Christmas cannon
Get your Christmas decorating done instantly, while having a blast, with the Instructables Christmas Cannon. You’ve been Christmas’d! Christmas Cannon
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Uncle Mark 2009 Gift Guide and Almanac
Today’s Cool Tool mailing reminded me about one of my favorite year-end publications: the Uncle Mark 2009 Gift Guide and Almanac. Put out yearly (this year and last, anyway) by Mark Hurst, who runs the Gel Conference, this guide is tremendously unglamourous (in a great way). It’s laid out (and spelled out) in a rather […]
Paper reindeer decorations
Meggiecat points us to Cheeky Magpie’s blog, where I found these papercraft reindeer – it looks like a fun holiday project for kids!
Wooden robot art
The always-crafty and industrious Jeffrey and Jillian over at Because We Can have created these really cool CNC-milled puzzle-like wooden robots. They stand 10″ tall and are made from 100% sustainably-harvested American Maple. Finished with water-based dyes and waterborne lacquer. Available in blue, dark brown and blonde. $40 each. They also sell some pretty awesome […]
Catch a fallen star
Kiteman has a very romantic Instructable on collecting real-life fallen stars – meteorites. In the Maker Shed: Find The Best of Instructables in the Maker Shed! Instructables.com has become one of the most popular magnets for makers and DIY enthusiasts of all stripes. Now, with more than 10,000 projects to choose from, the Instructables staff, […]
Makers’ most memorable gifts
I’m giving a friend some Shapelock for Christmas this year – it’s such cool stuff, I can’t wait to see what she does with it! I realized that by traditional standards, that’s kind of an odd present, and it made me wonder what other people have given or gotten as gifts. I asked some Makers […]
Driodel, Droidel, Droidel
Our pal Bonnie Burton has a piece on StarWars.com on how to “Make Your Own Droidel Dreidel,” a paper-crafted dreidel that looks like R2-D2. I wonder how you say “Happy Chanukah” in Droidspeak? Droidel, Droidel, Droidel
