Musicians know how important it is to add a personal touch to their instruments – and really what better way to make something personal than to actually make it yourself? There are a number of very cool kits for sound-makers out there, from circuit-benders, to serious synthesizers. Here are some great gift ideas for those […]
When my kids were smaller, we had some really fun craft parties. I especially liked helping kids make holiday presents for their parents; projects like these easy beeswax candles were a great success! Check out this Wikipedia article on beeswax, too. Via Crafting a Green World
I guess when you’re known for being a virtuosic fabricator of fabulous tech-mods in cyberspace, you’re kids aren’t going to let you slide by with a wriggling animatronic hand from Target for Halloween. Here, the day before flying out to deliver the keynote at the California Steampunk Convention, Jake von Slatt presented this Wizard of […]
Jeffery Rudell shows how to make this holiday reindeer out of fusible interfacing over on Craft Stylish. You could do this to make any origami model sturdier; it’s a neat texture, too.
The annual NYC art/device/wearable market-show is accepting submissions – La Superette 2008 is looking for: Survival crafters, conceptual product makers, DIY game producers, micro distributors, fashion hackers, electro-gadget inventors We want to see what you’ve got! ++La Superette IS: An annual hybrid event mixing art, shopping, music, and community spirit —La Superette is NOT: An […]
If you started RIGHT NOW, you could *possibly* get this incredible lion mask done by Halloween. Solion has put together an incredibly detailed Instructable for an animatronic lion mask with stereo night vision and amplified hearing – 117 steps! See his other animal costume work on his site, Lion of the Sun.
Here’s an idea I got from Alton Brown on Good Eats that I sketched up in my Maker’s Notebook. It’s for throwing a self-serve shish kabob party using a temporary fire pit made from bricks, sand, and charcoal. You make the width of the pit so that your skewers fit over it and the handles […]
