DIY Gift Roundup
J.D. shares this cool round-up of frugal gifts you can make yourself, including this cork trivet project. There are lots of good ideas in the comments, too!
Holiday Projects
My MAKE Holiday Card – Most Annoying Ever?
Give the gift of MAKE this year, and spruce up your gift card while you’re at it! For example: Here’s a noise-making card/circuit that I built using a 555 timer IC and some other junk parts I had around the house. The robot “talks” by squeezing the leads of one of the capacitors that make […]
HOW TO – Snowpeeps
Kim of Gibknits shared these adorable little snowpeeps one of her officemates knitted. The pattern is available free through KnitPicks.
Have a green and hackable holiday
Before Christmas this year, there seems to be plenty of neat holiday themed stuff with good parts about to go unsold. Anything with an overt holiday theme will be marked down the day after Christmas, so it is possible to think ahead and provision yourself for some maker fun for the months and years ahead. […]
Gift Wrapping Roundup
For some last minute gift wrapping inspiration, Creature Comforts has a wrapping roundup.
Beer bottle Christmas tree
Nothing captures the holiday spirit like staggering numbers of alcoholic beverage bottles. [via Unpluggd]
‘Tis the season to be making
Season’s greetings and noisy tidings of good cheer to you and yours! If you’d like to give the gift of MAKE this year – Make magazine gift subscriptions and cards for print Maker Shed gift certificates
