ever-morphing holiday bots. Today’s submission – Donna the Dead – “one mad bride that goes for a ride”. Using “low-tech” Home Depot pipe technology (tie-wrapped to her […]